Once upon a time, you knew former Syracuse Orange punter Rob Long for a Heisman campaign that we still stand behind. But since then, he’s been fighting a much different battle.
In 2010, Long was diagnosed with grade III anaplastic astrocytoma, a rare form of brain cancer. Eight years later, he’s one of just 15 percent of those diagnosed who’s alive longer than five years afterward.
Long’s story in that time is not just one of overcoming a rare disease, but one of trying to give back since. He wrote for Philly.