Russell Wilson makes history with Super Bowl win
Feb 3, 2014, 1:10 AM | Updated: 1:12 am
By Brady Henderson
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Russell Wilson broke an NFL record and joined some rare company after helping Seattle win the Super Bowl Sunday.
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Including the regular season and playoffs, the win was the 28th in Wilson’s career, breaking a tie with Pittsburgh’s Ben Roethlisberger for most by a starting quarterback in his first two seasons in the Super Bowl era.
Wilson also became just the second African American quarterback to start and win a Super Bowl. The first and only other to do so was Doug Williams, who won a title with Washington following the 1987 season.
“That’s history right there,” Wilson said. “There are so many guys before me who have tried to change the game and done a great job at it. God’s so good.
“It doesn’t matter what you look like. It doesn’t matter if you’re black, white, Latino, Asian. It doesn’t matter if you’re 5-11. It doesn’t matter how many people tell you no. It’s the heart that you have. That’s what I try to prove every day.”
Wilson was 18 of 25 for 206 yards, two touchdowns, no interceptions and a 123.1 rating Sunday.