The Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles are five days away from meeting Sunday in Super Bowl LIX. The game will feature plenty of players that flew under the radar when it came to recruiting. There will be a combined 20 players that were not rated coming out of high school.
Lane Johnson,
Jordan Mailata,
Dallas Goedert and
Jalyx Hunt headline six Philadelphia players that were unranked. Goedert has the third-most receptions in this year's playoffs with 15 while Johnson and Mailata were second team choices on the 2024 NFL All-Pro Team.
This Super Bowl also features plenty of players that were top recruits. The combined 12 five-stars is the most since Super Bowl LVI when the Los Angeles Rams played the Cincinnati Bengals.
SUPER BOWL LIX: Where the Chiefs, Eagles played high school football
Both teams combined for 33 four-star recruits.
Thirty-seven former three stars are featured led by
Patrick Mahomes. The
2013-14 MaxPreps Male Athlete of the Year was a standout in three sports. During his senior season he threw for 4,619 yards and 50 touchdowns but his most impressive feat came on the diamond. He threw a no-hitter while striking out 16 batters in a 2-1 win over Mt. Pleasant (Texas) outpitching current Los Angeles Dodger Michael Kopech.
Travis Kelce headlines the 10 two-stars. He was an all-league selection at quarterback during his senior year at
Cleveland Heights (Ohio) throwing for 1,523 yards and 21 touchdowns to go with 1,016 yards rushing and 10 more scores.
Five-stars (12)
Kansas City Chiefs (5)
Philadelphia Eagles (7)
Four-stars (33)
Kansas City Chiefs (13)
Philadelphia Eagles (20)
Three-stars (37)
Kansas City Chiefs (19)
Philadelphia Eagles (18)
Two-stars (10)
Kansas City Chiefs (3)
Philadelphia Eagles (7)
Unranked (20)
Kansas City Chiefs (14)
Philadelphia Eagles (6)