When he was growing up, Mitchell Wilcox described his athletic ambition to his parents.
"I never want to be average,'' Wilcox said. "I hate the mention of that word.''
Now Wilcox, the former USF Bulls tight end, is officially extraordinary.
Wilcox, a three-time all-conference selection during his USF career (2016-19), will achieve a dream when his Cincinnati Bengals face the Los Angeles Rams in Sunday night's Super Bowl 56 at Southern California's SoFi Stadium.
Wilcox, a second-year NFL player, went to the Bengals as an undrafted free agent in 2020. He was a practice-squad player as a rookie, but made the Bengals' 53-man roster out of training camp this season.