Two more Texas Longhorns alums joined the fraternity of Super Bowl Champions Sunday afternoon in Santa Clara.
The Texas Longhorns had more active players (10) competing in the NFC and AFC Championship games than any other college program.
Texas had three compete in Super Bowl LX, where the Seattle Seahawks squared off with the New England Patriots in Santa Clara on Sunday.
Now, after Seattle's dominant 29-13 win at Levi's Stadium, two Longhorns alums can call themselves world champions after stellar performances in the season's final game.
Byron Murphy II and Michael Dickson each starred on the field for the Seahawks, and another former Longhorn, Quandre Diggs, pitched in on the Seattle practice squad. They will each receive Super Bowl LX rings capping a phenomenal season.
The defensive tackle Murphy, who competed in Austin from 2021-23, recorded two of six sacks by the Seattle front seven that has wreaked havoc on opponents all season as the No. 1 scoring defense in the NFL.
After a stalled first half offensively for both sides, Seattle began to break through after forcing three second-half turnovers, adding to their unprecedented takeaway margin in the postseason.
Murphy recovered a fumble by Maye with Seattle in front 12-0. That ensuing possession resulted in the first touchdown of the game to begin the fourth quarter.
Dickson, the Australian punter who was arguably the Longhorns' best player from 2015-17, was busy pinning the Patriots offense deep so MVP runner-up Drake Maye couldn't get into a rhythm. The Seahawks punted seven times (still one less than New England) for 335 yards (47.9 average). Dickson placed three punts perfectly inside the Pats' 10-yard line.
Neither team offered firepower on offense - outside of Seattle's Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III - but the Patriots especially struggled because of the poor field position weaponized by Dickson.
New England got into Seattle's red zone just once, resulting in a garbage-time touchdown late in the fourth.
Murphy was the Seahawks' first-round pick in 2024 after totaling 8.5 tackles for loss and 5.0 sacks as a junior. He was paired next to All-American nose tackle T'Vondre Sweat, creating one of the best interior punches in college football.
Dickson, a Ray Buy Award-winner, has spent his entire career in Seattle after getting drafted in the fifth round in 2018. Back in college, he led the Big 12 in punt yards in 2016 and 2017, with that final year leading the entire country en route to All-American status.
Diggs, the 11-year NFL veteran, did not play in Super Bowl LX, but remained a long-time member of the Seahawks practice squad this season. The defensive back spent four seasons at Texas from 2011-14.