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The Super Bowl is more than a game, it is a global event. As such, there are people across a broad spectrum beyond just the NFL who are intriguing players, on the field or elsewhere. With Super Bowl LV set to kickoff off Sunday, here are The Post’s 55 people to watch surrounding the big game.

Patrick Mahomes

The electrifying, 25-year-old, $503 million man can become the 13th quarterback ever to win multiple Super Bowls — and the youngest ever to cop a league MVP and two titles. As special as they come.

Travis Kelce

The six-time Pro Bowler set a career-high with 105 receptions and set the NFL record for receiving yards for a tight end (1,416) despite sitting out Week 17.

Tyreek Hill

One of the NFL’s top deep-ball threats had a monster game against Tampa Bay in December, with 203 of his 269 receiving yards and two of his three TDs in the first quarter — yes, quarter.

Tyrann Mathieu

The Honey Badger notched a career-best six picks and added another against Cleveland in the playoffs while emerging as the team’s defensive leader in his second season in Kansas City.

Chris Jones

The 6-foot-6, 310-pound behemoth has been among the top defensive tackles in the game with 38.5 sacks over the past four seasons, earning an $85 million deal after last year’s Super Bowl win.

Clyde Edwards-Helaire

The sparkplug rookie out of LSU led the Chiefs in rushing yards (803) despite missing the last two regular-season games and the Cleveland playoff victory with hip and ankle issues, but he practiced fully all week and could be a big factor.

Le’Veon Bell

A local angle for this Super Bowl is the former star running back the Jets released in October and how much he’ll be able to play after missing the AFC title game with a knee injury.

Frank Clark

The $105.5 million edge rusher is coming off a disruptive game against Buffalo (two sacks, two tackles for loss) after recording a five-year low six sacks during the regular season.

Mecole Hardman

With Sammy Watkins still limited after missing both AFC playoff games (calf), Hardman should get his chances within the K.C. offense after averaging 16.4 yards per catch over his first two NFL seasons.

Tom Brady

The 43-year-old Super Bowl record holder for wins (six) and appearances (this will be his 10th) can further cement his GOAT status with another championship ring after leaving New England and Bill Belichick.

Rob Gronkowski

The five-time Pro Bowl tight end came back after sitting out the 2019 season to re-team with Brady in Tampa, and Gronk grabbed seven TDs to boost his career total (postseason included) to 98.

Leonard Fournette

The two-time 1,000-yard rusher with Jacksonville didn’t make a huge impact during the regular season (367 rushing yards), but he totaled 181 combined yards with two scores in two playoff appearances.

Mike Evans

The multi-tool receiver has played seven NFL seasons and has exceeded 1,000 receiving yards in all of them, including a career-best 13 TDs this season, plus two more from Brady in the NFC playoffs.

Chris Godwin

After teaming with Evans to form one of the top WR duos in the NFL with a breakout 2019, Godwin missed four games due to injuries this season but still finished with 840 yards and seven scores.

Antonio Brown

Brady and Bruce Arians took on the troubled former Pro Bowl wideout as a reclamation project, and Brown contributed four TD grabs and another in a wild-card win over Washington before a knee injury kept him out of the NFC title game.

Jason Pierre-Paul

Who’s down with JPP? The former Giant defensive end has made it back to the big game for the first time since Super Bowl XLVI against Brady and the Patriots with a Pro Bowl campaign and an amazing tale of perseverance following his 2015 fireworks mishap.

Devin White

The fifth-overall pick out of LSU in 2019 has emerged as a lynchpin inside linebacker in ex-Jets coach Todd Bowles’ defense, with nine sacks and 97 solo tackles in his second pro season.

Shaquil Barrett

The 28-year-old OLB should land a huge free-agent deal after playing on the franchise tag this season, following up last year’s 19.5-sack explosion with eight more plus a three-sack game against Aaron Rodgers in the NFC Championship game.

Andy Reid

It took the 62-year-old Reid 21 seasons as an NFL head coach to win a Super Bowl, and now he’s back the very next year, looking to become the first coach to repeat since Bill Belichick did it with the Patriots in 2003-04.

Eric Bieniemy

One of these years, the Chiefs’ offensive coordinator will finally land a head-coaching job. In the meantime, he can keep stacking trips to the Super Bowl.

Steve Spagnuolo

The Chiefs’ defensive coordinator is looking to win his third Super Bowl and to beat Tom Brady in the big game for the second time, after helping the Giants knock him off in Super Bowl XLII.

Bruce Arians

With a victory on Sunday, the 68-year-old Arians would become the oldest coach to win a Super Bowl. He’s won two of them as an assistant coach with the Steelers and has an all-time record of 76-47-1 as a head coach.

Todd Bowles

Bowles went from the outhouse (coaching the Jets) to the penthouse (coaching in the Super Bowl) fast. After four playoff-less seasons with the Jets, he joined the Buccaneers as their defensive coordinator last year.

