That’s so sad, and so crazy. Good to hear she’s healthy and recovering. I’m in the cancer field and I’ve never even heard of Wilms’ tumor.

This is one of the best things I’ve heard of in a while. If im in hagans shoes last year footballs the last thing on my mind. Im very happy for him and how his life is turing the corner. This was a true feel good story and all he needs now is to be drafted to make it sound like a movie. Very proud of him it takes a strong man to overcome all of that.

This is a powerful story. Thanks for sharing, Avinash. I will be rooting extra hard for Darian come fall.

GO BEARS!

Wow. Great reminder that we have no idea what’s going on with those guys behind closed doors. Glad to hear it’s working out OK for them. She’s adorbs.

Amazing and scary. An example of why I’m always hesitant to criticize a player’s performance on the field. You just never know what’s going on.

What should not get lost in this piece is that YO actually broke a story.

Very happy to hear that the trouble times are behind Darian and things are looking up for him and his family. I can’t imagine what it was like being in his shoes.

Go Bears!

Wow. She sounds like a champion! Really encouraging to see that it all worked out in the end but I can’t imagine how difficult it would be for Hagan as a father 400 miles away. Even more reason for not only us but his teammates and coaches to pull for him now.

Stories like this, the freshmen stepping up, Sofele filling some big shoes with a big heart, etc make me a lot more intrigued by the potential of this year’s team and eager for the season to get underway (even more so than in years past).

Cute baby!

This news should be on ESPN.

This explains a lot of things. It wasn’t just the academics and the injury. Im hoping for Steve Williams and Hagan to be the starting CB this year. And if Hagan is practicing better than 2008, as Coach Simmons says, this is very exciting!

Damn, I take back anything bad I said about him.

Oh my god. I am not going to pretend like I know what he went through but oh my god it must have been torturous for me. I am extremely impressed with both Hagans, Darian for battling through his tough times and coming back and with his daughter for battling through her illness. I am and forever will be a Darian Hagan #26 fan.

I wonder how JT must feel about this, considering that, according to the article, even he was unaware of what Darian was going through. Here’s to hoping he has a breakthrough season – he certainly deserves it.

For the epic win.
Let’s enjoy this season with him, and get his ass drafted so he can support that little girl!

really glad for Darian Hagan, and also thankful I could read this here

Glad that she’s recovering. Best of luck to both of them!

Time to bring back Ohio Bear’s nickname for Hagan: Darian the Barbarian. Here’s hoping for a well-deserved excellent season and maybe a little NFL love afterward.

Rooting for Darian now more than ever before. And rooting for his daughter to stay healthy, too!

Wow. Just wow.

I remember it being very difficult for me to have my head on straight when Mom relapsed while I was in grad school. And I didn’t have football to juggle along with everything else. I hope Hagan has a monster year — if anybody deserves it, he does.

My thoughts go out the Hagan family, I’m very glad to hear his daughter made a full recovery!

We’ll be rooting for you all the way Darian!

Go Bears.

My darn allergies are acting up.

Let’s go #26.

Thanks. This is a moving story, both his daughters fighting through illness and his fighting through school — proud of them both! I will pay special attention to him this year.

As a recent father, I can still only begin to imagine what he was going through.

This inspired me to put my daughter Grace up as my id icon.

jh