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Sam Darnold<\/a>\u2019s journey to a Super Bowl has been a long and winding one.<\/p>\n

Darnold was the No. 3 overall pick of the 2018 NFL Draft out of USC by the New York Jets. He was the second quarterback taken behind Baker Mayfield and was a part of an epic rookie class at the quarterback position. Josh Allen<\/a>, Josh Rosen and Lamar Jackson were also taken in the first round.<\/p>\n

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Mason Rudolph, Mike White and Luke Falk were also quarterbacks from that draft class that earned starts during their careers.<\/p>\n

If anyone took a peek at Darnold\u2019s career through his first eight years, it reads more like a journeyman quarterback rather than one that a franchise was about to bet on. He played three seasons with the Jets before the franchise grew impatient and traded him away.<\/p>\n

From there, Darnold was on the Carolina Panthers, San Francisco 49ers and Minnesota Vikings. He took the Vikings to the playoffs after a career year and only built up on it when he signed a three-year deal with Seattle<\/a> to replace Geno Smith.<\/p>\n

Darnold had 4,048 passing yards and 25 passing touchdowns as Seattle went 14-3 and earned the top seed in the NFL playoffs.<\/p>\n

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Now, he\u2019s the first quarterback from his draft class to earn a Super Bowl appearance<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“You can\u2019t talk about the game without talking about our quarterback,” Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald said. “He shut a lot of people up tonight, so I\u2019m happy for him.”<\/p>\n

Darnold played through an oblique injury and was 25-of-36 for 346 yards without a turnover.<\/p>\n

“Can\u2019t say enough about Sam, man,” Seahawks star Jaxson Smith-Njigba said. “It\u2019s been a great first year. We got one more to go. But for him to overcome what he had to overcome, I\u2019m riding with Sam all day.”<\/p>\n

Now, the Seahawks will play in Super Bowl LX against the New England Patriots<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n

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