NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The winter break during Adoree' Jackson's sophomore year at USC in 2015 was supposed to be just another two-week visit back home in Belleville, Illinois, before he had to pack up and return to Southern California for track season. Instead, Jackson got news that would forever impact his way of looking at life.
Led by his father Chris Jackson, Adoree's family gathered in his room to tell him that his mother, Vianca, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Vianca received the news in May, but didn't want to tell her son about it until after the football season.