See which Eagle Scout could play in Sunday’s Super Bowl

Seattle 1, New England 0.

If you’re looking for a team to root for in Super Bowl LX this Sunday, consider that one prominent member of the Seattle Seahawks organization is an Eagle Scout. (The New England Patriots don’t have any.)

Scouting America’s technology team checks NFL rosters and matches them with names and birthdates of every Scout who has attained Eagle status. It turns out, tight end Eric Saubert is the only Super Bowl athlete who’s also an Eagle. (He has been battling a hamstring injury but is expected to be available for the big game.)

The 6-foot-5, 253-pound Seahawk credits Scouting with giving him a strong moral foundation, practice working with a team and a supportive environment while he pursued his passion for football — which he found while playing football at Scout campouts. Saubert earned Eagle in 2012 while in the Pathway to Adventure Council in his hometown of Hoffman Estates, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.

Few major colleges recruited him out of high school, so Saubert went to Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. The Atlanta Falcons selected Saubert in the fifth round of the 2017 NFL draft. Since then, he’s played for nine teams.

This is Saubert’s first season with Seattle, but he’s already somewhat of a hero. In a game on December 19 against the Los Angeles Rams, Saubert caught a two-point conversion pass in overtime to seal the victory and keep his team in first place in the NFC West standings.

“I’m so grateful to be with these guys for another year,” Saubert said in a postgame press conference. “The contract extension, getting back playing ball, doing what I love with my guys, it’s incredible.”