Thanks for sharing this story. Somehow even living in Pittsburgh I missed it, which is so unfortunate. What an incredible kid, I know he's touched so many people. Another team sports-related inspirational Pittsburgh cancer story is Randy Pausch and the last lecture:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Pausch

In his last lecture (below) he uses his experiences from childhood football to tie together a lecture about a really incredible life full of great successes and what he's learned. It's about an hour and I recommend it to everyone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo&eurl=http://download.srv.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/

Once the Steelers heard about his story, they invited him to join them:

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/mostread/s_530835.html