[FONT="]He might have had the most anonymous job in pro football, but his life story is about to head for Hollywood.
[/FONT][FONT="]Jon Dorenbos was a long snapper for the Philadelphia Eagles from 2006 through 2016 before being traded to the New Orleans Saints in the preseason.
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[FONT="]A couple of weeks after the trade, his career was over, but he was alive. During his physical, New Orleans doctors discovered an aortic aneurism, which required open-heart surgery.
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[FONT="]Now the producer and director of such sports movies like "Varsity Blues" and "Coach Carter," Mike Tollin, a Philadelphia native, has plans to tell Dorenbos' story.
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[FONT="]But that's only part of the 37-year-old Dorenbos' story.
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[FONT="]He grew up in a Seattle suburb. His father worked for Microsoft and his mom a librarian. On Aug. 12, 1992, his father Alan beat his mother Kathie to death with a power tool, turned himself in the next day, leaving the 12-year-old Jon to live with extended family.
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[FONT="]"It was fogged confusion. Time was passing, and I was just there," Dorenbos told Philadelphiaeagles.com.
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[FONT="]With the help and love of that extended family and many friends, Dorenbos survived the tragedy, went to the University of Texas, El Paso and became an All-Pro player.
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[FONT="]He's also a motivational speaker and a magician.
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[FONT="]"I've embraced everything that has happened in my life. No hard feelings, no anger. I'm over all of that stuff," he said. "To now be at this stage in my career and to help kids or anybody who has dealt with what I've dealt with -- and unfortunately it happens way more than people think, and you realize after something traumatic happens that by no means you are alone -- is something I am happy to do."
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[FONT="]Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie invited Dorenbos to Minneapolis to watch Philadelphia beat the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII. Jon Dorenbos is like a family to me and the Eagles, Lurie told reporters after his heart diagnosis.
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[FONT="]"Mr. Lurie called me and said he wants me to be a part of it," Dorenbos told the New Orleans Advocate. "He said, 'We're going to win this, and you're going to get a ring.'"
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[FONT="]Not only will he get a ring, Dorenbos will now get a movie. Tollin said he is in the process of hiring a writer.
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[FONT="]There's no word yet on who might portray Dorenbos.[/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT="]Jon Dorenbos was a long snapper for the Philadelphia Eagles from 2006 through 2016 before being traded to the New Orleans Saints in the preseason.
[/FONT]
[FONT="]A couple of weeks after the trade, his career was over, but he was alive. During his physical, New Orleans doctors discovered an aortic aneurism, which required open-heart surgery.
[/FONT]
[FONT="]Now the producer and director of such sports movies like "Varsity Blues" and "Coach Carter," Mike Tollin, a Philadelphia native, has plans to tell Dorenbos' story.
[/FONT]
[FONT="]But that's only part of the 37-year-old Dorenbos' story.
[/FONT]
[FONT="]He grew up in a Seattle suburb. His father worked for Microsoft and his mom a librarian. On Aug. 12, 1992, his father Alan beat his mother Kathie to death with a power tool, turned himself in the next day, leaving the 12-year-old Jon to live with extended family.
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[FONT="]"It was fogged confusion. Time was passing, and I was just there," Dorenbos told Philadelphiaeagles.com.
[/FONT]
[FONT="]With the help and love of that extended family and many friends, Dorenbos survived the tragedy, went to the University of Texas, El Paso and became an All-Pro player.
[/FONT]
[FONT="]He's also a motivational speaker and a magician.
[/FONT]
[FONT="]"I've embraced everything that has happened in my life. No hard feelings, no anger. I'm over all of that stuff," he said. "To now be at this stage in my career and to help kids or anybody who has dealt with what I've dealt with -- and unfortunately it happens way more than people think, and you realize after something traumatic happens that by no means you are alone -- is something I am happy to do."
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[FONT="]Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie invited Dorenbos to Minneapolis to watch Philadelphia beat the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII. Jon Dorenbos is like a family to me and the Eagles, Lurie told reporters after his heart diagnosis.
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[FONT="]"Mr. Lurie called me and said he wants me to be a part of it," Dorenbos told the New Orleans Advocate. "He said, 'We're going to win this, and you're going to get a ring.'"
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[FONT="]Not only will he get a ring, Dorenbos will now get a movie. Tollin said he is in the process of hiring a writer.
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[FONT="]There's no word yet on who might portray Dorenbos.[/FONT]
