Super Bowl LVII on Sunday will feature two former Mustang football players with quarterback Shane Buechele suiting up for the Kansas City Chiefs while Grant Calcaterra plays tight end for the Philadelphia Eagles. SMU is one of just 13 schools to have players on both teams in this year’s NFL showdown.
Both helped SMU reinvent its program as the “team of Dallas” and acted as shining examples of the Mustang’s early success in the era of the transfer portal.
Buechele signed with the Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2021 and is currently in his second season with the team.