BOSTON (AP) – Mark Herzlich is heading into the NFL draft after missing a season with Boston College because of cancer.
The linebacker returned to play in 2010 and is one of 25 college players scheduled to attend the draft in New York that begins Thursday night.
Herzlich was the Atlantic Coast Conference defensive player of the year in 2008 then was diagnosed in May 2009 with Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer. He had the tumor removed and underwent chemotherapy and radiation. In September 2009, he was pronounced free of cancer.
Herzlich said Tuesday he doesn’t expect to be drafted as high as he would have been before the diagnosis, but will be thankful whenever he’s chosen.
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