Twenty-five years ago, the doctors in a Mississippi NICU saw a two-pound baby with a 1% chance to survive.
Tonight, that same 1% is standing on the podium in Santa Clara as a Super Bowl Champion.
Born four months premature and weighing just over two pounds, Derick Hall entered the world without a heartbeat.
His mother, Stacy, was told he would likely spend his life in a vegetative state, but she refused to sign the "Do Not Resuscitate" order and fought for every second of his life.
From five months on a ventilator to battle-testing his lungs through severe asthma on the youth football fields of Gulfport, every step of Hall's journey has been a masterclass in defying the impossible.
That lifelong struggle culminated under the bright lights of Super Bowl LX.
As the Seahawks' defense suffocated the Patriots' comeback attempt,
#58 was the relentless engine in the middle, recording 2 sacks and a forced fumble that swung the momentum for good.
The baby who was once too small for ...