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Super Bowl: Eagles rookie Cooper DeJean scores pick 6 on his 22nd birthday

No one celebrated their 22nd birthday like Philadelphia Eagles rookie Cooper DeJean.

In the second quarter of Super Bowl LIX, the cornerback picked off Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Patrick Mahomes and took it to the house to give the Eagles a 17-0 lead. It was DeJean's first NFL interception, and it came on the day he turned 22 years old.

The play made DeJean the first player in NFL history to score a touchdown in the Super Bowl on their birthday. It also helped push them to the dominant 40-22 win.