Atlanta Falcons Pro Bowl center Alex Mack, the NFL's top free-agent acquisition this past season, will play Super Bowl LI with a fracture in his left fibula that he suffered in the NFC Championship Game, per sources.
Mack immediately will go down in Super Bowl lore, along with former Rams defensive end Jack Youngblood, who played in Super Bowl XIV with a broken fibula, Charles Woodson, who played in Super Bowl XXVII after having surgery for a crack in his right fibula a month earlier and Terrell Owens who played in Super Bowl XXXIX with a fractured fibula injury and torn ligament in his right ankle that he suffered seven weeks before the game.