Two former Good Counsel (Maryland) High School football players in Super Bowl LVI

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For the fourth straight year, Old Lady of Good Counsel Catholic High School is represented at the Super Bowl. And, like in 2019, two former Falcons will be on the field when the Cincinnati Bengals take the field against the hometown Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium in Super Bowl LVI.

Rams safety Blake Countess will be playing in his second Super Bowl with the Rams. The Class of 2011 grad also play in Super Bowl LIII when the Rams lost 13-3 to the New England Patriots.

Bengals linebacker Keandre Jones, a member of the Falcons’ Class of 2015, will be playing in his first Super Bowl.

Both Countess and Jones played for legendary head coach Bob Milloy during their time at Good Counsel.

“They were great players before I knew ’em. I was just fortunate enough to get them to come to Good Counsel,” Milloy told WDVM-TV. “And you know those kind of guys, you know, you just get them to the bus and get them to the right field. They’re gonna make a real good coach out of you.”

Like this year, in 2020, two GC alums were on the field when the Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers 31-20. Former Falcons Dorian O’Daniel and Kendall Fuller won rings with the Chiefs in Super Bowl LIV.

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Jeff Fisher
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.