Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Jawaan Taylor will be playing with a heavy heart in Super Bowl LVIII.
Taylor shared with reporters in Las Vegas on Wednesday that his mother recently died. The 26-year-old said he will be playing for his late mother against the San Francisco 49ers.
Chiefs offensive lineman Jawaan Taylor just said that his mother passed away 3-4 days ago.
“I dedicate this game to her.”
— Arye Pulli (@AryePulli) February 7, 2024
Taylor did not share any more information about his mother’s death.
Last April, Taylor shared a video on Instagram that showed him gifting his mother a Bentley “as an early Mother’s Day gift.”
Taylor signed a four-year, $80 million contract with the Chiefs last offseason. The former second-round pick out of Florida had been with the Jacksonville Jaguars for the first four years of his career.
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