DENVER - Katina Smith, mother of Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas, will see her son play football in person for the first time on Sunday.
The Broncos will play the Pittsburgh Steelers in an AFC second-round playoff game at Sports Authority Field at Mile High.
Thomas said on Wednesday that he was working to make final arrangements for his mom to travel to Denver for the first time since her release. All the administrative documents were completed, allowing her to make the trip.
Smith had been in prison since her 1999 arrest on a drug-related offence until her sentence was commuted in 2015 through a pardon by President Barack Obama.
Thomas, who was 11 at the time, was raised by relatives during his childhood.
Thomas is one of three NFL recivers who had at least 90 catches and 1,300 receiving yards in four consecutive seasons.
This season he had 105 catches and 1,304 yards.
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