A teenager battling brain cancer, who won the hearts of millions in 2013 with his 69-yard touchdown during a University of Nebraska scrimmage, is now playing football on his own high school turf.
Jack Hoffman, 13, donned the No. 75 jersey when he took the field on Monday for the West Holt Junior-Senior School Huskies. The team won 38-0.
"This isn't something that we're shoving down his throat," said Andy Hoffman, Jack's father, according to the Associated Press Thursday."Whether you have a brain tumor or not, you should make the most out of today. That's what Jack's doing." A Cornhusker fan, Jack attended his first game on his fifth birthday. Before his second brain surgery in September 2011, Jack's family reached out to the University of Nebraska and arranged for him to meet Burkhead and tour the stadium.
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