That speed and aggressiveness might've saved the Eagles in the NFC championship game, at least early on. During the first quarter, wide receiver DeVonta Smith made a catch on the sideline.

The Eagles started strong and put Kansas City in a huge hole as Philadelphia halted the Chiefs’ Super Bowl run.

Smith grew up in Amite City, about 73 miles from New Orleans, where the Eagles wideout and the rest of the Birds will face the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX on Sunday at the Caesars Superdome.

A national champion and Heisman Trophy winner at Alabama, Smith is about to play in his second Super Bowl and signed a lucrative extension with the Eagles less than a year ago. All that's ...

At the time, DeVonta Smith was at Amite High School (Louisiana). It was three years before he debuted at Alabama and won a title and more than ten years before he’d have a homecoming of sorts ...