Jean-Baptiste Sarrazin 8:21 p.m., February 13, 2023
The Kansas City Chiefs won the third Super Bowl in their history, beating the Philadelphia Eagles (38-35) on Sunday in Glendale, Arizona, after an exciting epilogue to the NFL championship.
And cocorico, Lucas Niang won the prestigious competition, a first for a Frenchman.
The 2023 Super Bowl kept all its promises by finding its outcome in the last moments of the match thanks to a penalty from Harrison Butker.
A kick synonymous with victory for the Kansas City Chiefs against the Philadelphia Eagles, allowing the franchise to win its third Super Bowl in history, and Frenchman Lucas Niang to glean his first title.
He also becomes the first Habs to win a Super Bowl.
On the lawn of State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, Patrick Mahomes' teammate was also the first Frenchman to play in an NFL championship final.
A thought for @Kbniang8 who wins this #SuperBowl with the French flag on his helmet!
https://t.co/4XecISWcG8
– NFL France (@NFLFrance) February 13, 2023
Holder of number 67, Lucas Niang plays as an "offensive tackle" in his Kansas City Chiefs franchise in the National Football League (NFL), in which he arrived in the 2020 draft. 96th choice of this American football transfer window , the Frenchman starts seven of the first nine games of the 2021 season but picks up a shoulder injury before sustaining a rib injury.
Despite several other injuries, he eventually found his place in the collective.
If he is not an indisputable starter with the Chiefs, Lucas Niang has played a few minutes since his arrival and is trying to make a name for himself and a place.
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French-speaking parents
Even if he has French nationality, Lucas Niang has never lived in France.
The NFL player was born in New York and has French nationality through his father.
Her mother is Ivorian.
Francophones, his parents taught him French.
He lived in Switzerland between 4 and 6 years, but quickly left for the other side of the Atlantic, which he never left again.
Before becoming passionate about American football, Lucas Niang played basketball and tennis during his youth.
But it is finally towards the oval ball that the Frenchman heads and completes his course in the United States by doing his range in the university championship at Texas Christian University before, thus, being drafted in 2020 by the Kansas Chiefs. City.
The world champion @Kbniang8 passes you the hello!
#SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/oEysbsJDNO
– NFL France (@NFLFrance) February 13, 2023
Aged 24, the colossus measuring 1m98 for 154 kg has a bright future ahead of him.
Very attached to his roots and to France, he wore the French flag on his helmet during the Super Bowl and still intends to highlight his origins during the next major events.