INSPIRATION FROM HIS HOMETOWN. >> THIS, TO ME WAS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME. IF EVEN THAT. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE DON’T EVEN GET TO DO THAT. AND TO THINK THAT THIS IS THE SECOND ONE THAT WE GET TO GO TO SINCE 2021, IT IS UNBELIEVABLE. ANDREW: BELIEVE IT. TERRI AND DOUG WATSON’S SON JUSTIN, WHO PLAYED RECEIVER AT SOUTH FAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL, IS GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL, AGAIN. HE GOT HIS FIRST RING WITH TOM BRADY BUCS IN 2001. NOW HE CAN DO THE SAME THING WITH PATRICK MAHOMES AND THE CHIEFS. >> IT’S LIKE YOU CAN’T FATHOM THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING AND IT’S HAPPENING. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL THE PLANS SET TO GO. BUT IT IT’S IT IS ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE THAT WE GET TO DO THIS AGAIN AND THAT HE GETS TO DO IT AGAIN. >> BUT IT’S NOT JUST THE RING THAT MOTIVATES WATSON, IT’S HIS BROTHER TOMMY. HE LIVES WITH CEREBRAL PALSY AND HAS INSPIRED JUSTIN TO FROM THE BEGINNING. >> HE CAME HOME FROM PRACTICE ONE DAY AND HIS FEET WERE HURT. AND HERE THEY WERE THREE DAYS. THEY WERE IN SUMMER CAMP. AND THEN HE KEEPS COMING IN COMPLAINING AND HE LOOKS OVER. HERE’S TOMMY SMILING, WHICH HE WOULD LOVE TO BE DOING WITH JUSTIN WAS DOING ALL DAY. AND HE SAID, THAT’S IT. AND IT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, NO BAD DAYS. ANDREW: AND NOW THE GOOD DAYS, INCLUDE A SECOND SUPER BOWL, THE FIRST TIME, THE GAME WAS PLAYED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC. >> THERE WAS 22,000 PEOPLE IN THE STADIUM LAST TIME WE WERE IN. IT’S NOT EXAGGERATED. WE WERE IN THAT VERY LAST ROW AT THE TOP OF THE STADIUM. THAT’S JUST BECAUSE THEY THEY JUST ONLY HAD LIMITED SPACE, -- SPACE. >> THEY SPLIT PEOPLE UP. A LOT OF EMPTY SPACE IN BETWEEN. ANDREW: THAT DID NOT MAKE THE EXPERIENCE ANY LESS SPECIAL, AND NOW, THEY GET TO DO IT AGAIN. >> I HONESTLY THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, 2021 WAS IT THIS IS IT, THIS IS ALL WE CAN DO. AND THEN TO THINK THAT HE’S WENT ON TO DO IT AGAIN, IT’S JUST IT’S UNBELIEVABLE. ANDREW: IT IS A -- IT IS REMARKABLE. YOU CAN ALREADY CALL JUSTIN THE LORD OF THE RINGS BESIDES THE SUPER BOWL RING HE ALREADY HAS, HE WON TWO IVY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS AT PENN, AS WELL AS A WPIAL AN
South Fayette's Justin Watson going to second Super Bowl in three years
Kansas City Chiefs receiver won Super Bowl ring with Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2021
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Updated: 9:18 PM EST Feb 3, 2023
Two years ago, Justin Watson won a ring with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Super Bowl LV.Now, the former South Fayette High School receiver is going back to the big game — this time with the Kansas City Chiefs, as they face the Philadelphia Eagles.Pittsburgh's Action Sports visited Watson's parents to talk about the Super Bowl excitement. Watch the video above."This, to me, was once in a lifetime, if even that. I know some people don't even get to do that. And to think that this is the second one that we get to go to since 2021, it is unbelievable," said Watson's mother, Terri.But it's not just the ring that motivates Watson. It's his brother Tommy, who lives with cerebral palsy and has inspired him from the beginning."He came home from practice one day, and his feet were hurt. They were in three-a-days during summer camp," said Watson's father, Doug. "He keeps coming in, complaining. He looks over, and there's Tommy smiling, who would truly love to be doing what Justin was doing all day. And he said, that's it. It was like, you know, no bad days."Watson won a Super Bowl ring with legendary quarterback Tom Brady and the Bucs. Now he has a chance to repeat that feat with All-Pro QB Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs."It's like you can't fathom that this is actually happening, and it's happening. And, you know, we have all the plans set to go. But it is almost unbelievable that we get to do this again and that he gets to do it again," Terri Watson said.
SOUTH FAYETTE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Two years ago, Justin Watson won a ring with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Super Bowl LV.
Now, the former South Fayette High School receiver is going back to the big game — this time with the Kansas City Chiefs, as they face the Philadelphia Eagles.
Pittsburgh's Action Sports visited Watson's parents to talk about the Super Bowl excitement. Watch the video above.
"This, to me, was once in a lifetime, if even that. I know some people don't even get to do that. And to think that this is the second one that we get to go to since 2021, it is unbelievable," said Watson's mother, Terri.
But it's not just the ring that motivates Watson. It's his brother Tommy, who lives with cerebral palsy and has inspired him from the beginning.
"He came home from practice one day, and his feet were hurt. They were in three-a-days during summer camp," said Watson's father, Doug. "He keeps coming in, complaining. He looks over, and there's Tommy smiling, who would truly love to be doing what Justin was doing all day. And he said, that's it. It was like, you know, no bad days."
Watson won a Super Bowl ring with legendary quarterback Tom Brady and the Bucs. Now he has a chance to repeat that feat with All-Pro QB Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs.
"It's like you can't fathom that this is actually happening, and it's happening. And, you know, we have all the plans set to go. But it is almost unbelievable that we get to do this again and that he gets to do it again," Terri Watson said.
