MCCAFFREY EXCUSE ME IS HEALTHY AND LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING A PART OF A HUGE TEAM COMING UP THIS YEAR FOR THE IOWA HAWKEYES GETTING TO THIS POINT WAS NEVER A SURE THING. WHEN HE WAS 13, PATRICK NEEDED TO SURGERIES TO TREAT HIS THYROID CANCER. HE’S NOW CANCER FREE. BUT JUST LAST YEAR, PATRICK SUFFERED FROM DEBILITATING ANXIETY THAT CAUSED HIM TO BRIEFLY LEAVE THE TEAM. HIS LIFE CHALLENGES SERVE AS INSPIRATION NOW IN THE FORM OF TATTOOS. SCOTT REISTER ASKED ABOUT THE SPECIAL MEANING BEHIND THEM. HERE’S TONIGHT’S SUNDAY SPORTS EXTRA. PATRICK, COULD YOU EXPLAIN YOUR TATTOOS FOR ME? SURE, MAN. I GOT A LOT OF THEM. THIS ONE I GOT FIRST. YOU BEAT CANCER BY HOW YOU LIVE, WHY YOU LIVE IN THE MANNER IN WHICH YOU LIVE. THIS IS THE ONE I GOT WITH CONRAD’S. THE SAME ONE ON HIS OTHER ARM. AND. AND SO IT’S JUST. IT WAS THE STEWART’S GOT SPEECH A COUPLE YEARS BACK, AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I WAS A REALLY BIG STEWART SCOTT FAN. I READ HIS BOOK A BUNCH OF TIMES, SO HE’S REALLY COOL. I GOT ONE ON MY CHEST FO MY FRIEND AUSTIN, TRADER FLASH, WHO DIED FROM CANCER IN 2015 2016. ONE OF THOSE I DON’T REMEMBER ALL THOSE YEARS RUN TOGETHER, YOU KNOW. AND THEN THIS ONE, TRUST YOUR WORK. I GET NERVOUS BEFORE A GAME, SO JUST KIND OF LEAN ON THAT. THIS IS IN ROMAN NUMERALS. THE DAY THAT I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER. AND THEN THIS ONE, IT’S ALWAYS DARKEST BEFORE THE DAWN, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF A LOT OF STUFF I WENT THROUGH LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF ALWAYS HOLD THAT IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND. JUST ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, IT’S GOING TO GET BETTER. SOMEONE’S GO