NEW ORLEANS (February 9, 2022) – Thirty-five players on rosters for Super Bowl LVI (Sunday, February 13, 2022) have connections to the Allstate Sugar Bowl. Ten members of the Los Angeles Rams and 25 Cincinnati Bengals players either played in the Allstate Sugar Bowl, played in other events hosted or sponsored by the Sugar Bowl, or were honored by the Sugar Bowl for their amateur athletic accomplishments.
The Super Bowl participant with the most connections to the Allstate Sugar Bowl is Ja’Marr Chase from the Bengals. Chase had a memorable game in the 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship, which was hosted by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, as he caught nine passes for 221 yards and a pair of touchdowns. The Sugar Bowl selected him as the top amateur athlete from the Greater New Orleans area for 2019-20. Chase also participated in three Allstate Sugar Bowl Track & Field Classics during his time at Archbishop Rummel High School – he was the event’s long jump champion as a senior in 2018 with a mark of 23 feet, one and three-quarter inches.
In addition, Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow was honored with a pair of major awards by the Sugar Bowl. Following his Heisman Trophy-winning 2019 season, Burrow was also selected as the winner of the Manning Award, presented to the top collegiate quarterback in the nation. In June of 2020, the star quarterback earned the Sugar Bowl’s James J. Corbett Award as the top amateur athlete in the state of Louisiana. He also had a dominant performance in the 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship, which was hosted by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, throwing for 463 yards and five touchdowns in LSU’s memorable victory.
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The Allstate Sugar Bowl has established itself as one of the premier college football bowl games, having hosted 28 national champions, 100 Hall of Fame players, 51 Hall of Fame coaches and 20 Heisman Trophy winners in its 88-year history. In addition to football, the Sugar Bowl Committee annually invests over $1 million into the community through the hosting and sponsorship of sporting events, awards, scholarships and clinics. Through these efforts, the organization supports and honors thousands of student-athletes each year, while injecting over $2.2 billion into the local economy in the last decade.
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