Cooper DeJean and the Philadelphia Eagles are facing off against the Kansas City Chiefs in a Super Bowl LIX matchup on Sunday evening.

DeJean is a crucial member of the Eagles‘ defense his first NFL season as a rookie out of Iowa. The No. 40 overall draft pick is a key defensive starter in the secondary and Philadelphia’s best punt returning option.

Earlier this week, DeJean fielded a unique question about one of his former University of Iowa classmates: Caitlin Clark.

DeJean was asked if any NFL-WNBA player duo could beat he and Clark in a game of 2-on-2 basketball.

“We’re beating anybody. Anybody you throw in front of us. That’s the first time I’ve heard of me and her on the same team, so I love that,” DeJean replied.

DeJean famously made waves around the sporting world before the 2024 NFL draft when he said he could beat Clark in a game of 1-on-1.

“A lot of teams have asked me if I could beat Caitlin Clark 1-on-1,” DeJean said last year. “I said I think I can. She’d probably score a few buckets on me but I think I could pull it off.”

“She texted me and said that she doesn’t think that I could beat her,” DeJean later added.

Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Cooper DeJean (33) returns a punt.

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“I really wanted to play basketball coming out of high school. I wanted to play in college,” he continued. “… I stuck with football. Football was probably the better option for me.” 

DeJean and the Eagles lead the Chiefs 7-0 at the start of the second quarter in Super Bowl LIX.