High school football teammates A.J. Brown and Willie Gay will be facing off in Super Bowl LVII when Brown’s Philadelphia Eagles and Gay’s Kansas City Chiefs battle for the Lombardi Trophy on February 12.
The duo attended Starkville High School and won the 2015 6A State Championship, which was Brown’s senior year and Gay’s junior season.
Brown was acquired by the Eagles last offseason and had a huge 2022 campaign, earning his second Pro Bowl nod by setting career highs in targets (145), receptions (88) and receiving yards (1,496), while matching his career high in receiving touchdowns (11).
Gay has played all three seasons of his NFL career with the Chiefs and posted high marks in combined tackles (88), passes defended (eight), quarterback hits (four) and sacks (2.5) in 2022.
There are a host of other intriguing storylines for big game.
Super Bowl LVII will be the first ever with two black starting quarterbacks in Jalen Hurts of the Eagles and Patrick Mahomes of the Chiefs, who both played high school football in Texas. Philadelphia’s Jason Kelce and Kansas City’s Travis Kelce will become the first pair of brothers to square off in the Super Bowl. And Chiefs head coach Andy Reid will be facing his former team, who he led to nine playoff berths in 14 seasons, including an appearance in Super Bowl XXXIX.
