Jack Hoffman dies of cancer [Video]

KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN AT FIVE STARTS WITH BREAKING NEWS. A HUSKER FAN WHO INSPIRED A MOVEMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO FIGHT PEDIATRIC BRAIN CANCER HAS DIED. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M BILL SCHAMMERT. I’M QUANECIA FRASER TEAM JACK CONFIRMED. 19 YEAR OLD JACK HOFFMAN LOST HIS BATTLE WITH CANCER. WAVERLE MONROE IS IN THE NEWSROOM WITH THE BREAKING DETAILS. WELL, BILL, YOU’LL REMEMBER HOFFMAN CAPTURED HUSKER FANS HEARTS AND CAUGHT NATIONAL ATTENTION WHEN HE RAN A TOUCHDOWN DURING NEBRASKA’S SPRING GAME IN 2013. BLAINE 15, TO TEN HAPPENS ACROSS THE FIVE. HOFFMAN SCORED. THAT SPECIAL MOMENT LED TO AN SEC AWARD AND EVEN A MEETING WITH THEN-PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA. THE TEAM JACK FOUNDATION HAS AWARDED MORE THAN $12.5 MILLION FOR PEDIATRIC BRAIN CANCER SINCE THEN. IN 2021, HOFFMAN’S DAD DIED AFTER HIS OWN BATTLE WITH CANCER. THEN LAST MONTH, THE FOUNDATION SHARED THAT HOFFMAN, WHO HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH SEVERAL …