Youngstown born NFL player could win 3rd Super Bowl ring in a row
Darian Kinnard could achieve this with two different teams who happen to be competing against each other on Sunday.
Kinnard, 25, is an offensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles. He won championship rings with the opposing team this weekend: the Kansas City Chiefs.
Kinnard was born in Youngstown and graduated from Saint Ignatius High School in Cleveland. He then played college football at the University of Kentucky and was selected by the Chiefs with the 145th pick in the fifth round of the 2022 NFL Draft.
Kinnard won a Super Bowl with the Chiefs in 2023. In 2024, he won a championship ring as a member of the Chiefs practice squad.
Kinnard signed with the Eagles last offseason. Will Kinnard win his third ring in a row this weekend? It remains to be seen.
Kinnard hopes to be the first NFL player since Ken Norton Jr. to win Super Bowl championships in three consecutive seasons for two different teams. Norton Jr. won two Super Bowls as a member of the Dallas Cowboys and one with the San Francisco 49ers in the 1990s.
WKBN compiled a list of all the NFL Super Bowl players who were born in the Youngstown, Ohio area.
Chad Krispinky also spoke with Cardinal Mooney graduate and safeties coach Donald D'Alesio for the Chiefs ahead of the highly anticipated game.
The kick-off of Super Bowl LIX between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles is at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, February 9 on Fox Youngstown (WYFX).
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