Capital Region native, Dion Lewis, has a chance to achieve immortality with the New England Patriots next Sunday as he and his teammates are 60 minutes away from a Super Bowl title. The former Albany High School and Albany Academy standout has made the Pats offense more dynamic since returning from injury in November, and maybe no better example came in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs vs Houston where Lewis ran for a touchdown, caught a reception for a touchdown, and returned a 98-yard kick return for a touchdown. His impact on the Super Bowl remains to be seen, but his impact here in Albany has already been felt. To find out the true depths of the hometown hero's impact we reached out to the person closest to him, his mother. Linda Lewis joined Big Board Sports and shared when she knew she had special son, and her proudest moment of Dion.

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