Where Every Super Bowl MVP Played High School Football
Seattle Seahawks running back Kenneth Walker III is the first former Tennessee high school football player to win the Pete Rozelle Trophy as the Most Valuable Player in Super Bowl LX. He's also only the eighth running back to be named Super Bowl MVP.
Walker played at Arlington High School, a school located about 35 miles northeast of Memphis. It was there that Walker earned the nickname "K9." He finished his high school career with nearly 3,500 yards on the ground, averaging 6.9 yards per carry. He ran for 41 touchdowns and caught 16 more.
Below you can watch Walker's Hudl highlights from his senior season.
Sunday night against the New England Patriots, Walker ran for 135 yards on 27 carries and caught two passes for 26 yards, giving him a total of 161 yards from scrimmage.
Overall, 20 different states have former high school football players who have won MVP awards. California leads the way with fourteen, followed by Texas with 7.
- California – 14
- Texas - 7
- Louisiana – 6
- Florida, Pennsylvania – 5
- Ohio – 4
- Georgia – 3
- Alabama, New Jersey, Washington – 2
- Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, West Virginia – 1
On the individual side, Tom Brady of Serra High School in San Mateo, California, leads the way with five MVP awards. Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes of Whitehouse High (Texas) owns three Rozelle Trophies.
Three high schools — Isidore Newman (Louisiana), Lincoln (San Diego, California), Serra (San Mateo, California) — have had two different players win Super Bowl MVP's.
Wide receiver Lynn Swann, a Serra alum, won the MVP with the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl X, which gives the Padres six total MVP's when you add in Brady. The future Pro Football Hall of Fame QB won four Rozelle Awards with the Patriots and one with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Thanks to the Manning brothers, Newman has two SB MVP's. Peyton won the award after the Indianapolis Colts won Super Bowl XLI. Eli has two Pete Rozelle Awards. He won the MVP award with the New York Giants for Super Bowls XLII and XLVI.
Two running backs, who played scholastically at San Diego's Lincoln High have hoisted MVP trophies. Former Hornets running back Marcus Allen was honored in the Los Angeles Raiders Super Bowl XVIII win. Terrell Davis, the last running back before Walker, was honored for his performance when the Denver Broncos won Super Bowl XXXII.
Below is where every MVP played in high school.
All-Time Super Bowl MVP Winners
| Super Bowl | Name/Team | Position | High School/State |
| I | Bart Starr - Green Bay Packers | QB | Sidney Lanier (Alabama) |
| II | Bart Starr - Green Bay Packers | QB | Sidney Lanier (Alabama) |
| III | Joe Namath - New York Jets | QB | Beaver Falls (Pennsylvania) |
| IV | Len Dawson - Kansas City Chiefs | QB | Alliance (Ohio) |
| V | Chuck Howley - Dallas Cowboys | LB | Warwood (West Virginia) |
| VI | Roger Staubach - Dallas Cowboys | QB | Purcell (Ohio) |
| VII | Jake Scott - Miami Dolphins | S | Bullis School (Maryland) |
| VIII | Larry Csonka - Miami Dolphins | RB | Stow-Munroe Falls (Ohio) |
| IX | Franco Harris - Pittsburgh Steelers | RB | Rancocas Valley (New Jersey) |
| X | Lynn Swann - Pittsburgh Steelers | WR | Serra (San Mateo, California) |
| XI | Fred Biletnikoff - Oakland Raiders | WR | Technical Memorial (Erie, Pennsylvania) |
| XII | Harvey Martin - Dallas Cowboys | DE | South Oak Cliff (Texas) |
| Randy White - Dallas Cowboys | DT | McKean (Delaware) | |
| XIII | Terry Bradshaw - Pittsburgh Steelers | QB | Woodlawn (Shreveport, Louisiana) |
