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Jack Hoffman, a Nebraska Cornhuskers superfan battling crab who captured the attraction of the federation for his outpouring crippled touchdown tally erstwhile helium was 7 years old, has died. He was 19.
Hoffman died of encephalon cancer connected Wednesday, Team Jack Foundation Executive Director Kylie Dockter said. He had battled caller and much assertive tumors precocious past year.
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"It is with dense hearts that we stock the quality of the passing of Jack Hoffman, the courageous namesake of the Team Jack Foundation. Jack passed distant aft a agelong and hard-fought conflict with encephalon cancer, a travel that inspired countless lives and near a bequest of hope, strength, and resilience," the instauration said successful a connection connected societal media.
"Through his battle, Jack touched lives acold and wide. From his unforgettable 69-yard touchdown tally during the Nebraska Spring Game that captivated the hearts of millions to the countless families who recovered solace and enactment done the enactment of the Team Jack Foundation, his interaction volition echo for generations. Jack whitethorn nary longer beryllium with america successful person, but his bequest lives connected successful the enactment of the Team Jack Foundation, successful the lives of the children and families we've helped, and successful the anticipation helium gave to truthful many."
Hoffman was initially diagnosed with encephalon crab successful 2011, and his parents helped motorboat the instauration to enactment probe efforts to extremity pediatric encephalon cancer.
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Hoffman’s father, Andy, was diagnosed with encephalon crab successful 2020 and died March 1, 2021. He was 42.
The instauration has raised much than $12.6 cardinal since 2013.
Hoffman went viral during Nebraska’s 2013 outpouring crippled aft the coaching unit invited him to tally a play successful the 4th quarter. Hoffman ran for a 69-yard touchdown, and helium was the speech of the sports satellite for respective days.
In the midst of each of it, helium started up a relationship with moving backmost Rex Burkhead. The two, on with Hoffman’s family, aboriginal visited then-President Obama, who presented the youngster with a caller shot and told him helium was arrogant of him.
"Love you buddy. Tell Jesus we accidental hello," Burkhead wrote successful a station connected X.
Hoffman played shot astatine Atkinson High School and graduated successful May. He was pre-law astatine the University of Nebraska-Kearney.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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