Martinez donating half of proceeds from latest game to Team Jack

Former Nebraska quarterback Taylor Martinez is donating half the proceeds from his latest mobile game, Risky Road, to pediatric brain cancer research through the Team Jack Foundation. The Foundation is named after 8-year-old Jack Hoffman, best known for his friendship with Husker running back Rex Burkhead and his ESPY-winning touchdown run in the 2013 Nebraska…

       

Taylor Martinez joined Jack Hoffman and family at the ESPY Awards, where Jack won “Best Moment in Sports.”

Former Nebraska quarterback Taylor Martinez is donating half the proceeds from his latest mobile game, Risky Road, to pediatric brain cancer research through the Team Jack Foundation. 

The Foundation is named after 8-year-old Jack Hoffman, best known for his friendship with Husker running back Rex Burkhead and his ESPY-winning touchdown run in the 2013 Nebraska spring game.

Martinez was the quarterback who handed the ball off to Hoffman, who then ran 69 yards for the touchdown. He later joined Hoffman at the ESPY ceremony.

Martinez wanted to continue to give back.

“I am so incredibly proud of Jack and the Team Jack Foundation,” Martinez said. “It is very gratifying for me to give back to this important cause and I am so thankful for this opportunity.

“I have really enjoyed getting to know Jack and his family and hope that my company’s involvement with the Foundation will be impactful.”

Martinez, owner of Magic 3 Apps, said half of the profits from his company’s newest Android and iPhone application, Risky Road, will be donated to the Team Jack Foundation to support pediatric brain cancer research.

The app is 99 cents and the 1,000th purchaser of Risky Road will receive an autographed photo of Taylor Martinez and Jack Hoffman from “The Run.” The game challenges a player’s hand-eye coordination while they try to keep a ball on a road “while facing extreme speeds and daring turns,” according to the App Store description

The Team Jack movement has committed more than $1.1 million for pediatric brain cancer research since the beginning of the year.

“We are deeply thankful for the support of Taylor Martinez,” said Andy Hoffman, Jack’s father and chairman of the Team Jack Foundation. “Taylor is an amazing young man, who is very caring and supportive.”

 

Credits: Top photo from Zimbio.com.

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