Sabino High School product Matt Bushman has overcome injuries to secure a spot on the practice squad for the Chiefs, who are about to face the Eagles in the Super Bowl in his home state.
Mark Lawson Special to the Arizona Daily Star GLENDALE — Having a role in important games isn't foreign to Matt Bushman, especially in Arizona.
“I have a lot of gratitude,” Bushman said during the Super Bowl's opening-night event earlier this week. “You hope that you can make it back here again, but you never know what can happen. I’m just super grateful to be here.” What could have been will remain a mystery, as a ruptured Achilles' tendon suffered in practice ended Bushman's season before it began. The injury likely played a part in Bushman going undrafted. He eventually signed as a free agent with the Las Vegas Raiders in 2021. He was a part of the practice squad for a couple of months before being released. He signed with the Chiefs at the beginning of 2022.
Bushman is not the only Tucson product making his way in the league. Tucson High graduate Levi Wallace had four interceptions with the Pittsburgh Steelers this year, while Mountain View grad and former Arizona Wildcat Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles was a standout special-teams player for the San Francisco 49ers. Former Salpointe Lancer Bijan Robinson will join that list next season, as he projects to be a first-round pick in the upcoming NFL draft.
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