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4 players with Pittsburgh ties heading to Super Bowl LVII

Philadelphia's Miles Sanders and Avonte Maddox and Kansas City's Skyy Moore and Justin Watson get a shot to play on football's biggest stage.

4 players with Pittsburgh ties heading to Super Bowl LVII

Philadelphia's Miles Sanders and Avonte Maddox and Kansas City's Skyy Moore and Justin Watson get a shot to play on football's biggest stage.

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4 players with Pittsburgh ties heading to Super Bowl LVII

Philadelphia's Miles Sanders and Avonte Maddox and Kansas City's Skyy Moore and Justin Watson get a shot to play on football's biggest stage.

The Super Bowl is set: The Philadelphia Eagles will take on the Kansas City Chiefs.So, no Steelers. But there are still a number of Pittsburgh connections to the big game.After starring in the NFC championship game with a pair of touchdown runs for the Eagles, Woodland Hills High School and Penn State alum Miles Sanders now eyes his first Super Bowl appearance in his fourth NFL season.Miles Sanders, from Woodland Hills to the Super Bowl: Watch our report in the video above.Former Shady Side Academy star Skyy Moore delivered for the Chiefs in a crucial moment of the AFC championship game, returning a punt 29 yards late in the fourth quarter.It set the Chiefs up with good field position before they kicked the game-winning field goal moments later, sending the New Kensington native to the Super Bowl in his rookie season.Skyy Moore is going to the Super Bowl: Watch our report from New Kensington in the video above."He's not a kid that won the genetic lottery. He's a kid that, everything he has, he worked for, he earned. And as great of a football player he is, he's an even better person," Shady Side head coach Chuck DiNardo said.Moore's teammate and fellow wide receiver Justin Watson, from South Fayette, will be making his second Super Bowl appearance.Two seasons ago, Watson won a ring with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV when, coincidentally, they defeated the Chiefs."It's unbelievable:" Justin Watson's parents excited for another Super Bowl -- watch the video below.Former Pitt Panthers cornerback Avonte Maddox was drafted by the Eagles in 2018, right after Philadelphia's first Super Bowl victory. Now Maddox gets a shot to play on football's biggest stage.And there will also be local support for Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni, the younger brother of longtime Washington & Jefferson head coach Mike Sirianni.

The Super Bowl is set: The Philadelphia Eagles will take on the Kansas City Chiefs.

So, no Steelers. But there are still a number of Pittsburgh connections to the big game.

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After starring in the NFC championship game with a pair of touchdown runs for the Eagles, Woodland Hills High School and Penn State alum Miles Sanders now eyes his first Super Bowl appearance in his fourth NFL season.

Miles Sanders, from Woodland Hills to the Super Bowl: Watch our report in the video above.

Former Shady Side Academy star Skyy Moore delivered for the Chiefs in a crucial moment of the AFC championship game, returning a punt 29 yards late in the fourth quarter.

It set the Chiefs up with good field position before they kicked the game-winning field goal moments later, sending the New Kensington native to the Super Bowl in his rookie season.

Skyy Moore is going to the Super Bowl: Watch our report from New Kensington in the video above.

"He's not a kid that won the genetic lottery. He's a kid that, everything he has, he worked for, he earned. And as great of a football player he is, he's an even better person," Shady Side head coach Chuck DiNardo said.

Moore's teammate and fellow wide receiver Justin Watson, from South Fayette, will be making his second Super Bowl appearance.

Two seasons ago, Watson won a ring with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV when, coincidentally, they defeated the Chiefs.

"It's unbelievable:" Justin Watson's parents excited for another Super Bowl -- watch the video below.

Former Pitt Panthers cornerback Avonte Maddox was drafted by the Eagles in 2018, right after Philadelphia's first Super Bowl victory. Now Maddox gets a shot to play on football's biggest stage.

And there will also be local support for Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni, the younger brother of longtime Washington & Jefferson head coach Mike Sirianni.

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