Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini and 8-year old Jack Hoffman will be honored and interviewed as part of the d!(k Vitale Gala on Friday night in Sarasota, Fla.
The conversation will touch on Hoffman’s 69-yard touchdown run in Nebraska’s 2013 spring game, and how it helped elevate awareness for pediatric brain cancer and how it inspired fundraising to support research that will help fight the disease.
Vitale expects Friday's gala to raise $2 million to support pediatric brain cancer research, increasing the event’s overall contributions to more than $12 million. This year’s event sold out and forced gala organizers to decline celebrities who wanted to buy tickets.