ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) – Demaryius Thomas used the Denver Broncos’ celebratory White House visit in June to deliver a handwritten note to President Barack Obama thanking him for commuting Thomas’ mother’s drug sentence last year and then asked him to do the same for his grandmother.
The Broncos wide receiver is ready to pen another thank you note after he was told the president fulfilled his wish. Minnie Pearl Thomas was among 214 federal inmates whose sentences were cut short Wednesday by Obama.
“I’m kind of jacked up right now. I don’t really know what to say,” Thomas said after the Broncos’ morning workout. “I kind of just want to talk to my granny. I haven’t talked to her in a couple of weeks. I’m excited for her.”
Thomas’ grandmother, who was serving life for a drug offense, is to be released on Dec. 1.
Last year, Obama commuted the sentence of Thomas’ mother, Katina Smith, as part of his push to reduce the prison population of non-violent drug offenders. She was in attendance when the Broncos defeated Carolina 24-10 in Super Bowl 50, and she was on Thomas’ mind when Obama hosted the champions in June.