ATLANTA — Before he was playing in front of 70,807 fans in person and around 111.3 million more at home in Super Bowl LI, De'Vondre Campbell was laughed at in his high school hallway. His team then was a joke.
Before he was declaring himself a voice that would drive the Falcons' redemption, he was knocked out cold with a concussion. He was told it would threaten his football career.
Before he was raising a daughter of his own, he was a son unsure why his mother was losing her hair.
No Super Bowl-losing team has returned to the championship game since the 1993 Bills.