Who Is In Super Bowl 2022? See The Players With Ties To Virginia, DC

VIRGINIA/DC — You may see some familiar names on the team rosters when the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals square off in Super Bowl LVI, the biggest game of the NFL season, to be played at 5:30 p.m. Central on Sunday in SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.

Three players on the Los Angeles Rams and one on the Cincinnati Bengals have ties to either Virginia or Washington, D.C.

Bryce Perkins is the Rams’ third quarterback, behind starter Matt Stafford and John Wolford. Perkins played two years of college football at the University of Virginia in 2018 and 2019.

Nick Scott, a safety for the Rams, was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and moved to Virginia to play his high school football at Fairfax High School before playing college football at Penn State.

Terrell Lewis, a linebacker for the Rams, was born and raised in Washington, D.C., and played high school football at St. Johns. He played college football at Alabama.

Zach Kerr, a defensive tackle for the Bengals, was born in Virginia Beach. After graduating from Quince Orchard High in Gaithersburg, Maryland, he attended Fork Union Military Academy in Virginia for a year. He played college football at both Maryland and Delaware.

The 2022 Super Bowl teams have 107 former college football players, according to the NCAA. Together, the SEC and Big Ten are sending the most players to the game, with 46 players. NCAA Division I FCS and Division II schools are also represented.

According to the NCAA, Florida and LSU have the greatest representation in the 56th annual Super Bowl, with five each.

Washington, Georgia, Ohio State, Clemson and Oklahoma each have four players on the teams' Super Bowl rosters.

Alabama, Texas A&M and Purdue have three representatives each.

And two players each come from Wake Forest, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame, Michigan, Michigan State, Maryland, Florida Atlantic, Delaware, Cincinnati, Florida State, Iowa, Penn State, TCU, Utah, Wisconsin, Stanford, Colorado and North Carolina State.