About
While stepping into a Nebraska Cornhuskers college football game at the age of seven, this brain cancer patient scored a touchdown for the team and rose to international fame in the 2013 season. He sadly passed away in 2025 after more aggressive tumors had developed.
Before Fame
In 2011, at just 5 years old, he was diagnosed with a pediatric, malignant brain tumor known as a glioma. Following multiple surgeries and rounds of chemotherapy, he entered remission in 2013.
Trivia
In April of 2013, he visited President Barack Obama in the Oval Office.
Family Life
He and his sisters, Reese and Ava, were born in Atkinson, Nebraska, to Bri and Andy Hoffman. His family's Team Jack Foundation raised over a million dollars for children's brain tumor research. His father Andy passed away from brain cancer in 2021.
Associated With
He made his historic touchdown after forming a close bond with Cornhuskers player Rex Burkhead and the rest of Burkhead's college teammates.
