SB Nation: Mark Herzlich Already Beat Cancer; Could He Win The Heisman Trophy?
The story of Boston College's Senior Linebacker Mark Herzlich is fairly well-known by this point, so we'll boil it down for anyone that's catching up.
He was ACC Defensive Player of the Year in 2008. A likely first round pick, he turned down millions and returned to BC. Shortly thereafter, he was diagnosed with cancer. Not just cancer, though. Ewing's Sarcoma, one of the more lethal brands of cancer, and incredibly difficult to treat.
I was a senior at Boston College when all this happened, and on campus, the talk wasn't of whether Herzlich would ever play again, but whether ...