Mark Herzlich Excited To Get Back On The Gridiron

“Yeah it is a shock because going into a season, you’re ranked high on draft boards, people are looking at you to win the Butkus, to do this stuff and then you come out and get called to the doctor’s office, to the oncology center and you’re told you’ve got cancer. So within 20 minutes your life completely changes. And not only that, I was told I would never play football again, that there was a 70 percent chance that I would even live for the next five years." BC Linebacker Mark Herzlich

For those of you who haven't heard of Mark Herzlich, he's a talented BC linebacker who was diagnosed with Ewing's Sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer, after the 2008 season in which he was a first team All-American (plays like a total savage). Herzlich courageously overcame stacked odds and is now cancer free and ready to take to the field, something that did not seem be an option a year ago.

Herzlich was down in ATL for ACC media day and caught up with 790 The Zone to talk about his fight with cancer and his outlook on the 2010 season. Full interview here.