IOWA CITY, Iowa -- As Iowa celebrates the eighth year of college football's best tradition, one fighter is reflecting on his journey to be a part of what he once watched from his hospital room.

Liam Doxsee is an 11-year-old from the Quad Cities. At just five-days-old, he was diagnosed with Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID), a rare disorder that caused him to be born without an immune system.

His mother, Mary Matheson, said his treatment started very early on.

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