Courtesy of Big Red Report:
Rex Burkhead's impact goes far beyond what he accomplished on the field. Plano (TX) Mayor Phil Dyer and the city council recognized Burkhead for his accomplishments as a Nebraska Cornhusker and also his work with pediatric brain cancer patient Jack Hoffman.
The City Council meeting in downtown Plano, Texas was in session was set to honor one of their hometown sons. Rex Burkhead was back in town in time to get some special recognition from the Plano Mayor, Phil Dyer, and the rest of the City Council for Burkhead's work on the field at Nebraska but especially off of it and being recognized as the Uplifting Athletes Rare Disease Champion Award winner.
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