Six gamers from Alabama excessive colleges and faculties are on the energetic rosters of Tremendous Bowl groups for this season’s NFL championship recreation.
The Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals will decide the champions of the NFL’s 2021 season starting February 13 at 5:30 p.m. CST at Sophie Stadium in Inglewood, California.
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Individuals with Alabama soccer roots eligible to play in Tremendous Bowl LVI embody:
Rams exterior linebacker Terrell Lewis (alabama, A second-year participant, Lewis performed 11 video games and made 4 begins for Los Angeles through the common season. However he hasn’t performed since 28 November. The takeover of the Professional Bowl eight instances exterior linebacker Von Miller in a commerce with the Denver Broncos on November 2 performed a serious function in decreasing Lewis’s enjoying time. In the course of the common season, Lewis made 22 tackles, three sacks, 4 tackles for loss, one move defended and one power fumble whereas enjoying 367 defensive snaps.
Bengals kicker Ewan McPherson (Fort Payne): The rookie scored a area aim for Cincinnati on the ultimate snap of 5 video games, together with a 52-yard win over the Tennessee Titans within the Divisional Spherical on January 22 and a 31-yarder at 27-24. Additional time win towards the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs on Sunday. In the course of the common season, McPherson made 28-in-33 field-goal makes an attempt and 46-in-48 extra-point makes an attempt. He went 9-of-11 on field-goal makes an attempt of no less than 50 yards to develop into the Bengals’ profession chief in 50-plus-yard area objectives. McPherson has scored 4 area objectives in every of Cincinnati’s three post-season victories. He’s the second participant with no less than 4 area objectives in three post-season video games and the primary to attain 12 consecutive post-season area objectives. He’s the primary participant to open the playoffs with 12 straight profitable field-goal kicks. McPherson has develop into the 98th former Alabama prep participant to be on an energetic Tremendous Bowl crew’s roster.
Rams defensive finish A’Shawn Robinson (Alabama): In his second season with Los Angeles, Robinson reached a profession excessive with 67 tackles through the common season, then scored 16 within the Rams’ three playoff wins. Robinson recorded a pair of sacks in 2021 for the primary time since his rookie season in 2016. He additionally fumbled twice this season. Robinson has began each recreation on 24 October.
Bengals tight finish CJ Uzomah (golden brown, One in every of two Cincinnati gamers left from the Bengals’ earlier playoff crew in 2015, Uzoma reached a career-high with 49 receptions for 493 yards and 5 touchdowns in 16 regular-season runs starting in 2021. Uzoma had 13 receptions for 135 yards and one landing in Cincinnati. First two playoff wins of the month. However within the first quarter of Sunday’s AFC Championship Recreation, Uzoma left the sport with a knee damage within the first quarter, calling into query his availability for Tremendous Bowl LVI.
Rams cornerback Darius Williams (UAB, Not drafted in 2018 and waived that yr by the Baltimore Ravens, Williams got here to Los Angeles as a waiver declare, and he has been a starter within the Rams’ secondary for the previous two seasons. After intercepting 4 passes in 2020, Williams reached a profession excessive in 2021 with 71 tackles and 9 passes in 14 video games. He missed three video games in October resulting from an ankle damage. In Los Angeles’ three playoff wins, Williams made 16 tackles and broke two passes.
Attacking sort out from Jonah Williams (Alabama) for Bengals: Aside from the regular-season finale, by which Williams sat alongside a number of different Cincinnati regulars, the previous Crimson Tide All-American has taken each snap on a left sort out for the Bengals this season. That is the primary time Williams has made it all through the season. Chosen by Cincinnati as his eleventh selection within the 2019 NFL Draft, Williams missed his whole rookie season with a torn labrum. In 2020, accidents price him six video games, together with the final 4 of the marketing campaign.
The Tremendous Bowl groups even have 4 gamers from Alabama excessive colleges and faculties of their apply squads. As a result of NFL guidelines permit every crew to raise two practice-team members to the energetic roster for every recreation and use practice-team gamers as COVID-19 replacements, Chances are high they may develop into eligible for Tremendous Bowl obligation. Observe-team gamers with Alabama soccer roots embody:
Rams offensive lineman Chandler Brewer (Florence): Brewer has spent this season with out a recreation in Los Angeles’ apply squad. Brewer performed seven video games in 2019 as an undrafted rookie. Final season, he opted-out of the NFL’s plan to play through the coronavirus pandemic.
Rams Security Blake Countess (Auburn): The Countess didn’t play through the 2021 common season and was additionally not on the Los Angeles roster till January 12. However the Rams elevate the Countess to particular groups obligation for all three of her playoff video games. Persevering with with an damage settlement by the Philadelphia Eagles at first of the season, the Countess spent a lot of December on the Ravens’ apply crew earlier than becoming a member of Los Angeles for the postseason to cap their sixth NFL marketing campaign.
Bengals Defensive Deal with Damien Squire (Alabama): Headed to his first Tremendous Bowl to cap his ninth NFL season, Squire made historical past in Sunday’s AFC Championship Recreation when he grew to become the primary participant to seem for 2 groups in a put up season. Sq. performed towards Cincinnati on January 15 in a Bengals Tremendous Wild-Card Weekend win over the Las Vegas Raiders. Cincinnati signed Sq. for his or her apply squad final week, after their practice-squad take care of Las Vegas expired. Sq. performed 9 video games through the common season – one for the Chicago Bears and eight for Las Vegas.
Rams Lengthy Snapper Carson Tinker (Alabama): Tinker performed 9 video games through the common season – none for Los Angeles. He performed eight as an damage substitute for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and as a COVID-19 fill-in for the Las Vegas Raiders. If the sample of the previous 5 weeks holds, Monday might be launched to tinker because the Rams decide a participant with a extra appropriate place for scout-team obligation as they put together for his or her subsequent recreation. However Los Angeles can be re-signing Tinker earlier than that subsequent recreation, so he might be on standby if common lengthy snapper Matthew Orzek is to be positioned on reserve/COVID-19.
Alabama connections to Tremendous Bowl groups go properly past gamers. Cincinnati defensive-line coach Marion Pastime was a star participant at Shades Valley Excessive Faculty within the Nineteen Eighties.
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