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When Super Bowl LV kicks off Sunday evening in Tampa Bay, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Ricky Seals-Jones will become the first Sealy-born NFL player to make the championship game.

According to Pro Football Reference, which has a record of Texas-born players dating back to 1920, only Eric Dickerson (Sealy High School alum) and Shane Lechler (East Bernard High School alum) were born in Sealy but neither advanced past their respective conference championships.

Sealy High School and Texas A&M alum Ricky Seals-Jones is headed to the Super Bowl with the Kansas City Chiefs after they defeated the Buffalo Bills, 38-24, in the AFC Championship game last Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium. Seals-Jones is the first Sealy-born NFL player to make a Super Bowl, and the game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will kick off on Feb. 7 at 5:30 p.m. CST. The Buccaneers will become the first team in NFL history to play a Super Bowl in its home stadium.

With a last-second field goal that secured a 41-38 win for Tennessee over Houston, the Texans’ struggling season has mercifully ended with a 4-12 overall record. Because of an earlier trade for their firstand second-round picks in the upcoming draft in exchange for offensive lineman Laremy Tunsil, the Miami Dolphins will have the third overall selection in April’s draft while Houston isn’t slated to make a pick until the third round.