Nick Foles became the first Arizona alum to start at quarterback in the Super Bowl. An following his outrageous 373-yard, three-touchdown performance in the Eagles' 41-33 win on Sunday night, he's now the first Arizona alum to win Super Bowl MVP.
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Foles, a native of Austin, Texas, began his college career at Michigan State, where he appeared in game as a true freshman in 2007. He then transferred to Arizona and redshirted in 2008 before throwing for 10,011 yards and 67 touchdowns over the next three years. And on Sunday — nearly six years after he the Eagles' third-round pick in the 2012 NFL Draft — he became the first Wildcat to earn Super Bowl MVP honors.
MORE: Salaries of Super Bowl MVPs Since 1967
Arizona is the 35th different school to be represented in the Super Bowl MVP club. Twenty-four of those schools have just one MVP, while six have two, four have three (Alabama, Georgia, Notre Dame and USC) and one (Michigan) has five MVPs.
Here's a full list of the alma maters for Super Bowl MVPs:
Note: If the player transferred, the school at which the player had the most productive seasons was used.
| Super Bowl |
MVP |
Team |
College |
| I |
Bart Starr |
Green Bay Packers |
Alabama |
| II |
Bart Starr |
Green Bay Packers |
Alabama |
| III |
Joe Namath |
New York Jets |
Alabama |
| IV |
Len Dawson |
Kansas City Chiefs |
Purdue |
| V |
Chuck Howley |
Dallas Cowboys |
West Virginia |
| VI |
Roger Staubach |
Dallas Cowboys |
Navy |
| VII |
Jake Scott |
Miami Dolphins |
Georgia |
| VIII |
Larry Csonka |
Miami Dolphins |
Syracuse |
| IX |
Franco Harris |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
Penn State |
| X |
Lynn Swann |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
USC |
| XI |
Fred Biletnikoff |
Oakland Raiders |
Florida State |
| XII* |
Harvey Martin |
Dallas Cowboys |
East Texas State |
| XII* |
Randy White |
Dallas Cowboys |
Maryland |
| XIII |
Terry Bradshaw |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
Louisiana Tech |
| XIV |
Terry Bradshaw |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
Louisiana Tech |
| XV |
Jim Plunkett |
Oakland Raiders |
Stanford |
| XVI |
Joe Montana |
San Francisco 49ers |
Notre Dame |
| XVII |
John Riggins |
Washington Redskins |
Kansas |
| XVIII |
Marcus Allen |
Los Angeles Raiders |
USC |
| XIX |
Joe Montana |
San Francisco 49ers |
Notre Dame |
| XX |
Richard Dent |
Chicago Bears |
Tennessee State |
| XXI |
Phil Simms |
New York Giants |
Morehead State |
| XXII |
Doug Williams |
Washington Redskins |
Grambling State |
| XXIII |
Jerry Rice |
San Francisco 49ers |
Mississippi Valley State |
| XXIV |
Joe Montana |
San Francisco 49ers |
Notre Dame |
| XXV |
Ottis Anderson |
New York Giants |
Miami (FL) |
| XXVI |
Mark Rypien |
Washington Redskins |
Washington State |
| XXVII |
Troy Aikman |
Dallas Cowboys |
UCLA |
| XXVIII |
Emmitt Smith |
Dallas Cowboys |
Florida |
| XXIX |
Steve Young |
San Francisco 49ers |
BYU |
| XXX |
Larry Brown |
Dallas Cowboys |
TCU |
| XXXI |
Desmond Howard |
Green Bay Packers |
Michigan |
| XXXII |
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