CLEVELAND, Ohio — Chiefs defensive finish and Glenville alum Frank Clark obtained his second championship ring with the Chiefs’ 38-35 Tremendous Bowl win over the Eagles on Sunday.

Clark had a comparatively quiet evening with only one sort out within the recreation, however has been a key cog within the Kansas Metropolis protection the previous couple of seasons,

For Clark a key to his success, he mentioned after the sport on Sunday, has been Chiefs coach Andy Reid. Clark didn’t have a typical upbringing, rising up with a mother who struggled with drug habit and homelessness, with medicine and homicide throughout him in The Baldwin Villages in L.A. — in any other case generally known as “The Jungle.” He was delivered to Cleveland by his father, Frank Clark III, as an eighth grader. The elder Clark had been residing in northeast Ohio for many of his son’s life, and was tragically killed in a Cleveland home fireplace in 2018.

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Whereas in Cleveland, Ted Ginn Sr. grew to become an enormous affect for Clark, pushing him to play defensive finish and, serving to change the trajectory of Clark’s soccer profession.

Given the whole lot that Clark has been via in his life, he mentioned it’s made an enormous distinction {that a} coach like Reid will get him.

“The factor about Andy Reid that I really like probably the most is his will, his grit, his understanding of his gamers,” Clark instructed reporters after the sport. “He understands his gamers. He’s not a type of coaches, a type of white-collar coaches. He got here from the ghetto, got here from East LA. So he understands the child from South Central. He understands the child from the hood in Cleveland. He will get it.

“He isn’t certainly one of these coaches sitting on the market teaching me from the standpoint – right here go my boy, oh! Instructed you I used to be gonna get that [expletive]! Sure sir! Simply having a man like that round, I wanted that. I felt like I wanted to get grounded. Y’all know, I misplaced my father in a hearth a couple of years in the past, so quite a lot of the authoritative figures, I’m the authority in my life for probably the most half. If you develop into the man, once you develop into the one in your loved ones, you develop into that authority determine. Once I misplaced my father, having Andy Reid there as a coach. You spend quite a lot of time round your coaches, your boys. That’s why we develop into so shut.

Right here’s Clark’s full postgame transcript, as supplied by the NFL:

On what track he’ll be celebrating with:

“Sheesh, I’m most likely going to hearken to a pleasant track I’ve been listening to all week. By the band, The Eagles. Resort California. I’m going to play that [expletive] loud as hell.”

On what’s going via his thoughts after the victory:

“It’s all a blessing. I used to be very emotional, I’ve been emotional for the previous couple of days. Simply going via quite a lot of issues. Simply going out and in of the battles of life. And now, simply having the ability to hit the head. I had a objective this yr – it wasn’t sack numbers, it’s by no means sack numbers. That’s what folks understand about me. I can get a sack each recreation if I wished to however I’m a group participant, so I do issues the group approach. I keep inside the scheme and I do know my place. Simply understanding my function on this group, I hit Tyron up like, earlier than the season, I’ve nonetheless obtained the message in my cellphone. I hit him up earlier than the season, I used to be like ‘yo, I do know I let the boys down, man. I really feel like I let the boys down this yr.’ And he was like, ‘man, you didn’t allow us to down’. And I used to be like, no, I really feel like I allow you to boys down as a result of mentally I wasn’t ready. Bodily I wasn’t ready. I simply didn’t give my finest, I didn’t give what I do know is my finest and what I’m capable of carry to the desk. My major objective this yr was simply to get all of it again, make all people suppose. Climb again to the highest, I really feel like I’m climbing again to the highest of the place I must be. I really feel prefer it’s been probably the greatest playoffs for move rushers within the historical past of the NFL at a younger age. I’ve obtained a protracted option to go. Coaches telling me I can play six, seven extra years. Stuff like that. I don’t know, I’m having fun with myself, however [expletive] will get tiring. Two-time champ. I’m completely satisfied, overjoyed, ecstatic, I’m simply drained.”

On what he loves about Kansas Metropolis Head Coach Andy Reid:

“The factor about Andy Reid that I really like probably the most is his will, his grit, his understanding of his gamers. He understands his gamers. He’s not a type of coaches, a type of white-collar coaches. He got here from the ghetto, got here from East LA. So he understands the child from South Central. He understands the child from the hood in Cleveland. He will get it. He isn’t certainly one of these coaches sitting on the market teaching me from the standpoint – right here go my boy, oh! Instructed you I used to be gonna get that [expletive]! Sure sir! Simply having a man like that round, I wanted that. I felt like I wanted to get grounded. Y’all know, I misplaced my father in a hearth a couple of years in the past, so quite a lot of the authoritative figures, I’m the authority in my life for probably the most half. If you develop into the man, once you develop into the one in your loved ones, you develop into that authority determine. Once I misplaced my father, having Andy Reid there as a coach. You spend quite a lot of time round your coaches, your boys. That’s why we develop into so shut. Their households, my coach’s household I do know. Coach’s entire household, he’s obtained three daughters, I really like them. However simply having a man like Andy Reid in a time the place I felt like I wanted anyone most to sit down me down and inform me it is advisable to maintain going more durable. You’re not completed. You’ve obtained a championship, in the event you end there you’re a idiot. To maintain on going. I thank him for difficult me to do this. He introduced one of the best out of me this yr. He instructed me in the midst of this season after I obtained suspended, I let him know like rattling, I really feel like I’m not going to hit my targets this yr, I would like each recreation to hit my targets and I obtained suspended. He sat me down after that and was like ‘hey, we’re going to gear up for the playoffs and also you’re going to have probably the greatest playoff seasons of your profession. And I’m simply nonetheless doing that, nonetheless having fun with it. Having enjoyable, and I respect Coach Reid for, like I mentioned, giving me that likelihood.”

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