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Philadelphia Eagles loaded with Toledo football connections

Need a rooting interest for Super Bowl LVII?

If you’re a Toledo Rockets fan, the Philadelphia Eagles are your team.

The Eagles have three UT connections: punter Brett Kern, assistant coach DK McDonald, and strength coach Ted Rath.

Kern, the 2007 Mid-American Conference special teams player of the year, is a member of the Varsity T Hall of Fame, McDonald was the cornerbacks coach at Toledo from 2012 to 2015 under Matt Campbell, and Rath was a linebacker for the 2004 MAC champions and later a graduate assistant and assistant strength coach.

The path to the Super Bowl for Kern was unpredictable.