University of Delaware Athletics
2019 Football Roster
Danny Feltwell
- Class:
- Redshirt
- Hometown:
- Wilmington, Del.
- Position:
- Captain
- Weight:
- null
The heart and soul of the Blue Hen football program, Feltwell has been roaming the sidelines at Delaware Stadium for over five years as the team's B+ positive hero, through the Andrew McDonough Foundation, that supports families that are battling childhood cancer.
At just 27 months, Danny was diagnosed with T-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma on December 1st 2010, his tumor was in the center of his chest and larger than his heart. Treatment started immediately upon his diagnosis. Danny had a very difficult time with his treatments which caused him to stay in the hospital for 17 out of 30 months of Treatment. Danny was enrolled into a Clinical Trial conducted by The Children's Oncology Group which enabled him to receive an investigational chemotherapeutic drug. Although this investigational drug was very toxic, it has been credited with saving Danny's life.
Four years later, the cancer was back and received a bone marrow transplant, which battled back teh white blood cell cancer, but then he soon developed graft-versus-host disease.
He's spent much of his life in and out of hospital, but can now be found taking the mound during little league season and rooting on his favorite sports team, including his beloved Fightin' Blue Hens.
