Patrick Finley | Chicago Sun-Times
Antwaan Randle El has been a first-team All Big Ten player, a first-team NFL All-Pro and a Super Bowl champion. At 45, though, he got to experience something perhaps just as thrilling: coming home. The Bears hired the Thornton High School legend as their wide receivers coach and assistant coach in January.
He was tickled, but not as much as his family — including his grandmothers, who are 96 and 85. Since he came to town in January, he’s seen his parents twice a week, even though they’re an hour and 20 minutes away from Lake Forest by car.