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 ...

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 ...

Jack Hoffman, a fan of the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers football team who ... away after his battle on Wednesday at his home in Atkinson, Nebraska. Medical tests in October found that ...

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 ...

Jack was a passionate Nebraska football fan, and shortly after his diagnosis he struck up a friendship with Huskers running ... then 6, of Atkinson, Neb., down the field for his touchdown play ...

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 ...

Jack was a passionate Nebraska football fan, and shortly after his diagnosis he struck up a friendship with Huskers running back and future ... Jack went on to play on the line of the Atkinson High ...

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 ...