The road to Super Bowl LX begins this weekend, with two games on Saturday, January 10, three games on Sunday, January 11, and one game on Monday, January 12. Fourteen teams, seven in each conference, will play in the NFL playoffs, with the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos earning a first-round bye due to being the best teams in their respective conferences.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But which Latino players have a chance of making it to the Super Bowl? And how does the list differ from last year? This year, there are twelve Latinos in playoff teams, four fewer than last year<\/a>. It\u2019s not a big number considering rosters are made up of 53 players, but the number of Latinos in the league has continued to increase yearly\u2014and that has been reflected in our communities\u2019 interest in the NFL.<\/p>\n The 2025 season gave us our first NFL game played in South America, in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil<\/a>. Mexico had previously hosted NFL games. Bad Bunny is also headlining the NFL Halftime Show this year<\/a>. So there\u2019s a lot for our communities to be excited about, on and off the field.<\/p>\n Plus, there\u2019s representation in the coaching staff and front office positions, too. Pittsburgh Steelers General Manager Omar Khan has Honduran heritage, while Mike Sullivan, the Steelers\u2019 Offensive Assistant, has Mexican heritage. Then there\u2019s Dave Canales, the Carolina Panthers\u2019 Head Coach, who has Mexican heritage.<\/p>\n We\u2019re nowhere near where we want to be when it comes to representation in the NFL, but as a community, we have come far, and there\u2019s a clear focus from the league in making a place for our communities.<\/p>\n So, before the NFL playoffs start, here are all the Latino players you can root for during the NFL playoffs, what team they play for, and what position they play.<\/p>\n Nik Bonitto, Cuban Heritage \u2013 Denver Broncos, Linebacker<\/p>\n Fred Warner, Mexican & Panamanian Heritage \u2013 San Francisco 49ers, Linebacker<\/p>\n Christian Gonzalez, Colombian Heritage \u2013 New England Patriots, Defensive Back<\/p>\n Julian Love, Cuban & Mexican Heritage \u2013 Seattle Seahawks, Defensive Back<\/p>\n Bryce Young, Mexican Heritage \u2013 Carolina Panthers, Quarterback<\/p>\n Steve Avila, Mexican Heritage \u2013 Los Angeles Rams, Offensive Lineman<\/p>\n Cairo Santos, Brazilian Heritage \u2013 Chicago Bears, Kicker<\/p>\n Elijah Arroyo, Mexican Heritage \u2013 Seattle Seahawks, Tight End<\/p>\n Andres Borregales, Venezuelan Heritage \u2013 New England Patriots, Kicker<\/p>\n Braxton Berrios, Puerto Rican Heritage \u2013 Houston Texans, Wide Receiver<\/p>\n Sebastian Castro, Mexican Heritage \u2014 Pittsburgh Steelers, Safety<\/p>\n Eddy Pi\u00f1eiro, Nicaraguan Heritage \u2014 49ers, Placekicker <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The road to Super Bowl LX begins this weekend, with two games on Saturday, January 10, three games…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":658911,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[77],"tags":[7,6,84,16165],"class_list":{"0":"post-658910","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-playoffs","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-nfl-playoffs","11":"tag-super-bowl-lx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115849223488517761","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}