Jack Curtis, Carleton College's starting quarterback, has been diagnosed with late-Stage II unfavorable Hodgkin's lymphoma.

"(It was) earth-shattering, to be honest," Jack Curtis said. "Especially being young, you hear the word cancer and immediately think the worst."

Early June of this year, back home in Charlotte, Jack Curtis was having heart attack-like pains.

"The worst one happened at night," Jack Curtis said. "I really thought I was gonna — something really bad was gonna happen."

Within the week, he was biopsied. A tumor the size of an egg was removed. Then chemo began.

Doctors said it would be practically impossible to play his senior season of football, but he's doing it anyway.

"He's like, 'I'm going to be alright and I'm playing.'" said Carleton head football coach, Tom Jou

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