Nick Wolf would have loved this.

He would have been front and center dancing with Gerald McCoy and Lavante David and Jameis Winston. He would have shaved players’ heads.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers third annual Cut For A Cure combined two of Nick's favorite things, the Bucs and raising awareness for pediatric cancer.

“To quote what he said last year, he said “it touches my heart because people don’t know about these kinds of diseases,”” said Christina Wolf, Nick’s mother. “And that’s exactly how he felt.”

Nick would have been in the middle of everything during last week’s event, but unfortunately, he lost his battle with brain cancer. He passed away in May at the age of 11. The Buccaneers are helping to carry on his legacy, especially team chief operating officer Brian Ford.

Ford first met Nick at the inaugural Cut For A Cure. He hadn’t prepared to lose his hair that day, but he felt a tug on his coat tail and a little boy asking him if he could shave his head. That boy was Nick.

“I had no plan to have my head shaved but when Nick asked me, I couldn’t say no,” Ford said. “I started to cry and he gave me a big hug and patted me on the back and he said, it’s OK, it’s going to grow back. And from there, I was a big fan of Nick.”

This year’s event was in honor of Nick. And it was jam packed with Tampa Bay stars. McCoy kicked in $10,000, while Winston and David and others shaved their heads. That’s a lot of awareness for pediatric cancer.

Pediatric Cancer Foundation executive director Nancy Crane pointed out alarming statistics pertaining to the youngest of cancer fighters. Only four percent of government funding is earmarked for pediatric cancer research. The rest must be supplemented through charitable donations.

That’s why the Bucs involvement is huge for Crane. Not only does it provide much needed funds, but much needed emotional support.

The kids on stage at last week’s event were either fighting cancer or had battled it. They got to shave players heads. And their families got to sit back and enjoy a moment when they weren’t thinking about their loved ones being sick.

“You take a step back and you listen to some of the stories that these families are fighting,” Ford said. “This is the real fight. These are the real heroes.”

Click on the video to see highlights from the Bucs Cut For A Cure.