"Yeah, I am going to be going to the Super Bowl and sitting with the commissioner," Everett told Houston's KRIV-TV for a story on its Web site Thursday. "I think it's pretty cool, you know, just go and hang out with the commissioner. He's the head man in charge of the whole NFL ... that's kind of a big deal right there."
Everett, who lives in Houston and has been rehabilitating there, has had a remarkable recovery in the months since suffering the injury while making a tackle in Buffalo's season-opening game Sept. 9 against the Broncos.
Everett was paralyzed from the neck down when he arrived at Buffalo's Millard Fillmore Gates Hospital and spent the first few days on life support. He underwent four hours of surgery as a team of doctors realigned his neck and stabilized it with screws, rods and a titanium plate. Doctors initially feared Everett would never walk again.
Goodell flew to Buffalo to visit with Everett shortly after his injury.
"Oh man, I've come a hundred miles compared to where I am today," Everett told KRIV. "I started out not being able to move anything to walking. I've come a long way, man."
At an appearance in early January at a high school football banquet in his hometown of Port Arthur, Texas, Everett showed little indication of his injury. He discussed his injury and recovery on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" on Thursday, where former Bronco Domenik Hixon also appeared via satellite from Arizona, site of the Super Bowl. Hixon is now a member of the New York Giants.
KRIV also reported Everett was invited to attend President Bush's State of the Union Address on Monday, but that the player had to decline because of prior commitments.
"I thought it was great that they invited me to that," Everett told the station. "It was kind of impressive and all. I was like kind of surprised at the whole deal and everything."
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