Penn State’s Super Bowl streak lives on. Here are the Nittany Lions on each team
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- Caedan Wallace and Chris Stoll appear on Super Bowl rosters.
- Wallace, a 2024 third‑round pick, missed time with an ankle injury and lost starting role.
- Stoll rose from walk‑on to award winner and has been Seattle's long snapper three seasons.
No, a Pennsylvania team didn’t make it to this year’s Super Bowl, but fans in Happy Valley can still root for the Patriots or Seahawks on Sunday, knowing that a former Penn State player is on either team.
That means one of the greatest fine-print graphics ever created by a social media team remains true: “A Penn Stater has appeared in every Super Bowl ... except for five since 1967.” With the “except for five since 1967” part appearing so small you nearly needed a magnifying glass to read it, the post was parodied around the country when it was posted in 2021.
Caedan Wallace and Chris Stoll are this year’s Penn Staters who will continue the long-standing tradition of Nittany Lions appearing on Super Bowl Sunday.
Wallace, an offensive lineman for the AFC Champion New England Patriots, started all four years at Penn State as a right tackle. He was selected by New England in the third round of the 2024 draft, but hasn’t caught traction in his first two years in the NFL.
As a rookie, Wallace played in six games, with two starts, recording 129 offensive snaps. His first year was cut short by an ankle injury in week four that sidelined him for the remainder of the season.
With the hiring of Mike Vrabel in his second year, Wallace was demoted to the second string.
For the NFC champions, the Seattle Seahawks, Chris Stoll serves as long snapper. Stoll came to Penn State as a preferred walk-on and played five seasons for the Nittany Lions. The Pennsylvania native earned a scholarship in 2020 and won the Patrick Mannelly Award in 2022 as the nation’s top long snapper.
Stoll led a similar path to the NFL. After going undrafted in 2023, he joined the Seahawks as a free agent and has been their long snapper for three seasons since.
These two former Happy Valley residents may not be as thrilling as Saquon Barkley, who broke the NFL record for rushing yards in a season last year during Super Bowl 59, or Jahan Dotson, who reeled in a huge catch to jumpstart the Eagles’ offense during their first drive. But if you see the Seahawks punt or kicking unit come out, you’ll know the man handling the football at the line of scrimmage is a Nittany Lion, through and through.