Jack Hoffman, the Nebraska fan who scored a touchdown during the school's football 2013 spring game, died of brain cancer at ...

(AP) – Jack Hoffman, the cancer patient who captured the hearts of Nebraska football fans and inspired the nation as a 7-year-old when he ran for a touchdown during the Cornhuskers ... back and future ...

An Inspiration ...

Despite recurrences over the years, Jack Hoffman, who was 7 when the Cornhuskers helped him to a touchdown, went on to play ...

(AP) – Jack Hoffman, the cancer patient who captured the hearts of Nebraska football fans and inspired the nation as a 7-year-old when he ran for a touchdown during the Cornhuskers’ 2013 ...

Hoffman's heartwarming moment in Nebraska's spring game in ... He wore No. 22 in honor of his favorite Cornhuskers player, running back Rex Burkhead, who went on to become a Super Bowl champion ...

Throughout his life, Hoffman was a ride-or-die fan of the Cornhuskers ... and former NFL player Rex Burkhead. In April 2013, then-seven-year-old Hoffman attended Nebraska’s spring game when ...

Rex Burkhead, ahead of surgery, and the two formed a friendship. Burkhead played for the Cornhuskers from 2009 to 2012 before a 10-year NFL career. Then, Nebraska coach Bo Pelini invited Hoffman ...