Carlos Dunlap reaches rare air among Gators with Super Bowl wins
Former Florida defensive end Carlos Dunlap joined an exclusive UF job with his victory in Super Bowl LVII as a member of the Kansas City Chiefs.
Dunlap was one of four Gators on the Chiefs roster to win a ring, but it wasn’t his first championship. He won the 2008 national title at Florida.
Dunlap has now reached rare air with Kansas City, becoming just the ninth player in UF history to win a national championship and Super Bowl.
He’s also just the third defensive player, along with fellow 2008 national champs Lerentee McCray (Denver, 2016) and Justin Trattou (New York Giants, 2012).
In his 13th NFL season and first with the Chiefs, the 33-year-old Dunlap had his highest number of tackles (41) and pass deflections (8) since 2019 in Cincinnati. He also made 4.0 sacks this year, the last one giving him 100 total for his career.
“This is why I signed up and why I chose to be here,” Dunlap said last week. “There was mutual interest: they wanted a veteran rusher, and I wanted the opportunity to make a run in the postseason and to be in this game. I feel like it was the perfect marriage.”
The other Gators with national championship and Super Bowl rings are Dallas Baker (Pittsburgh, 2009), Percy Harvin (Seattle, 2014), Andre Caldwell (Denver, 2016), Jeff Mitchell (Baltimore, 2001), Caleb Sturgis (Philadelphia, 2018) and Deonte Thompson (Baltimore, 2012).
Gators who have won a Super Bowl
Florida has been a part of 25 Super Bowl-winning teams (40 total rings won by 33 players). At least one UF player has won a ring in 10 of the last 12 seasons.
| Player | Position | Team | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don Chandler | P | Green Bay | 1967, 1968 |
| Lary Brinson | RB | Dallas | 1978 |
| Burton Lawless | LB | Dallas | 1978 |
| Wilber Marshall | LB | Chicago / Washington | 1986 / 1992 |
| Emmitt Smith | RB | Dallas | 1993, 1994, 1996 |
| Godfrey Myles | LB | Dallas | 1993, 1994, 1996 |
| Kevin Carter | DE | St. Louis | 2000 |
| Jeff Mitchell | C | Baltimore | 2001 |
| Kenyatta Walker | OT | Tampa | 2003 |
| Lomas Brown | OT | Tampa | 2003 |
| Gus Scott | S | New England | 2005 |
| Max Starks | OT | Pittsburgh | 2006, 2009 |
| Dallas Baker | WR | Pittsburgh | 2009 |
| Bobby McRay | DE | New Orleans | 2010 |
| Justin Trattou | DE | New York (Giants) | 2012 |
| Deonte Thompson | WR | Baltimore | 2013 |
| Percy Harvin | WR | Seattle | 2014 |
| Dominique Easley | DT | New England | 2015 |
| Andre Caldwell | WR | Denver | 2016 |
| Max Garcia | OG | Denver | 2016 |
| Lerentee McCray | LB | Denver | 2016 |
| Trey Burton | TE | Philadelphia | 2018 |
| Jaylen Watkins | CB | Philadelphia | 2018 |
| Caleb Sturgis | K | Philadelphia | 2018 |
| Trent Brown | OT | New England | 2019 |
| Duke Dawson | DB | New England | 2019 |
| Demarcus Robinson | WR | Kansas City | 2020 |
| Van Jefferson | WR | Los Angeles | 2022 |
| Brandon Powell | WR | Los Angeles | 2022 |
| Carlos Dunlap | DE | Kansas City | 2023 |
| Kadarius Toney | WR | Kansas City | 2023 |
| Tommy Townsend | P | Kansas City | 2023 |
| La’Mical Perine | RB | Kansas City | 2023 |
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