DENVER (CBS4)– Demaryius Thomas’s mom is sporting her son’s jersey at Sunday’s AFC Divisional Playoff game in Denver. It’s the first time Katina Smith has seen her son play professional football.
Smith and Thomas were pictured together on Sunday morning as he was getting ready for the Steelers-Broncos matchup at Sports Authority at Mile High. Smith watched from a suite as Thomas hit the field to warm up before the game.
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Smith is sporting a custom-made jersey made by Michelle Martinez, who has been making custom jerseys since 2005. She makes them for several Broncos wives and girlfriends.
Smith’s jersey has DT’s number, 88, outlined in rhinestones.
On the back, instead of Thomas it reads “Bay Bay’s Mom.”
Martinez delivered the jersey to Smith and Thomas Sunday morning.
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Smith was released from a federal prison in Florida last summer when President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 46 non-violent drug offenders.
After her release from a Georgia halfway house in November, she had a 60-day travel restriction and was unable to attend any games during the regular season.
Sunday’s game is the first time she will watch her son play pro football in person.
Smith was convicted in 2000 on drug trafficking charges for her role in a crack cocaine ring she and her mother, Minnie Pearl Thomas, operated out of their Georgia home.
