In a season where he had been counted out and suspended, Kansas City Chiefs DE Frank Clark was overcome with emotion after the team’s Super Bowl win on Sunday night.
Speaking with Peter Schrager on the field just after the game, he made it clear that the wave of feelings he was experiencing wouldn’t be possible without his fellow Chiefs teammates and their belief in him.
“I’m just ecstatic, man,” Clark explained. “Just overfilled with joy, you know? I had a rough year, man. It’s been rough for me. My teammates, they never lost faith in me, man. I’m just thankful, just extremely humbled and thankful. I’m just thankful, I’ve got some of the best teammates in the world, bro. And just being able to come out here… a lot of adversity in the first half, to come out there in the second half and fix our mistakes and fix it, and we’re champs two times, man.”
Asked about how the win felt in the wake of losing family members in a 2018 housefire in Cleveland, Ohio, Clark was visibly emotional when talking about his late father, who he said was smiling on the team after the win.
“It’s a blessing, man,” Clark said, through tears. “I know my pops is smiling, man. I wish he could see it, but I know he’s smiling, man. I’ve been going through a lot the last few days, but it makes sense now, it makes sense bro.”
Clark was held at bay in Super Bowl LVII, as most defenders were on the slippery turf, but his spirit on the field was a key driver of the Chiefs’ defensive effort in the championship game. Given all of the adversity he has faced, both in 2022 and earlier in his career, it is safe to say that this win meant more to him than just a ring.
