Former Maryland football stars Jake Funk and Antoine Brooks Jr. were crowned Super Bowl champions on Sunday night after the Los Angeles Rams knocked off the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 in Super Bowl LVI.
Funk, a former two-star running back recruit out of Damascus High School, reached the pinnacle of football in his rookie season with the Rams. Brooks, a former two-star recruit out of DuVal High School, had a different path to eventually winning the Super Bowl after he was drafted by Pittsburgh in 2020, and signed with the Rams practice squad in 2021. Brooks was waived from the active roster prior to the NFC Championship game but re-signed to the practice squad before Super Bowl LVI.