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Phillippi Sparks' No. 22 NY Giants jersey may finally make it onto a Super Bowl playing field.
Sparks slipped on and off the Giants' roster between the team's last two Super Bowl appearances: a 1991 victory against the Buffalo Bills and a 2001 loss against the Baltimore Ravens.
He missed both games by about a year.
Though Phillippi never felt Super Bowl grass beneath his feet, his daughter, 2007 American Idol winner Jordin Sparks, will when she sings the national anthem before the Giants vs. New England Patriots showdown Sunday at University of Phoenix Stadium.
Phillippi said he and Jordin joked about the situation while watching the most recent season of Idol.
"I told Jordin she could wear my jersey. It says 22 Sparks and she could go, 'This is for you, Dad,'" he said. "How good is fate? For her her to be the one to sing at the Super Bowl and the Giants to make it all in the same year."
Jordin was in New York City shooting a music video last week for her next single "No Air" a duet with pop singer Chris Brown. At the shoot, Jordin said several local Giants fans kept asking how she felt about singing for her dad's former team.
"It's really ironic because it's the Giants and it's in my hometown. I love football and to be able to sing at the game is a huge deal," Jordin said. "He (Phillippi) was like, 'At least one of us made it to the Super Bowl.'"
Phillippi was drafted to the Giants in 1992 following his career at Arizona State University, and left for the Dallas Cowboys in 2000, before retiring from the National Football League that same year.
