Sam Kimmel

- Residence: Homer City, PA
- Diagnosed with asthma in 2007Tampa Bay Online: Pennsylvania Boy (January 19, 2009)
- Wants to be a sportscaster when he grows upTampa Bay Online: Pennsylvania Boy (January 19, 2009)
- Met Jerome Bettis during a taping of the Jerome Bettis Show on January 23, 2009WPIX: Contest Winner Meets Jerome Bettis (January 23, 2009)
- Will travel to Super Bowl XLIII with his mother, Ruth and sisters Joanna, 11, and Jacki, 16Pittsburgh Live: Homer City Teen Wins (January 27, 2009)
- Was an eighth-grader at Homer-Center Junior High School when he was selected as the 2009 NFL Play 60 Super KidPittsburgh Live: Homer City Teen Wins (January 27, 2009)
- Will deliver the game ball to the official just prior to the 2009 Super Bowl kickoff at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FLPittsburgh Live: Homer City Teen Wins (January 27, 2009)
- Approximately 70,000 fans will be at the 2009 Super BowlTampa Bay Online: Pennsylvania Boy (January 19, 2009)
- Will participate in the NFL Experience and NFL Kid's DayPittsburg Live: Homer City Teen Wins (January 27, 2009)
- Will meet NFL commissioner Roger GoodellPittsburgh Live: Homer City Teen Wins (January 27, 2009)
- Scheduled appear on NBC's Today at approximately 9: 45 a.m. on Super Bowl SundayPittsburgh Live: Homer City Teen Wins Trip to Super Bowl (January 27, 2009)
- Kimmel's likeness appear on three million boxes of Kellogg's Frosted FlakesPittsburgh Live: Homer City Teen Wins (January 27, 2009)
- His daily 60-minutes of exercise may include sled riding, snowboarding, baseball and footballPittsburgh Live: Homer City Teen Wins (January 27, 2009)

Sam Kimmel is the thirteen-year-old Pennsylvania boy who was selected as the NFL Play 60 Super Kid for Super Bowl XLIII. Kimmel was one of 20,000 children who entered the contest on NFLrush.com. To be eligible, the contestants had to pledge to be active for 60 minutes a day as part of the "NFL PLAY 60 Challenge" as well as answer two questions about the importance of health and fitness. Kimmel's winning essays focused on staying active to help control his asthma and how former Steeler Jerome Bettis inspires him.NFL: NFL Play 60 Super Kid
Quotes
- "Exercise and being active has helped me with my asthma. The doctors told me that exercise is the best thing for it. I have been active every day since. NFL players are obvious inspirations to many, but to me there is one that really sticks out. Jerome Bettis: The Bus. He was told that he had asthma when he was 14 … Now his old playing days with asthma inspire me to work harder."—Excerpt from Sam Kimmel's NFL Play 60 Super Kid essayNFL: NFL Play 60 Super Kid