South Carolina Football: Gamecock Great Wins Super Bowl Ring

On Sunday night, the Kansas City Chiefs took down the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII by a score of 38-35. Former Eagles’ Head Coach Andy Reid got some revenge over the team that fired him over a decade ago as he led his Chiefs to their second Super Bowl win in the last four seasons. Former South Carolina football standout Rod Wilson won his second Super Bowl ring as a coach with the Chiefs.

Wilson, a South Carolina native, played all over the field in garnet and black. When he arrived in Columbia, Wilson was an offensive player who saw limited action. He was moved to the defensive side of the ball, and his career was never the same. Wilson became a tackling machine as a linebacker/safety combo and led the Gamecocks in stops as a senior captain in 2004.

Selected in the 2005 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears, Wilson had a six-year NFL career and played in the Super Bowl. When his playing career ended, he began a new career as a coach. Wilson coached for a stint at Charleston Southern before getting a call from the Kansas City Chiefs. Wilson served as an assistant special teams coach in Kansas City and won a Super Bowl ring for his role with the team during the 2019/2020 season.

The 2020/2021 football season saw Wilson return home to coach for the Gamecocks. Wilson coached up the linebacker position that saw Ernest Jones have the best season of his career before being drafted by the Los Angeles Rams. Wilson then returned to the NFL two seasons later as a defensive assistant for the Chiefs. Coach Wilson, as he is now known, saw his first season back with Kansas City finish the same way as his previous tenure with the team ended: hoisting the Lombardi Trophy.