Kyle Van Noy has found a place in life occupied and enjoyed only by those who have faced and surmounted challenges that others either could not or would not, and who help those others aspire to do better, to do likewise.
It started when he was a high school star in Reno, continued through his undulating days as a linebacker at BYU, took a dip when he was drafted and misused and undervalued by the Detroit Lions, and then ramped up to his current state and status with the New England Patriots.
Sunday’s Super Bowl is his latest hurdle, his third straight Super Sunday spent on the field with the Pats, as he reaches for Vince Lombardi’s Trophy, again.