- On Sunday, the Washington Commanders will face the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship.
- If the Commanders win, they’ll make their first Super Bowl appearance since 1992.
- At 24, Jayden Daniels could become one of the youngest starting quarterbacks to win the Super Bowl.
Only four teams remain in the race for Super Bowl LIX: the Kansas City Chiefs, the Buffalo Bills, the Philadelphia Eagles, and the Washington Commanders.
While the Chiefs, Bills, and Eagles have been playoff staples in recent years, the Commanders have had a different story.
The team finished last season 4-13, but under the leadership of new head coach Dan Quinn, the team has rebounded in spectacular fashion, going 12-5 in the regular season before winning their first wild card playoff game since the 2005 season.
On January 18, the Commanders continued their postseason run by upsetting the No. 1 seeded Detroit Lions 45-31 at Ford Field to reach their first NFC Championship since their Super Bowl-winning 1991 season.
Rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels is a key part of the team’s recent successes. In the regular season, he threw for 3,568 yards and 25 touchdowns, and rushed for an additional 891 yards and six touchdowns. And he hasn’t slowed down in the postseason either, having thrown for 567 yards and four touchdowns.
It should come as no surprise then that Daniels was awarded the 2024 Rookie of the Year and Offensive Rookie of the Year awards by the Professional Football Writers of America in January 2025.
Now, if the Commanders can get past their division rival, the Philadelphia Eagles, Daniels will have a chance to make history yet again at Super Bowl LIX by potentially becoming the second youngest quarterback to lift the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
If he succeeds, he’ll be just 24 years, 1 month, and 22 days old when he joins this list of greats.
Here are the 10 youngest starting quarterbacks to win the Super Bowl, and how old they were at the time.
