Aaron Donald, Pittsburgh Native, Seals Super Bowl Win For Rams

INGLEWOOD, CA— Pittsburgh native Aaron Donald deflected questions about his possible retirement just minutes after making a key play that sealed a win for the Los Angeles Rams Sunday in Super Bowl LVI.

Donald, who played high school football for Penn Hills and college football for the University of Pittsburgh, pressured Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow into making an incomplete pass late in the fourth quarter to propel the Rams to a 23-20 victory.

Surrounded by his family at the post-game podium, Donald, 30, neither confirmed not denied pregame speculation that he would retire if the Rams won the Super Bowl.

"I'm just in the moment right now," he said. "I'm enjoying this with my family. I promised my daughter this when she was 5 years old, to play in the confetti ... so I'm just in the moment right now. I'm going to enjoy this with my teammates, my family and I'm just going to be in the moment and enjoy this today, for a couple days, how about that? It's a blessing."

Donald was a first-round pick of the Rams in 2014, Donald was picked for the first team All-State Class AAA in his junior and senior years at Penn Hills. At Pitt, he won the Outland Trophy, Lombardi Award and Bednarik Award.

Bengals wide receiver and Pittsburgh native Tyler Boyd didn't fare nearly as well as Donald in the biggest game of his life. The former Clairton High School and Pitt star had a critical drop late in the fourth quarter as the Bengals were attempting to protect a 20-16 lead.

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