| XiV | Terry Bradshaw - Pittsburgh Steelers | QB | Woodlawn (Shreveport, Louisiana) |
| XV | Jim Plunkett - Oakland Raiders | QB | Overfelt (California) |
| XVI | Joe Montana - San Francisco 49ers | QB | Ringgold (Pennsylvania) |
| XVII | John Riggins - Washington Redskins | RB | Centralia (Kansas) |
| XVIII | Marcus Allen - Los Angeles Raiders | RB | Lincoln (San Diego, California) |
| XIX | Joe Montana - San Francisco 49ers | QB | Ringgold (Pennsylvania) |
| XX | Richard Dent - Chicago Bears | DE | J.C. Murphy (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| XXI | Phil Simms - New York Giants | QB | Southern (Kentucky) |
| XXII | Doug Williams - Washington Redskins | QB | Chaneyville (Louisiana) |
| XXIII | Jerry Rice - San Francisco 49ers | WR | B.L. Moor (Mississippi) |
| XXIV | Joe Montana - San Francisco 49ers | QB | Ringgold (Pennsylvania) |
| XXV | Otis Anderson - New York Giants | RB | Forest Hill (Florida) |
| XXVI | Mark Rypien - Washington Redskins | QB | Shadle Park (Washington) |
| XXVII | Troy Aikman - Dallas Cowboys | QB | Henryetta (Oklahoma) |
| XXVIII | Emmitt Smith - Dallas Cowboys | RB | Escambia (Florida) |
| XXIX | Steve Young - San Francisco 49ers | QB | Greenwich (Connecticut) |
| XXX | Larry Brown - Dallas Cowboys | CB | Los Angeles HS (California) |
| XXXI | Desmond Howard - Green Bay Packers | KR/PR | St. Joseph (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| XXXII | Terrell Davis - Denver Broncos | RB | Lincoln (San Diego, California) |
| XXXIII | John Elway - Denver Broncos | QB | Granada Hills (California) |
| XXXIV | Kurt Warner - St. Louis Rams | QB | Regis (Iowa) |
| XXXV | Ray Lewis - Baltimore Ravens | LB | Kathleen (Florida) |
| XXXVI | Tom Brady - New England Patriots | QB | Serra (San Mateo, California) |
| XXXVII | Dexter Jackson - Tampa Bay Buccaneers | S | Shanks (Quincy, Florida) |
| XXXVIII | Tom Brady - New England Patriots | QB | Serra (San Mateo, California) |
| XXXIX | Deion Branch - New England Patriots | WR | Monroe (Albany, Georgia) |
| XL | Hines Ward - Pittsburgh Steelers | WR | Forest Park (Georgia) |
| XLI | Peyton Manning - Indianapolis Colts | QB | Isidore Newman (Louisiana) |
| XLII | Eli Manning - New York Giants | QB | Isidore Newman (Louisiana) |
| XLIII | Santonio Holmes - Pittsburgh Steelers | WR | Glades Central (Florida) |
| XLIV | Drew Brees - New Orleans Saints | QB | Westlake (Austin, Texas) |
| XLV | Aaron Rodgers - Green Bay Packers | QB | Pleasant Valley (California) |
| XLVI | Eli Manning - New York Giants | QB | Isidore Newman (Louisiana) |
| XLVII | Joe Flacco - Baltimore Ravens | QB | Audubon (New Jersey) |
| XLVIII | Malcolm Smith - Seattle Seahawks | LB | Taft (Woodland Hills, California) |
| XLIX | Tom Brady - New England Patriots | QB | Serra (San Mateo, California) |
| 50 | Von Miller - Denver Broncos | LB | DeSoto (Texas) |
| LI | Tom Brady - New England Patriots | QB | Serra (San Mateo, California) |
| LII | Nick Foles - Philadelphia Eagles | QB | Westlake (Austin, Texas) |
| LIII | Julian Edelman - New England Patriots | WR | Woodside (California) |
| LIV | Patrick Mahomes - Kansas City Chiefs | QB | Whitehouse (Texas) |
| LV | Tom Brady - Tampa Bay Buccaneers | QB | Serra (San Mateo, California) |
| LVI | Cooper Kupp - Los Angeles Rams | WR | Davis (Washington) |
| LVII | Patrick Mahomes - Kansas City Chiefs | QB | Whitehouse (Texas) |
| LVIII | Patrick Mahomes - Kansas City Chiefs | QB | Whitehouse (Texas) |
| LIX | Jalen Hurts - Philadelphia Eagles | QB | Channelview (Texas) |
| LX | Kenneth Walker III - Seattle Seahawks | RB | Arlington (Tennessee) |
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