CLEVELAND — Playing football with a broken bone sounds impossible, but that’s what one high school athlete is doing as he leads his team further into the playoffs.

It was only three months ago when St. Ignatius High School Safety Cody Haddad broke his arm during a scrimmage against Canton McKinley High School, keeping him sidelined for most of the regular season.

“It doesn’t fully heal for a couple months, so it is technically broken, yes," he said.

Haddad is now getting ready to play that same team again during the OHSAA playoffs, but the struggle now is being able to play the way he once did after spending the last few months at home.

"I got my strength back, but I mean I’m still not fully capable of doing everything," he said.

Haddad’s coach Ryan Franzinger called him superhuman and said he's amazed at how quickly he was able to recover.

"We didn’t want him to sit and miss a whole season, and that would be devastating to a young man and for such a competitor like him," he said. "That would’ve been really tough on him."

Haddad’s motivation to recover quickly and help his team win games comes from his love for the game, something he said is in his DNA.

"My family, my dad played, my uncles played, my grandfathers played," he said.

Haddad’s father wore the same uniform as him, playing for St. Ignatius, and his older brother even had the same jersey number, making every second of Haddad’s high school playing career matter so much more.

"My dad and my uncle have a big name here, and I’m just making a name of my own," he said.

While Haddad knows there are risks to playing, he said right now he's focused on staying in the game and helping his team win.