Minnesota Holder Casey O'Brien Beats Cancer For A Fifth Time, Hopes to Play Football Again

By Kevin Harrish on May 9, 2020 at 3:07 pm
Five-time cancer beater.
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"Not one, not two, not three..."

Cancer's got nothing on Casey O'Brien. The Minnesota walk-on holder took on the disease and won for the fifth time in his life, finishing his last day of chemotherapy on Friday.

O'Brien has battled osteosarcoma since he was 13 years old, undergoing a full left knee replacement, several lung surgeries, and most recently had a spot on one of his lungs removed during the final week of the regular season last November.

It's been a constant battle, but he's fought through it and even made his collegiate debut last season at Rutgers.

If you're not familiar with O'Brien's story, College GameDay did an excellent feature on him last year.


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