SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah native appeared during a popular Super Bowl commercial on Sunday.
Samantha Gordon, who made national headlines for playing in a boys football league back in 2012, appeared in the NFL commercial celebrating the league’s 100th anniversary, according to The Washington Post.
Gordon, a Herriman native, ducks away from Richard Sherman in the commercial before it pitching it off to Saquon Barkley.
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Why it matters: “Gordon has since become something of a football activist, filing a Title IX lawsuit against three Salt Lake City school districts for not offering girls tackle football,” according to The Washington Post.
Last year, Gordon received the inaugural Game Changer award during the NFL Honors ceremony, according to the Deseret News.
- "I want to let you in on a little secret: girls love football," she said.
- She added, "Before Title IX, some people thought that girls weren’t interested in playing sports but they were wrong. They were just as wrong as people who argued that women did not want to vote, to hold public office or to be lawyers or doctors. People who think girls don’t want to play football are wrong, too.”
Flashbacks: Gordon’s made headlines for a number of reasons over the years.
- In 2012, she stole the spotlight at a Utah Jazz game, taking a picture with coaches and being honored during the third quarter, the Deseret News reported.
- In 2013, Gordon shared her unique experience in a children’s book called “Sweet Feet: Samantha Gordon’s Winning Season,” according to the Deseret News. Gordon co-authored the book with Ari Bruening, a friend of her family.
- In 2015, she started a new all-girls youth tackle football league, according to KSL-TV.
- “My friends were so excited to play football, they said they couldn’t sleep the night before orientation,” she said at the time.