Zaevion Dobson, a 15-year-old Fulton High School football player, was killed in a drive-by shooting in December.
(Photo: Fulton High School)

Heroes will be a hot topic Sunday during the hours of television broadcasting leading up to Super Bowl 50.

Analysts will talk seemingly nonstop about who will likely emerge as the heroes in the game between the Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos.

Before that, however, a story will be told about another kind of hero, one who played high school football in Tennessee.

Zaevion Dobson, a sophomore at Fulton High in Knoxville, was killed while shielding three girls in a drive-by shooting in his neighborhood Dec. 17.

Not long after the incident, President Barack Obama, in an emotional and tearful speech, called Dobson a hero.

New York Jets wide receiver and CBS/Showtime contributor Brandon Marshall will tell Dobson’s gut-wrenching story in a segment produced by sports Emmy Award-winner Pete Radovich as part of the CBS pregame programming.

Marshall, a six-time Pro Bowl player, was moved by the story and came up with the idea to do the mini-documentary.

In January, Marshall spent time in Knoxville visiting Dobson’s older brother and Fulton High teammate Zack, who had a scholarship offer to play football at Austin Peay.

“I’m honored to know that the world cares about what happened on 12/17/15,” Zack told ESPN. “It shocked me Obama talked about Zae like that. I would love to meet him and thank him one day.”

The tragic story is close to Marshall’s heart since he grew up in neighborhoods in Pittsburgh and Florida he has described as “volatile.”