ESPN had its annual ESPY awards Wednesday night and a young boy from Atkinson, Nebraska took home some hardware from the award show.
Jack Hoffman has touched the state and nation with his story of battling cancer for the past few years. The seven year old Hoffman has had opportunities to meet his favorite Husker football player, Rex Burkhead over the last two years. But the football program wanted to do something special for him.
In this year’s spring game Hoffman dressed for the red team at Memorial Stadium and was put in at running back for one play. Hoffman faked left then went right after having the ball handed to him by Nebraska quarterback Taylor Martinez and Hoffman took it to the house for the touchdown with the Huskers team following behind.
That moment won the award for the ESPY’s best moment in sports for the past year.
The rest of the winners at the 2013 ESPY’s are listed below the video.
Complete List of Winners:
| Best Male Athlete | LeBron James |
| Best Female Athlete | Serena Williams |
| Best Championship Performance | LeBron James |
| Best Breakthrough Athlete | Colin Kaepernick |
| Best Record-Breaking Performance | Michael Phelps |
| Best Upset | Florida Gulf Coast over Georgetown |
| Best Game | Heat vs. Spurs Game 6 |
| Best Moment | Jack Hoffman |
| Best Play | Jadeveon Clowney’s big hit |
| Best Team | Miami Heat |
| Best Coach/Manager | Rick Pitino |
| Best Comeback | Adrian Peterson |
| Best International Athlete | Usain Bolt |
| Best NFL Player | Adrian Peterson |
| Best MLB Player | Miguel Cabrera |
| Best NHL Player | Sidney Crosby |
| Best Driver | Ryan Hunter-Reay |
| Best NBA Player | LeBron James |
| Best WNBA Player | Candace Parker |
| Best Fighter | Floyd Mayweather Jr. |
| Best Male Golfer | Tiger Woods |
| Best Female Golfer | Stacy Lewis |
| Best Male Tennis Player | Novak Djokovic |
| Best Female Tennis Player | Serena Williams |
| Best Male College Athlete | Johnny Manziel |
| Best Female College Athlete | Brittney Griner |
| Best Male Action Sport Athlete | Shaun White |
| Best Female Action Sport Athlete | Stephanie Gilmore |
| Best Jockey | Joel Rosario |
| Best Male Athlete With A Disability | Jeremy Campbell |
| Best Female Athlete With A Disability | Jessica Long |
| Best Bowler | Pete Weber |
| Best MLS Player | Thierry Henry |
| Best Male US Olympic Athlete | Michael Phelps |
| Best Female US Olympic Athlete | Missy Franklin |