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Matthew Stafford, 13 former SEC players help Los Angeles Rams win Super Bowl LVI
By Keith Farner
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Matthew Stafford and 13 former SEC players helped the Los Angeles Rams capture Super Bowl LVI over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday night.
Aaron Donald, the Rams’ defensive star, made a late pressure on Joe Burrow on fourth down and forced a pass to fall incomplete.
Stafford engineered a 15-play drive that covered 79 yards in 4:48 and eventually found Cooper Kupp for a 1-yard touchdown pass to give the Rams a 23-20 victory. Donald’s pressure then sealed the victory as Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase and the Bengals will look to next season.
Kupp had 4 catches for 39 yards on that drive, including the last 3. He also had a key 7-yard run off right end on fourth-and-1 from the LA 30-yard line.
On that decisive drive, Stafford completed 7 of 11 for 57 yards.
COOPER KUPP FOR THE LEAD!
📺: #SBLVI on NBC
📱: https://t.co/K02y40b5Nu pic.twitter.com/vhHjVNRsnC— NFL (@NFL) February 14, 2022
13 seasons in.
Mission accomplished, Mr. Stafford. #SBLVI pic.twitter.com/n1wqNyzIGE
— NFL (@NFL) February 14, 2022
Here are the former SEC players on the Rams:
Los Angeles Rams
WR Odell Beckham Jr., LSU
TE Kendall Blanton, Missouri
DL Bobby Brown III, Texas A&M
CB Blake Countess, Auburn
LB Leonard Floyd, Georgia
WR Van Jefferson, Florida
LB Ernest Jones, South Carolina
LB Terrell Lewis, Alabama
RB Sony Michel, Georgia
LB Von Miller, Texas A&M
WR Brandon Powell, Florida
DL A’Shawn Robinson, Alabama
QB Matthew Stafford, Georgia
OL Andrew Whitworth, LSU
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.