Hoffman passed away at his home in Atkinson, Nebraska ... and inspiration,” the official social media account for the Nebraska Cornhuskers wrote via X on Wednesday. “We are heartbroken ...

Jack Hoffman, a fan of the University of Nebraska football team who warmed the hearts of millions after he ran for a touchdown in the team's 2013 spring game, has died at the age of 19.

Hoffman was 19. The Atkinson, Nebraska, native captured hearts across the nation when he suited up in a No. 22 Cornhuskers uniform and toted the rock for a 69-yard score at age 7. Hoffman was ...

Jack was a passionate Nebraska football fan, and shortly after his diagnosis he struck up a friendship with Huskers running ... on to play on the line of the Atkinson High School football team.

A HUSKER FAN WHO INSPIRED A MOVEMENT ACROSS ... with cancer.Services will be held at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Atkinson, Nebraska. Visitation will be Friday, Jan. 17 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the ...

In late 2011, when the Cornhuskers trailed Ohio State by ... The venture, started in tiny Atkinson, Nebraska -- population 1,245 -- has raised more than $14 million to aid pediatric brain cancer ...

Jack was a passionate Nebraska football fan, and shortly after his diagnosis he struck up a friendship with Huskers running ... then 6, of Atkinson, Neb., down the field for his touchdown play ...

Burkhead played for the Cornhuskers from 2009 to 2012 before ... He graduated from West Holt High in Atkinson, Nebraska, and earned a full college scholarship from the Kearney Law Opportunities ...