Jarrett Payton gets choked up after dropping his young son at school

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. -- Chicago's Jarrett Payton, son of Bears great Walter Payton, underestimated the emotional impact of dropping off his son at school for the first time.

With tears streaming from his eyes he confesses to the camera, "I tried to hold it together."

And after a bit of weeping he comes to the conclusion, "I don't think there's anything cooler than being a dad, man. It's real."

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