3 WI High School Grads To Play In Super Bowl 59

WISCONSIN — Some extremely familiar Wisconsin names are on the roster in Sunday’s Super Bowl LIX between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

Twelve of the players on the 53-man rosters got their start in playing high school football in Wisconsin, according to High School Football America.

Kansas City Chiefs

• #54 Leo Chenal – LB – Grantsburg, WI
• #66 Mike Caliendo – OL – Brookfield East, WI

Philadelphia Eagles

• #53 Zack Baun – LB – Brown Deer, WI

Overall, high school athletes from 31 different states, plus Australia will be represented when the Chiefs and Eagles battle for the Vince Lombardi Trophy for the second time in the last three years.

Florida has 14 former players (10 for Philadelphia, four for Kansas City) slated to play in America’s biggest football game.

Texas has the second most with 12 (eight for Philadelphia, four for Kansas City).