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| Lucas Niang |
Former TCU offensive lineman Lucas Niang
is a Super Bowl champion for the second straight season as his Kansas
City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in overtime on February 11, 2024, in Super Bowl
LVIII in Las Vegas.
Niang, who played
in 18 games this season, including last night, is one of 23 Horned Frogs
with a Super Bowl championship ring. He is one of five Horned Frogs with
multiple rings, trailing only Larry Brown and Marcus
Cannon who won three each with the Dallas Cowboys and New England
Patriots, respectively.
Niang was a third-round draft pick of the Chiefs in 2020. He was a four-year
letterman (2016-19) for the Horned Frogs and an All-Big 12
selection in 2018. He played in 44 games with 27 starts in his TCU
career and did not allow a sack his final two years.
TCU has had at least one player in the Super Bowl in 10 of the last 11
seasons.
The Horned Frogs were also represented in this year's Super Bowl by Dee Winters, Matt Pryor and Jason Verrett of the 49ers.
Overall, TCU has 29 former players on active NFL rosters.
Twelve
different TCU players have been on Super Bowl
winning teams in the last 18 seasons.
TCU Players on Super Bowl Championship Teams
Josh Boyce – New England Patriots (Super Bowl XLIX)
Larry Brown – Dallas Cowboys (Super Bowl XXVII, XXVIII, XXX)
Norm Bulaich – Baltimore Colts (Super Bowl V)
Marcus Cannon – New England Patriots (Super Bowl XLIX, LI, LIII)
Tommy Joe Crutcher – Green Bay Packers (Super Bowl I, II)
Charles Davis – Pittsburgh Steelers (Super Bowl IX)
Norm Evans – Miami Dolphins (Super Bowl VI, VII)
Clint Gresham – Seattle Seahawks (Super Bowl XLVIII)
Gaylon Hyder – St. Louis Rams (Super Bowl XXXIV)
Travin Howard – Los Angeles Rams (Super Bowl LVI)
Cedric James – New England Patriots (Super Bowl XXXIX)
Bob Lilly – Dallas Cowboys (Super Bowl VI)
James Maness – Chicago Bears (Super Bowl XX)
Mickey McCarty – Kansas City Chiefs (Super Bowl IV)
Marshall Newhouse – Green Bay Packers (Super Bowl XLV)
Lucas Niang – Kansas City Chiefs (Super Bowl LVII, LVIII)
Joe Noteboom – Los Angeles Rams (Super Bowl LVI)
Jared Retkofsky – Pittsburgh Steelers (Super Bowl XLIII)
Bo Schobel – Indianapolis Colts (Super Bowl XLI)
Michael Toudouze – Indianapolis Colts (Super Bowl XLI)
Greg Townsend – Los Angeles Raiders (Super Bowl XVIII)
Ryan Tucker – St. Louis Rams (Super Bowl XXXIV)
Halapoulivaati Vaitai – Philadelphia Eagles (Super Bowl LII)
