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

Jack was a passionate Nebraska football fan, and shortly after his diagnosis he struck up a friendship with Huskers running back and future NFL player Rex Burkhead. Nebraska’s Taylor Martinez guides ...

An Inspiration ...

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

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 ...

In 2012, in between his first and second brain surgery, Jack Hoffman met Rex Burkhead, then an offensive player for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Shortly thereafter, Jack became one with the team.

Jack Hoffman ran for a long touchdown at the Nebraska spring game in 2013 when he was just 7 years old in an iconic heartfelt ...

Jack's favorite player was Nebraska running back Rex Burkhead, and before the surgery ... In late 2011, when the Cornhuskers trailed Ohio State by three touchdowns, Burkhead fired up some of his ...

ATKINSON, Nebraska — Jack Hoffman ... his family and his favorite player, former Huskers running back Rex Burkhead, visited President Barack Obama for 15 minutes in the Oval Office.