Danny Trevathan stood behind a crowd of teammates on a blustery Saturday and listened as Bears coach Matt Nagy told his team a post-practice story.
One player had a grandmother who had battled cancer, Nagy said, and she had never seen her grandson play at Soldier Field.
"OK, I get to meet somebody's grandma," Trevathan thought to himself.
Then Nagy told No. 59 to come forward.
As Trevathan stepped past his parted teammates to hug Nagy, the inside linebacker didn't see the golf cart driving across the practice field. When Nagy pointed to the bundled-up woman sitting in the cart and wearing a gray and pink Bears ballcap, Trevathan doubled over with joy and let out a yell.
"Grandma!" he said, rushing to hug Dorothy McElroy.
"She asked me if I was mad at her for surprising me because I don't like surprises," Trevathan said. "But that was the best surprise I've ever had."
