{"id":106344,"date":"2026-02-06T17:20:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T23:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=106344"},"modified":"2026-02-06T23:04:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T05:04:51","slug":"efton-chisms-underdog-season-lands-him-in-super-bowl-lx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/efton-chisms-underdog-season-lands-him-in-super-bowl-lx\/","title":{"rendered":"Efton Chism\u2019s underdog season lands him in Super Bowl LX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>By Ryan Kirton<br \/>\n<\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medill Reports<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SAN JOSE, Calif. \u2013 You wouldn\u2019t have known Efton Chism was an undrafted rookie if you were at Super Bowl Opening Night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a sea of superstars, seasoned veterans and even the MVP runner-up, Chism found himself caught up in a sea of reporters. There were times you could barely count on one hand the number of cameras pointed in his direction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s because Chism, the wide-eyed receiver for the New England Patriots, is the underdog of all underdogs. He stands just 5 feet, 10 inches, and while many of his NFL counterparts came from a Power Four conference, he played for the Eastern Washington Eagles in the Football Championship Subdivision\u2019s Big Sky Conference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now he has a chance to win Super Bowl LX as a rookie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou go through so much and there\u2019s all these different challenges,\u201d Chism said Monday. \u201cI\u2019m blessed that Coach (Mike) Vrabel gave me the opportunity for this team.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chism grew up in the Seattle suburb of Monroe, where he first got on the radar of Eastern Washington coaches. Marc Anderson, the Eagles\u2019 offensive coordinator, has been a member of the team\u2019s coaching staff since 2014. Even with all the players he has coached and recruited over the years, he still remembers first seeing Chism when Eastern Washington hosted Monroe High School at football camps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhat showed up early was his love of football and his work ethic,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cAnd really, nobody could cover him at that point.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No one could cover him in college either. Chism thrived in the Eagles\u2019 offense, catching 120 passes for 1,311 yards in his senior year \u2014 the most of any receiver in the nation and breaking the school record for receptions in a season. Had he caught seven more passes, he would have had as many receptions as the rest of the roster combined.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And yet, Chism went undrafted and spent two weeks without a team before he finally had the opportunity to sign with the Patriots. Every practice, Chism came in with something to prove, and after showing off his sure-handedness in the preseason, he made the 53-man roster.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI think Chism\u2019s in my office every single morning at 6 a.m. That&#8217;s not an exaggeration,\u201d Patriots wide receivers coach Todd Downing said. \u201cHe&#8217;s definitely hungry to have more and to do more and to grow and to learn. That&#8217;s an impressive work ethic and I&#8217;m excited to have it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In his 2025 campaign, Chism has caught all four of his targets for 95 yards and a touchdown.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While Chism had quite the career in Eastern Washington, his career statistics are still not the best in school history. Many belong to Cooper Kupp, who is currently with the Seahawks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHe\u2019s one of the best players to ever play at our university, so I know everyone that goes there looks up to him tremendously,\u201d Chism said of Kupp. \u201cWe just want to say thank you to him for giving a bunch of kids something to chase.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite also being overlooked, Kupp has come into the league and dominated on all fronts. His performance in the 2021 NFL season is one of the greatest in league history, leading the league in receptions, yards and touchdowns, en route to winning Super Bowl LVI. He also won Super Bowl Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year that same season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But as Chism and the Eagles community were celebrating Kupp\u2019s success from their small town in rural Washington, Anderson couldn\u2019t help but notice some parallels between the two receivers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThey were guys that got overlooked a little bit and really stood out to us,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cYou could kind of see the ceiling happening and see where they were headed. You never know that they&#8217;re going to be that good and playing in the Super Bowl against each other, but you could kind of see where they were going to take themselves.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kupp has also been closely following his fellow Eagle\u2019s journey to the league. But though he has a lot of respect for Chism, Kupp is setting that aside. At least until after the Super Bowl.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019ll give him some advice next year,\u201d Kupp said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ryan Kirton is a sports media specialization graduate student at Medill.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ryan Kirton Medill Reports SAN JOSE, Calif. \u2013 You wouldn\u2019t have known Efton Chism was an undrafted rookie if you were at Super Bowl Opening Night. 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