7 California HS Grads To Play In Super Bowl 58: List

CALIFORNIA — Super Bowl 58 is shaping up to be a memorable one with megastars such as Patrick Mahomes, Christian McCaffrey and Travis Kelce — not to mention, ahem, Taylor Swift — all on display.

Joining them at the big game on Feb. 11: seven players who graduated from high schools in California, including a quarterback, cornerbacks and offensive and defensive lineman. The Chiefs have two Californians while the San Francisco 49ers have five. Two of the players are from the Bay Area, and the rest are from Los Angeles and Orange counties. Two teammates on the Chiefs came up playing on rival all-boys Catholic high school teams in Southern California.

The Golden State players in Super Bowl 58 are:

• Trent McDuffie, cornerback, St. John Bosco, Chiefs
• Keith Taylor, cornerback, Servite, Chiefs
• Matt Pryor, offensive lineman, Lakewood, 49ers
• Deommondore Lenior, defensive back, Salesian, Chiefs/49ers
• Aaron Banks, offensive lineman, El Cerrito, 49ers
• Arik Armstead, defensive lineman, Pleasant Grove, 49ers
• Sam Darnold, quarterback, San Clemente, 49ers

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This year, Florida and Texas are the best represented, with 10 players each hailing from those two states alone, according to a list compiled by highschoolfootballamerica.com. Nine players went to Georgia high schools, eight came from Michigan high schools, and seven came from California.

Mahomes attended Whitehouse in Texas, McCaffery attended Valor Christian in Colorado, and Kelce went to Cleveland Heights in Ohio. And if you were wondering, Swift attended a public high school in Hendersonville, Tennessee, for two years, and later transferred to Aaron Academy, a private Christian school that offers home-schooling and better accommodated her touring schedule.