LeBron James gives his picks for this year's Super Bowl, NFL MVP

LeBron James has been rightfully lauded for his high basketball IQ for many years.

But he also knows the sport of football very well, and he's a huge fan of both college football and the NFL.Many people know that he was a star wide receiver while at St.

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Mary High School in his native Akron, Ohio.

Plenty feel he could've been a star in the NFL had he chosen the gridiron over the hardwood; in fact, former coach and three-time NCAA champion Urban Meyer tried to recruit James to play football at the University of Notre Dame when he was an assistant coach with the Fighting Irish.The Los Angeles Lakers superstar recently gave his predictions for the upcoming NFL season during a sit-down with DraftKings.

He first picked the Cleveland Browns, the team he roots for, to be his sleeper team, and he then picked the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs to reach Super Bowl LX, although he didn't give his pick to take the Vince Lombardi Trophy.Super Bowl prediction? Im going Eagles-Chiefs again, man, James said.

I mean, you got the best two teams, you got the best player in the NFL and Pat Mahomes, and I think he wants some get back, so I got Eagles-Chiefs.The Eagles, of course, won last season's Super Bowl championship over Mahomes and the Chiefs in lopsided fashion.

The Chiefs are hoping to resume their dynasty and capture the sport's grand prize for the fourth time in seven seasons this winter.James then predicted who would win the regular-season MVP.My MVP of the year; this year Im taking Lamar Jackson, James said.Jackson, the quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens, had a career year in 2024 by throwing for 4,172 yards and 41 touchdowns while leading the NFL in passer rating, QBR and yards gained per pass attempt.

But he narrowly lost the MVP award, which would've been his third, to the Buffalo Bills' Josh Allen.Quite a few people seem to be picking the Ravens to win it all this year.

Meanwhile, James' beloved Cleveland Browns seem to be a mess again, especially at the quarterback position, where 40-year-old Joe Flacco will be their starter and polarizing rookie Shedeur Sanders, the son of Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, is third on the team's depth chart.This article originally appeared on LeBron Wire: LeBron James gives his picks for this year's Super Bowl, NFL MVP.

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