13 in Lincoln and recognized at the Huskers’ game against Northern Iowa the next night. Burkhead was one of the top running backs in school history, rushing for 3,329 yards and 30 touchdowns at ...

Hoffman was a fan of former Nebraska running back Rex Burkhead, who developed a friendship with the young fan. The entire Huskers team and fanbase rallied around Hoffman after hearing his story ...

We’re going to keep fighting this disease,” Bri Hoffman said Saturday. Andy and Jack Hoffman live on through Team Jack and their quest to find a cure.

Jack Hoffman, the young Nebraska football fan who ran for a touchdown during the 2013 Cornhuskers' spring game and became a ...

Three weeks later Hoffman, his family and his favorite player, former Huskers running back Rex Burkhead, visited President Barack Obama for 15 minutes in the Oval Office. Hoffman’s touchdown run ...

Some heroes wear autographed Rex Burkhead jerseys over football pads that once were Halloween costumes. Some heroes, while wearing all that, run for nearly 70 yards for a touchdown in Nebraska's ...

running back Rex Burkhead. More Football: Quinn Ewers Declares For NFL Draft: 5 Teams That Could Select Texas Quarterback Later that year, while the Huskers were trailing Ohio State 20-6 in a game ...

At seven years old, Hoffman joined the Huskers for the annual Red-White Spring Game, thanks to a bond he had formed with former Nebraska running back Rex Burkhead. Jack took the field with the ...