{"id":816,"date":"2013-05-13T12:42:25","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T18:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/zekepipher\/?p=816"},"modified":"2015-01-08T20:13:47","modified_gmt":"2015-01-09T03:13:47","slug":"running-back-averages-69-yards-per-carry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/zekepipher\/2013\/05\/running-back-averages-69-yards-per-carry\/","title":{"rendered":"Running Back Averages 69-Yards Per Carry!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I have a new favorite running back. He may not bench 350-lbs. or run the 40-yard dash in less than 5 seconds\u2026but he\u2019s strong, courageous, and carries the ball with class. He\u2019s never fumbled. He\u2019s never been penalized. And, most impressive, he averages 69-yards-per-carry. His name is Jack Hoffman, and he\u2019s 7-years old. Here\u2019s the video of Jack\u2019s touchdown from the Spring Game:<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\nJack Hoffman\u2019s Story:<\/strong><\/p>\nOn April 22, 2011 Jack Hoffman, a little bike-riding, fish-catching, Husker-football-watching boy from Atkinson, Nebraska was life flighted to Children\u2019s Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. He was having life-threatening seizures. Doctors found a tumor on Jack\u2019s left temporal lobe. Jack had surgery to remove the tumor on May 20, 2011, but the surgery was unsuccessful and the remaining tumor was labeled \u201cinoperable.\u201d Jack has more seizures, which was eventually diagnosed as Secondary Epilepsy. Jack\u2019s family kept at it \u2013 consulting specialists, praying, and doing everything in their parental power to find a solution. On October 10, Jack underwent another surgery with a pediatric neurosurgeon, Liliana Goumnerova, and she removed approximately 95% of the tumor. This surgery also helped Jack not have any more seizures. Sadly, in April of 2012, an MRI revealed \u201csignificant growth\u201d on the spot that Dr. Goumnerova wasn\u2019t able to remove. This new growth was labeled \u201cinoperable.\u201d\u00a0 Jack began chemotherapy on April 27, 2012 through Children\u2019s Hospital in Omaha. He\u2019s still fighting\u2026and he\u2019s got a huge team cheering him on. The month of May is Cancer Awareness Month<\/strong>. Jack\u2019s parents, Andy & Bri, are amazing people who are not only zealously fighting for their son\u2019s survival, they\u2019re tenaciously committed to helping find an effective cure for pediatric brain cancer. Jack\u2019s chemotherapy treatment is 25-years old because of a lack of funding has prevented new research, development, and improvements. The Hoffman\u2019s and Team Jack are out to change all that\u2026and they\u2019re gaining ground every day. But they need our help! I\u2019m grateful to the Hoffmans for letting me join them in raising money for pediatric brain cancer.\u00a0If you purchase a copy of \u201cMan on the Run\u201d from <a title=\"Team Jack Store\" href=\"http:\/\/teamjack.ideal-stores.com\/\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Team Jack\u2019s website<\/a>, all proceeds go to pediatric brain cancer research. So give \u201cMan on the Run\u201d as a Father\u2019s Day gift, or to a recent graduate, and know that you\u2019re helping keep running backs like Jack healthy and on the field for years to come. Thanks for your support!<\/p>\n<a title=\"Team Jack - Store\" href=\"http:\/\/teamjack.ideal-stores.com\/\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-817\" title='\"Man on the Run\"' src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/220\/2013\/05\/Meme-Fathers-Day-864x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"717\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I have a new favorite running back. He may not bench 350-lbs. or run the 40-yard dash in less than 5 seconds\u2026but he\u2019s strong, courageous, and carries the ball with class. He\u2019s never fumbled. He\u2019s never been penalized. And, most impressive, he averages 69-yards-per-carry. His name is Jack Hoffman, and he\u2019s 7-years old. 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