In a rematch from two years in the past, the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs will face down in New Orleans for Tremendous Bowl LIX. The stakes are at an all-time excessive, with the Chiefs aiming at turning into the NFL’s solely staff to win three consecutive Tremendous Bowls.
The sport, which is able to air on Fox at 6:30 p.m. EST on Sunday, would be the Eagles’ likelihood to not solely cease Patrick Mahomes but additionally get revenge after shedding the 2023 Tremendous Bowl when Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker made a brief discipline gold within the final eight seconds of the sport.
Whereas the neither of the three New York groups made it to the massive sport, New Jersey shall be represented by 5 gamers who had been born within the Backyard State and play for the Tremendous Bowl-bound groups.
So, who’re the gamers representing the tri-state space?
Chiefs operating again Isiah Pacheco
The Vineland, New Jersey, native will make his third consecutive Tremendous Bowl look on Sunday because the Chiefs’ operating again. Pacheco, who has Puerto Rican heritage, additionally performed soccer with the Rutgers Scartlet Knights from 2018 to 2021, till he was drafted by Kansas 251st general within the 2022 NFL Draft.
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Isiah Pacheco of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs does an interview throughout the Tremendous Bowl LIX Opening Evening on February 2, 2025.
In accordance with Rutgers College, he’s the primary operating again in NFL historical past to begin and win two championships in his first two seasons.
Eagles quarterback Kenny Picket
The 2022 first-round choose from Oakhurst, New Jersey, will make his Tremendous Bowl debut as a backup quarterback with the Eagles. He performed in 5 common season video games and the Eagles vs. Commanders NFC championship.
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Kenny Picket of the Philadelphia Eagles warms up on the sector previous to the NFC Divisional Playoff sport in opposition to the Los Angeles Rams.
In accordance with his staff biography, Pickett grew up as an Eagles fan as his dad grew up within the Philly space after which moved to New Jersey. He prepped at Ocean Township Excessive Faculty, the place he was rated as “the nation’s No. 10 pro-style QB” BY 247Sports.
Chiefs OL C.J. Hanson
The rookie from Wyckoff, New Jersey, will shut his first NFL season with the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs with a visit to the Tremendous Bowl as his staff seems to be to acquire its third consecutive championship. The seventh-round choose didn’t begin for DePaul Catholic Excessive Faculty till his senior yr, which made him a no-star recruit due to his lack of sport expertise.
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C.J. Hanson of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs in motion throughout the first half of a preseason sport in opposition to the Jacksonville Jaguars at EverBank Stadium on August 10, 2024.
He earned a full-time beginning function with Holy Cross two years after becoming a member of this system.
Eagles linebacker Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
Whereas Trotter attended St. Joseph’s Prep highschool in Philadelphia, he grew up in Hainesport Township, a city 24 miles exterior of Philly. He made his first profession begin within the Eagles’ 20-13 win over the New York Giants and recorded 11 tackles.
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Jeremiah Trotter Jr. #54 of the Philadelphia Eagles reacts after recovering a fumble within the first quarter in opposition to the Inexperienced Bay Packers throughout the NFC Wild Card Playoff at Lincoln Monetary Subject on January 12, 2025.
He’s the son of former linebacker and Eagles Corridor of Famer Jeremiah Trotter, who performed eight seasons with Philadelphia and is taken into account as the heart beat of the Eagles’ dominant protection within the early 2000s.
Eagles lengthy snapper Rick Lovato
A member of the Eagles’ Tremendous Bowl roster in 2017 and 2022, the Middletown, New Jersey, native will make his third championship look because the staff’s lengthy snapper.
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Rick Lovato #45 of the Philadelphia Eagles reacts throughout the second quarter in opposition to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs in Tremendous Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium on February 12, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona.
Lovato has deep New Jersey roots. After graduating from Previous Dominion College, he returned to the Backyard State to work at his household’s deli in Lincroft whereas coaching on the identical time to earn a sport within the NFL. He performed a complete of 4 video games with the Inexperienced Bay Packers and the Washington Redskins earlier than being acquired as a free agent by Philadelphia within the 2016 season.
