Seattle Seahawks safety Nick Emmanwori is set to play in Sunday’s Super Bowl LX matchup with the New England Patriots after suffering an ankle injury earlier in the week.
That will surely make his mother happy, who traveled with their family to watch the rookie safety play for a championship. However, though Justina Emmanwori is traveling to Santa Clara, California to support her son, she’s not too impressed by all the hype surrounding America’s biggest sporting event.
“It’s big,” she added with a shrug. “I don’t know what I’m expecting. All I’m going there for is to shout ‘Yay, Super Bowl! Touchdown! We win!”
A native of Nigeria, Justina Emmanwori didn’t grow up thinking the Super Bowl was a big deal that dominated the culture for a week leading up to a Sunday in late January or early February.
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Nick Emmanwori, 21, became an impact player for Seattle’s secondary this season. The Seahawks’ second-round pick (No, 35 overall) out of South Carolina, he registered 81 tackles, 11 passes defended, 9 tackles for loss, 4 quarterback hits, 2.5 sacks and 1 interception in 11 games during the regular season.
During the postseason, he’s made 8 tackles with 4 passes defended and 1 fumble recovery in two games.
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Yet if Justina is not impressed by the pageantry surrounding the Super Bowl, she demonstrated her knowledge of football and the impact that her son would have on the Seahawks in an earlier interview with Chast. And she predicted his team would play for a championship.
“I told God, as long as my son is in Washington, the Seahawks will never lose a game,” she said to Chast before the season. “And they keep going. They will never lose because Nicholas is there. They are going to the Super Bowl.”
After going 14-3 during the regular season and winning two playoff games to advance to the Super Bowl, the Seahawks are one game away from following through on Justina Emmanwori’s confident prediction.
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