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Super Bowl 2025: Jalen Hurts wears custom 'unbannable' red Air Jordan cleats before rematch with Chiefs

Jalen Hurts and the Eagles are looking for revenge after their loss to the Chiefs in the Super Bowl two years ago

Jalen Hurts broke out the illegal cleats ahead of Super Bowl LIX.

Based on the writing on the back of them, he seemed very content with whatever penalty the NFL eventually throws his way.

The Philadelphia Eagles quarterback wore a pair of red and black Air Jordan 1s ahead of their dominant 40-22 win over the Kansas City Chiefs at the Caesars Superdome on Sunday night. The shoes were custom made for him, too, and had the word “unbannable” written on the heel of both cleats.

NFL rules require that players wear cleats that are white, black or an official team color. While the cleats are incredible, they clearly don’t fall into any of those categories. Hurts swapped those cleats out after pregame warmups for a traditional white and black pair.

Hurts was already fined for a similar move this season. The NFL hit him with a $5,628 fine after the team’s win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in December for wearing cleats that were not “constitutional team colors.” He wore mismatched green cleats during that contest. Jordan and Nike then picked up that fine for him.

But considering this is the Super Bowl, and Hurts has already gotten away with this before with relatively minimal repercussions, he was going for style this time.

Hurts threw for 2,903 yards and 18 touchdowns with just five interceptions this season for the Eagles. He led the team to a dominant 55-23 win over the Washington Commanders in the NFC championship game last month, too, where he threw for a touchdown and ran in three more in the blowout victory. That set up a rematch of Super Bowl LVII, where the Eagles fell to the Chiefs at State Farm Stadium.

Hurts not only avenged that loss on Sunday, but he stopped the Chiefs' attempt at a historic three-peat. Hurts went 17-of-22 for 221 yards with two touchdowns and an interception, and he ran for another 72 yards and a score in the win, which brought just the second ever championship home for the Eagles.