SANTA CLARA, CALIF. – What a difference two years makes for Denver wide receiver Demaryius Thomas and more importantly for his mother, Katina Smith.
After he set a Super Bowl record with 13 receptions in Super Bowl XLVIII, he spoke to her over the phone while she was serving 20 years on conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base in federal prison in Tallahassee, Florida.
Smith has since been pardoned by President Barack Obama and will see her son play in the NFL for the second time when the Broncos face the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50 on Sunday at Levi Stadium.