The Huskers will have three former players at this Sunday’s Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis:
- Nathan Gerry (Philadelphia Eagles)
- Vincent Valentine (New England Patriots)
- Rex Burkhead (New England Patriots)
At least one former Nebraska player has appeared in every Super Bowl since 1993, a streak that has now reached 25 straight Super Bowls. Huskers have appeared in 40 of the 52 Super Bowls.
Roger Craig, John Parrella, Grant Wistrom and Russ Hochstein were each on a roster for three Super Bowls. Roger Craig leads all former Huskers with three Super Bowl rings, all won with the San Francisco 49ers.
Super Bowl | Player, Position, Team
II (1967) – Kent McCloughan, CB, Oakland Raiders
II (1967) – Warren Powers, S, Oakland Raiders
IV (1969), VIII (1973), IX (1974), XI (1976) – Mick Tingelhoff, C, Minnesota Vikings
VII (1972) – Pat Fischer, CB, Washington Redskins
VII (1972) – Ron McDole, DE, Washington Redskins
VII (1972) – Ted Vactor, CB, Washington Redskins
IX (1974) – Joe Blahak, CB, Minnesota Vikings (DNP)
XI (1976) – Monte Johnson, LB, Oakland Raiders
XI (1976) – Doug Dumlber, OL, Minnesota Vikings
XI (1976) – Rik Bonness, LB, Oakland Raiders
XI (1976), XVIII (1983) – David Humm, QB, Oakland/L.A. Raiders
XIV (1979) – Vince Ferragamo, QB, Los Angeles Rams
XIV (1979) – George Andrews, LB, Los Angeles Rams
XV (1980) – Raymond Phillips, LB, Philadelphia Eagles
XV (1980), XVIII (1983) – Bob Nelson, LB, Los Angeles Raiders
XVI (1981) – Willie Harper, LB, San Francisco 49ers
XVI (1981) – Rod Horn, NT, Cincinnati Bengals
XVII (1982) – Andra Franklin, RB, Miami Dolphins
XIX (1984), XXIII (1988), XXIV (1989) – Roger Craig, RB, San Francisco, 49ers
XIX (1984) – Bill Barnett, DE, Miami Dolphins
XX (1985) – Irving Fryer, WR, New England Patriots
XX (1985) – Henry Waechter, DT, Chicago Bears
XXII (1987) – Brian Davis, CB, Washington Redskins
XXIII (1988), XXIV (1989) – Tom Rathman, FB, San Francisco 49ers
XXIII (1988) – Jim Skow, DE, Cincinnati Bengals
XXIV (1989) – Jamie Williams, TE, San Francisco 49ers
XXIV (1989) – Marc Munford, LB, Denver Broncos
XXVIII (1993) – Nate Turner, RB, Buffalo Bills (DNP)
XXVII (1993), XXIX (1994), XXXVII (2001) – John Parrella, DT, Buffalo/San Diego/Oakland
XXX (1995) – Brenden Stai, Pittsburgh Steelers
XXX (1995) – Donta Jones, LB, Pittsburgh Steelers
XXXI (1996) – Calvin Jones, RB,Green Bay Packers
XXXI (1996), XXXII (1997) – Tyrone Williams, CB, Green Bay Packers
XXXII (1997), XXXIII (1998) – Neil Smith, DE, Denver Broncos
XXXII (1997) – Tony Veland, CB, Denver Broncos
XXXIII (1998) – Michael Booker, CB, Atlanta Falcons
XXXIV (1999) – Doug Colman, LB, Tennessee Titans
XXXIV (1999), XXXVI (2001), XL (2005) – Grant Wistrom, DE, St. Louis Rams (2)/Seattle
XXXV (2000) – Christian Peter, DT, New York Giants
XXXVII (2002) – Eric Johnson, S/LB, Oakland Raiders
XXXVII (2002) – Adam Treu, C, Oakland Raiders
XXXVIII (2003), XXXIX (2004), XLII (2007) – G, Russ Hochstein, New England Patriots
XXXVIII (2003) – Mike Minter, S, Carolina Panthers
XXXVIII (2003) – Mike Rucker, DE, Carolina Panthers
XL (2005) – Josh Brown, PK, Seattle Seahawks
XLI (2006) – Mike Brown, S, Chicago Bears
XLII (2007) – Le Kevin Smith, DT, New England Patriots
XLIII (2008) – Ralph Brown, CB, Arizona Carindals
XLIV (2009) – Scott Shanle, LB, New Orleans
XLIV (2009) – Carl Nicks, OL, New Orleans
XLIV (2009) – Cody Glenn, LB, Indianpolis Colts
XLV (2010) – Brandon Jackson, RB, Green Bay Packers
XLVI (2011) – Prince Amukamara, CB, New York Giants
XLVII (2012) – Sam Koch, P, Baltimore Ravens
XLVIII (2013) – Stewart Bradley, LB, Denver Broncos
XVLIX (2014) – Alfonzo Dennard, CB, New England Patriots
XVLIX (2014) – Eric Martin, LB, New England Patrios (PS)
50 (2015) – Zaire Anderson, LB, Denver Broncos (PS)
LI (2016), LII (2017) – Vincent Valentine, DT, New England Patriots
LII (2017) – Rex Burkhead, RB, New England Patriots
LII (2017) – Nathan Gerry, LB, Philadelphia Eagles
