The Kansas City Chiefs will take on the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII on Sunday at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, and one of the organization’s most recognizable faces will be on the sideline cheering the team on as they look to capture another Vince Lombardi Trophy.
No, Patrick Mahomes is set to play the game even despite a high-ankle sprain that caused him to hobble at time during the AFC Championship against the Cincinnati Bengals.
We are talking about Gracie Hunt.
Hunt is the daughter of Clark Hunt, the organization’s CEO, and the granddaughter of Lamar Hunt, who founded the organization in 1960 when it was originally called the Dallas Texans with the American Football League, which later merged with the NFL. The Lamar Hunt Trophy is given to the winner of the AFC Championship. The Chiefs have won three of those.
Gracie Hunt can be seen at Chiefs games regularly – whether they are playing at Arrowhead Stadium or going on the road and dominating their opponent that way. Additionally, she founded the nonprofit Breaking Barriers Through Sports, serves on the Texas and Kansas Special Olympics Boards, was Miss Kansas USA 2021 and is working toward her master’s degree in sports management at the University of Kansas after receiving her bachelor’s degree in sports management and broadcast journalism at SMU.
She also helps lead the fans in cheering on their favorite team on Red Friday.
For Red Friday, the Chiefs community comes together to cheer on the organization and give back to those in need. Fans have helped raise more than $3.5 million to help Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City over the last few years. However, this week’s event is ever so important.
“Red Friday was developed probably when we brought in our president, Mark Donovan, years ago and we did a lot of new fun things,” Hunt told Fox News Digital in recent interview. “And now Red Friday is something that all Chiefs Kingdom celebrates before home games. But frankly, we celebrate it before every Sunday during the regular season now. And this Red Friday is going to be the most exciting Red Friday because it’s Super Bowl Red Friday.”
