New England Patriots wide receiver Bernard Reedy will show up to his offseason job back home in St. Petersburg, Florida, just a little bit late this year. But he has a good excuse. Instead of making $11 an hour working as a driver providing transportation to people confined to wheelchairs, he's in Minneapolis. Instead of preparing for offseason workouts, he's going to the Super Bowl.
All the adversity he has faced -- from the whole year he spent out of football in 2015, to the knee injury he was rehabbing in 2016, to his release by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in November -- has led him to a place few thought possible.