Talk about playing with a heavy heart and still delivering, a high school quarterback went viral this weekend after he scored eight touchdowns just one day after his mother died from breast cancer.
Alex Brown, a senior at Red Bank Catholic High School in New Jersey, announced his mother’s death on Thursday.
“Today I lost my best friend, my teacher, and my mother,” Brown said on Twitter. “My mom had been battling breast cancer that had spread throughout her body for 14 years, she was never supposed to make it this long, but through love and her insane strength she fought. I love you mama, Rest in Peace.”
The very next day against Morris Catholic High School, Brown led his team to a 58–34 victory, passing for six touchdowns and rushing for two.
“When I scored that first touchdown I knew right away—she was always going to be watching over me. I looked to the sky and said thank you mama,” Brown told NJ.com. “I ran to my coaches and friends then looked at the crowd filled with my whole family screaming my name.”
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The 6-foot-3, 200-pound senior is committed to Bucknell.