Byron Leftwich

Leftwich won a Super Bowl as a player for the Steelers, and now he’s hoping to do so as a coach. The Buccaneers’ offensive coordinator has risen fast after joining the coaching ranks as the Cardinals’ quarterbacks coach in 2017.

Maral Javadifar

There are no New York City natives playing in the game, but there is a coach. Javadifar, a Queens native, was a New York City basketball star at the Mary Louis Academy is now the Buccaneers’ assistant strength and conditioning coach.

Gisele Bundchen

The 40-year-old Brazillian supermodel, actress and activist has been married to Tom Brady since 2009.

Tony Romo

Romo has become a bigger star as CBS’ lead NFL analyst — he earns $17 million a year — than he was as a Pro Bowl quarterback for the Cowboys.

Jim Nantz

Romo’s partner, Nantz will be calling his sixth Super Bowl. Unlike Romo, Nantz does far more than football. He is also the voice of the Masters and the NCAA Tournament for CBS.

Tracy Wolfson

Wolfson, a four-time Emmy-nominated reporter, will be covering her fourth Super Bowl in her 16th season with CBS.

Evan Washburn

The CBS Sports reporter, analyst and host will cover sidelines along with Tracy Wolfson. A star lacrosse player in college at Delaware, this will be his third Super Bowl.

Jay Feely

Feely, an NFL sideline reporter and special teams analyst for CBS, was a place-kicker in the league for 14 seasons — playing for the Jets, Falcons, Giants, Dolphins, Chiefs, Cardinals and Bears.

Gene Steratore

A football rules analyst for CBS, Steratore previously worked as an NFL official from 2003-18 and a college basketball referee as well until the same time.

The Weeknd

The Canadian pop star, a three-time Grammy Award winner, will perform at this year’s halftime show. His real name is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye.

Eric Church

The CMA Entertainer of the Year, a top honor in country music, will sing the national anthem along with …

Jazmine Sullivan

A 12-time Grammy nominated R&B artist, will complete the duet with Church for “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

H.E.R.

The American singer and songwriter will perform “America the Beautiful” before kickoff.

Sydni Paige Russell

The stepdaughter of Buccaneers defensive coordinator Todd Bowles and fiancée of Chiefs All-Pro safety Tyrann Mathieu might be in a tough rooting spot.

Tom Sr. and Galynn Brady

After battling COVID-19 earlier in the season, Tom Brady’s parents are expected to be in attendance to see him play in his 10th career Super Bowl.

Brittany Matthews

Patrick Mahomes’ fiancée, who is currently pregnant with their first child, is also his high school sweetheart. She played soccer collegiately in Texas then professionally in Iceland.


  Brittany Matthews and Patrick Mahomes celebrate last year’s Super Bowl win. Getty Images Brittany Matthews and Patrick Mahomes celebrate last year’s Super Bowl win. Getty Images

Patrick Mahomes Sr.

The father of the Chiefs’ superstar quarterback is a former MLB pitcher who spent 11 seasons in the big leagues — including two with the Mets in 1999-2000.

Kayla Nicole

The girlfriend of Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, Nicole is an on-air host and model who celebrated the AFC Championship by shotgunning a beer.

Camille Kostek

The Sports Illustrated swimsuit model is a former Patriots cheerleader who is now the girlfriend of Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski.

Sarah Thomas

No. 53 in your program, Thomas will become the first woman to officiate a Super Bowl. She will be the down judge Sunday in her sixth year as an NFL official.

Roger Goodell

The NFL commissioner may escape the full wrath of boos in the postgame trophy presentation, but he has helped make sure the season even got to Sunday despite the pandemic.

Amanda Gorman

The 22-year-old National Youth Poet Laureate became a star at President Biden’s inauguration and will read another poem pregame Sunday.

Bill Belichick

Will the Patriots coach be watching, for Tom Brady’s first Super Bowl without him after going to nine together, or studying tape for the NFL draft?


  Bill Belichick AP Bill Belichick AP

Dick Vitale

The longtime ESPN college hoops announcer and Tampa Bay sports fanatic had the Pepto Bismol at the ready for the NFC Championship.

Jon Gruden

He had a rough season with the Raiders, but enters Sunday in rarefied air — as the only coach to beat Patrick Mahomes in his past 26 games and the only coach to lead the Buccaneers to a Super Bowl, winning XXXVIII in 2003.

Peyton Manning

The two-time Super Bowl champ is expected to be recognized pregame Sunday for being voted into the Hall of Fame. He’ll also star in a Frito-Lay commercial with brother Eli and dad Archie.

Dr. Allen Sills

The NFL’s chief medical officer worked overtime this season while navigating the league through the challenges of COVID-19.

Mike Myers/Dana Carvey/Cardi B

One of these things is not like the other, but Cardi B will join Myers and Carvey as they reunite on a “Wayne’s World” commercial for Uber Eats.

Carl Cheffers

His goal will be for his name not to be remembered, but he will be heard from Sunday as the head referee. It’s his second Super Bowl assignment after manning Super Bowl LI.

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