Scott Cunningham/Getty Images University of Nebraska football superfan Jack Hoffman, who famously ran for a touchdown during a 2013 Cornhuskers' game, has died after a 14-year battle with brain cancer ...

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, 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 spring game, has ...

Jack Hoffman introduced himself at the 2013 Husker Spring Game, running for daylight and into the hearts of every Nebraskan.

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 ...

Family, friends, and other members of the community gathered in Atkinson to remember Jack Hoffman on Saturday.

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 ...

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 ...