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Eagles' Cooper DeJean Manifested His Super Bowl Pick-Six Almost a Year Ago

The cornerback essentially spoke the moment into existence.

Brigid Kennedy

Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Cooper DeJean on Feb 9, 2025.
Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Cooper DeJean on Feb 9, 2025. / James Lang-Imagn Images
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Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Cooper DeJean could teach us all a thing or two about manifesting.

After the rookie's electric pick-six against Patrick Mahomes in Super Bowl LIX, a clip resurfaced of him essentially speaking that play into existence while chatting with Pro Football Talk at the 2024 combine last year.

When former league quarterback and NFL analyst Chris Simms asks DeJean which quarterback he'd love to nab an interception against, DeJean answers Mahomes.

"He's the best right now in the league," he explains.

Watch that answer below:

Well, not even a year later, he's pulled it off—and during the Super Bowl, no less. Call it manifesting, call it coincidence, but you can't deny it's pretty cool.

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Brigid Kennedy
BRIGID KENNEDY

Brigid Kennedy is a contributor to the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI in November 2024, she covered political news, sporting news and culture at TheWeek.com before moving to Livingetc, an interior design magazine. She is a graduate of Syracuse University, dual majoring in television, radio and film (from the Newhouse School of Public Communications) and marketing managment (from the Whitman School of Management). Offline, she enjoys going to the movies, reading and watching the Steelers.

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