A 7-year-old’s touchdown went viral as he fought cancer. Six years later, he’s playing for real.
Even if you haven’t heard of Jack Hoffman, there’s a good chance you’ve watched him run.
Jack was 7 years old, 4-foot-3 and 75 pounds when he suited up for his home-state Nebraska Cornhuskers in the 2013 spring game. His stirring, player-assisted
69-yard “touchdown” that day became something of a phenomenon, helping raise awareness of pediatric brain cancer, with which he had been diagnosed two years prior.
It has been more than six years since what his family refers to as “
the run.” Jack, now an eighth-grader, stands at 5-foot-8 these days. This month, he made his true debut on the gridiron, playing center for the West Holt Junior High football team in Atkinson, Neb.
