Eleven players from Alabama high schools and colleges are eligible to play in Super Bowl LVII on Sunday.

Based on the players’ performances so far in the 2022 season, some of the best statistical showings turned in by Super Bowl participants with Alabama roots during the previous 56 games could be eclipsed.

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A rundown of the top statistical performances by players from Alabama high schools and colleges includes:

PASSING

Players with Alabama football roots have passed for at least 200 yards in a Super Bowl four times, with Bart Starr (Sidney Lanier, Alabama) doing so twice in winning the MVP Award for the first two Super Bowls.

The most passing yards in a Super Bowl for a state player is 265 by Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton (Auburn) in a 24-10 loss to the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50 on Feb. 7, 2016. Newton completed 18-of-41 passes with no touchdowns and one interception.

Starr completed 16-of-23 passes for 250 yards with two touchdowns and one interception in the Green Bay Packers’ 35-10 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl I on Jan. 15, 1967, and 13-of-24 passes for 202 yards with one touchdown and no interceptions in a 33-14 victory over the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl II on Jan. 14, 1968. Starr is the only player with Alabama roots with two TD passes in a Super Bowl game.

Joe Namath (Alabama) also won the game’s MVP Award when he completed 17-of-28 passes for 206 yards with no touchdowns and no interceptions in the New York Jets’ 16-7 victory over the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III on Jan. 12, 1969. Namath did not throw a pass in the fourth quarter of the landmark game.

RUSHING

Seattle Seahawks running back Shaun Alexander (Alabama) set the high mark for rushing yards in a Super Bowl by a ball-carrier with Alabama roots when he ran for 95 yards on 20 carries in a 21-10 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XL on Feb. 5, 2006.

Only one other state player has at least 80 rushing yards in a Super Bowl, and Antowain Smith (Stanhope Elmore) did it twice. Smith ran for 92 yards on 18 carries in the New England Patriots’ 20-17 victory over the St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI on Feb. 3, 2002, and 83 yards and one touchdown on 26 rushing attempts in a 32-29 victory over the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl XXXVIII on Feb. 1, 2004.

RECEIVING

Players from Alabama high schools and college have recorded four 100-yard receiving games in the Super Bowl, with Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver John Stallworth (Tuscaloosa, Alabama A&M) doing so twice.

Terrell Owens (Benjamin Russell) set the state’s high mark for receiving yards when he caught nine passes for 122 yards in the Philadelphia Eagles’ 24-21 loss to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXIX on Feb. 6, 2005. Owens was playing for the first time since breaking his leg on Dec. 19.

Stallworth caught three passes for 115 yards and two touchdowns in the Steelers’ 35-31 victory over the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl XIII on Jan. 21, 1979, and three passes for 121 yards and one touchdown in a 31-19 victory over the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl XIV on Jan. 20, 1980. Stallworth is the only player with Alabama roots with two TD receptions in a Super Bowl.

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill (West Alabama) caught nine passes for 105 yards in a 31-20 victory over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV on Feb. 2, 2020.

The Alabama-roots records for the most receptions in a Super Bowl doesn’t belong to any of the 100-yard receivers. Miami Dolphins running back Tony Nathan (Woodlawn, Alabama) caught 10 passes for 83 yards in a 38-16 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XIX on Jan. 20, 1985.

KICKOFF RETURNS

Only one player with Alabama roots has reached 100 kickoff-return yards in a Super Bowl. Oakland Raiders wide receiver Marcus Knight (Comer) returned eight kickoffs for 143 yards in a 48-21 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl XXXVII on Jan. 26, 2003. Knight recorded the 10th-most kickoff-return yards in a Super Bowl in his final NFL game.

PUNT RETURNS

Cincinnati Bengals safety Mike Fuller (Shaw, Auburn) returned four punts for 35 yards in a 26-21 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XVI on Jan. 24, 1982. That’s the 12th-most punt-return yards for one player in one Super Bowl.

SACKS

There have been 37 two-sack games by players in the Super Bowl, and pass-rushers with Alabama roots have recorded six of them.

New England Patriots defensive end Trey Flowers (Columbia) set the high mark with 2.5 sacks in a 34-28 overtime victory against the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI on Feb. 5, 2017, for the state’s high mark.

New York Giants defensive end Justin Tuck (Central-Coosa) had two sacks in two Super Bowls – a 17-14 victory over the Patriots in Super Bowl XLII on Feb. 3, 2008, and a 21-17 victory over the Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI on Feb. 5, 2012.

In Tuck’s first two-sack Super Bowl, New England linebacker Adalius Thomas, who also prepped at Central-Coosa, had two sacks, too.

The state’s other two-sack Super Bowls were recorded by Denver Broncos outside linebacker DeMarcus Ware (Auburn High, Troy) in a 24-10 victory over the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50 on Feb. 7, 2016, and Patriots linebacker Dont’a Hightower (Alabama) in a 13-3 victory over the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII on Feb. 3, 2019.

INTERCEPTIONS

Three players with Alabama roots have intercepted passes in the Super Bowl, and one is among the greatest plays in the game’s history.

Rookie cornerback Malcolm Butler (West Alabama) saved the New England Patriots’ 28-24 victory over the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX on Feb. 1, 2015, with his interception. With Seattle at the New England 1-yard line and less than one minute to play, Butler intercepted a pass at the goal line on the Seahawks’ final snap of the game.

San Francisco 49ers cornerback Eric Davis (Anniston, Jacksonville State) had an interception in a 49-26 victory over the San Diego Chargers in Super Bowl XXIX on Jan. 29, 1995. Davis picked off Stan Humphries in the end zone on a third-and-1 throw from the San Diego 46-yard line. Davis’ interception came with 10 seconds left in the first half with San Francisco holding a 28-10 lead.

Arizona Cardinals linebacker Karlos Dansby (Woodlawn, Auburn) had an interception in a 27-23 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLIII on Feb. 1, 2009. Dansby picked off Ben Roethlisberger’s second-and-4 throw from the Pittsburgh 22-yard line to set up Arizona on the Steelers 34 with two minutes left in the first half. But on the final play of the second quarter, Pittsburgh linebacker James Harrison intercepted Cardinals QB Kurt Warner and ran off a 100-yard touchdown return.

The Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles square off in Super Bowl LVII at 5:30 p.m. CST Sunday at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The players from Alabama high schools and colleges on the active rosters of the teams include:

· Eagles safety Reed Blankenship, West Limestone

· Eagles cornerback James Bradberry, Pleasant Grove, Samford

· Eagles guard Landon Dickerson, Alabama

· Eagles offensive lineman Jack Driscoll, Auburn

· Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, Alabama

· Eagles cornerback Josh Jobe, Alabama

· Eagles punter Arryn Siposs, Auburn

· Chiefs wide receiver Kadarius Toney, Blount

· Chiefs offensive tackle Prince Tega Wanogho, Edgewood Academy, Auburn

· Eagles wide reeiver DeVonta Smith, Alabama

· Eagles wide receiver Quez Watkins, Athens

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.