FAMILY, FRIENDS AND MORE GATHER IN ATKINSON TO REMEMBER JACK HOFFMAN TODAY. THE CEREMONY WAS HELD AT THE ATKINSON COMMUNITY CENTER THIS MORNING. IT WAS ALSO LIVE STREAMED ONLINE BY THE TEAM JACK FOUNDATION. THE SERVICE HONORED HOFFMAN’S LIFE, HIS FIGHT AGAINST CANCER, AND THE LEGACY HE LEAVES. THAT INCLUDES THE MOMENT HOFFMAN ASCENDED TO NATIONAL RECOGNITION IN THE SPRING OF 2013. AS YOU AND I AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WATCHED, JACK TOOK THE HANDOFF FROM THE QUARTERBACK AND RAN 69 YARDS FOR A TOUCHDOWN FOR THE HUSKERS. A PERSONAL VICTORY FOR HIM AND THE TEAM THEN SURROUNDED AND LIFTED HIM UP. IT WAS AN INSPIRING, EMOTIONAL, WONDERFUL MOMENT. ON JANUARY 15TH, 2025, JACK AGAIN CROSSED THE GOAL LINE. JACK WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FATHER, ANDY, WHO ALSO DIED OF BRAIN CANCER IN 2021.
Family, friends, and other members of the community gathered in Atkinson to remember Jack …