The Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles are set to face off at Super Bowl LIX next month at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.
This marks the third consecutive Super Bowl for the Chiefs, who are seeking to win the Lombardi trophy for the fourth time. Meanwhile, the Eagles, who won at Superbowl LII in 2018, will be making their fifth Super Bowl appearance following their loss against the Chiefs in 2023.
Regardless of which team you’re rooting for, here are 6 players from both teams who are professing Christians and will be playing at Super Bowl LIX on February 9.
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Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has been outspoken about his Christian faith throughout his career. On Sunday, his team was victorious 32-29 over the Buffalo Bills AFC Championship Game at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.
“First off, I want to give all glory to God. Without Him, none of this is possible, and I truly mean that,” Mahomes told CBS Sports in a post-game interview.
Prior to Super Bowl LV last year, Mahomes shared that he prays at the goalpost prior to every game.
“Before every game, I walk the field, and I do a prayer at the goalpost,” he said before Super Bowl LV. “I just thank God for those opportunities, and I thank God for letting me be on a stage where I can glorify him.”
According to Marca, this pregame prayer routine lasts about two hours, and it has been something that Mahomes has practiced since high school. During a 2023 interview at Super Bowl LVII, Mahomes noted how he got a tattoo in light of the biblical story Eutychus in Acts 20:7, which had a profound impact on his life.
“It’s about being half in and half out on God. That’s the interpretation I took from it and how you can’t be half in and half out,” Mahomes said. “So that was the Bible verse that kind of stuck with me, that told me that I needed to be fully in.”
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Next on the list is Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, a devout Catholic who has often spoken out against abortion. Last year, he made headlines for his comments during a commencement speech at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, particularly noting that women were lied to by society, and although they look forward to having careers one day, they ultimately look forward to becoming mothers.
“I can tell you that my beautiful wife, Isabelle, would be the first to say that her life truly started when she started living her vocation as a wife and as a mother,” he said. “Things like abortion, [in-vitro fertilization], surrogacy, euthanasia, as well as a growing support for degenerate cultural values and media all stem from the pervasiveness of disorder.”
He also denounced then-President Joe Biden for supporting abortion.
During a White House ceremony with the Chiefs in June 2023,