Bleacher Report NFL · Oct 31, 2019
The Everlasting Legacy of Hefty Lefty
Since his son, Jared, died, Joe Lorenzen has avoided traveling as much as possible. His job as an applications engineer requires some nights on the road, so he can't entirely avoid it. But he knows just how empty a hotel room can be these days.
When he's out there, on his own, he can get lost in his own thoughts, thinking about Jared.
And when he thinks of him, it's not to replay the many touchdowns he scored at Kentucky or the night in February 2008 when his son lifted him off the University of Phoenix Stadium turf after winning the Super Bowl. It's the emptiness and regret and love and loss that consume him.