Doubters silenced by Seahawks' Super Bowl win
Russell Wilson and Percy Harvin waged their own battles on way to triumph in New Jersey
Critics told Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson he was too short to play the position, and many predicted a hip injury would sideline Seahawks receiver Percy Harvin all season. Now both are Super Bowl champions.
Wilson threw two touchdown passes, while Harvin returned the second-half kick-off 87 yards for a touchdown as Seattle destroyed Denver 43-8 in Super Bowl 48.
Wilson, 25, was in only his second National Football League season after being a third-round draft pick, in part because he stands just under 1.8 metres.
"So many people told me I couldn't do it," Wilson said. "It's kind of surreal. I wanted to go against the odds and it's just tremendous. It feels unbelievable."
So many people told me I couldn't do it, It's kind of surreal. I wanted to go against the odds and it's just tremendous. It feels unbelievable
Wilson became only the second African-American quarterback to win a Super Bowl after Doug Williams (Washington, 1988). "That's history right there," he said. "It doesn't matter what you look like. It doesn't matter if you are black, white, Latino, Asian. It doesn't matter how many people tell you, 'No'. It's the heart you have. That's what I try to prove every day."