Tyrann Mathieu, Cam Jordan, Demario Davis, Jen Hale named Community Champions by Super Bowl host committee

'I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would be representing my community in this aspect'

Sep 03, 2024 at 02:27 PM

John DeShazier

Senior Writer

Linebacker Demario Davis, defensive end Cameron Jordan, safety Tyrann Mathieu, and analyst and sideline reporter Jen Hale were named Community Champions for the Super Bowl LIX Host Committee at the Ochsner Sports Performance Center on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024.

A loading dock stacked with past accolades didn't diminish the present pride glowing Tuesday from New Orleans Saints safety Tyrann Mathieu, linebacker Demario Davis, defensive end Cam Jordan and television journalist/television sideline reporter Jen Hale.

The foursome on Tuesday spoke about their new roles as Community Champions for the Super Bowl LIX host committee.

Community Champions will help promote messages of positivity and volunteer through the Host Committee Ambassador Program ahead of the game, which will be played Feb. 9, 2025, in the Caesars Superdome.

Mathieu and Hale were born in New Orleans while Davis and Jordan are so deeply embedded in the community, it seems as if they were.

"It's an honor for me to be representing this team, to be representing this community, to be representing this city," Davis said. "This game of football is so much than just a game. To me, I feel like it's the greatest teacher of life.

"We talked about it last night at our captains dinner: It teaches you unity, it teaches you how to respond to adversity, it teaches you so much about life but most importantly, it teaches you that you can accomplish so much more together than you ever can alone.

"We are working tirelessly because we know what this moment means, for the Super Bowl to be coming to New Orleans. We don't take that lightly. We are doing everything that we can to make sure that we are in that game."

Davis twice has been named Saints Man of the Year, making him the team's nominee for the NFL's Walter Payton Man of the Year Award, given annually to honor community service as well as excellence on the field. He also is a five-time All-Pro.

Mathieu has been named Man of the Year by two franchises, the Chiefs and Saints, is a Super Bowl champion (LIV) and a three-time All-Pro. Jordan, the Saints' all-time leader in sacks, was named Saints Man of the Year in 2021 and is a three-time All-Pro.

Hale, a national NFL sideline presence for Fox Sports and sideline reporter for the New Orleans Pelicans, has won Emmy, Edward R. Murrow and Associated Press awards for sports and news coverage.

"Our mission as Community Champions didn't start today," Jordan said. "The men that (Davis and Mathieu) are, Jen as the presence she is, by supporting organizations in our community that are making and continue to make real, lasting impact, that's always been the mission.

"I love that the Super Bowl is coming back to New Orleans. We're proud to work with the NFL, the host committee, the Saints. I think Super Bowl 59 has a chance to be special."

Arguably, it will be most special for Mathieu.

Davis recounted how, as he watched film at the home of Pro Football Hall of Fame safety Ed Reed, the St. Rose, La., native told Davis how New Orleans was the greatest place to celebrate a Super Bowl victory. Davis said he wants to know that feeling.

But Mathieu, a son of New Orleans, was a 17-year-old prep star at St. Augustine High when the Saints claimed Super Bowl XLIV in Miami.

"I remember being a youngster when Drew Brees won the Super Bowl, and what that felt like in New Orleans," Mathieu said. "We want to bring that this year.

"I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would be representing my community in this aspect. I'm extremely grateful for that, I'm honored.

"It's a great responsibility, it's a great challenge and I am absolutely looking forward to it. I do believe that there's so much more work for us to do for kids in New Orleans, for families in New Orleans. I never want us to lose sight of that.

"They need us, they believe in us, they want to see us win. Because when we win, they win."

Photos: Demario Davis, Cameron Jordan, Tyrann Mathieu, Jen Hale announced as Community Champions by Super Bowl LIX Host Committee

Linebacker Demario Davis, defensive end Cameron Jordan, safety Tyrann Mathieu, and analyst and sideline reporter Jen Hale were named Community Champions for the Super Bowl LIX Host Committee at the Ochsner Sports Performance Center on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024.