Cameron Smith has met and conquered many a milestone since Aug. 24 when the then-23-year-old Vikings linebacker underwent successful open heart surgery to repair a birth defect that would have gone undetected if not for COVID-19 testing when the Vikings reported for training camp last July.
"Cameron has the surgery on a Monday in Philadelphia, and he gets out the following Sunday," said John Smith, Cameron's father. "We're leaving the hospital and I say, 'So what's the first thing you want to do? Go get something to eat? Go to a nice restaurant?'"
Nope.
"Cameron says, 'No, I want to go to the Rocky steps and jog to the top,'" John said.