The youngest quarterback to win a Super Bowl is who? Brock Purdy of the 49ers might be in the top five

Brock Purdy has a chance to go from Mr. Irrelevant to extremely relevant on Sunday night when the San Francisco 49ers take on the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVIII.

Regardless of the outcome of the game, Purdy will make history as the lowest-drafted quarterback to start in a Super Bowl. Purdy was selected as the final pick in the 2022 NFL Draft (No. 262). If the 49ers are victorious, however, Purdy will also be one of the youngest quarterbacks to ever win a Super Bowl.

Where would Purdy rank among the youngest QBs to win a Super Bowl? Here’s a look at the youngest winning quarterbacks in Super Bowl history and where Purdy would rank if the 49ers were to be victorious.

Ben Roethlisberger: 23 years, 340 days (2006)

Brock Purdy: 24 years, 46 days (2024)

Patrick Mahomes: 24 years, 138 days (2020)

Tom Brady: 24 years, 184 days (2001)

Russell Wilson: 25 years, 65 days (2014)

In two seasons with the 49ers, Brock Purdy holds a 17-4 record. The quarterback has completed 68.7 percent of his passes over this span of time for with the team for 5,654 yards, 44 touchdowns and 15 interceptions.

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49ers’ 5 keys to beating Chiefs and winning Super Bowl LVIII

LAS VEGAS – NFL security came looking for John Lynch. The Super Bowl was winding down four years ago, and it was time to escort the 49ers’ general manager, from a sterile suite to the sweaty, tense sideline.

That up-close view is how Lynch saw the 49ers’ 20-10 lead flip, in the final 6 ½ minutes, into a heartbreaking 31-20 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIV in Miami.

“Not a good memory. The one that got away,” Lynch recalled this week.

Sunday offers one magnificent chance to make amends. The 49ers enter Super Bowl LVIII looking to dethrone the Chiefs, who are seeking their third Lombardi Trophy in four years amid talk of being this decade’s NFL dynasty.

“It’s going to be a real tight game this week, 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said. “We have two really good teams, we’ll see how it unfolds, but I like our chances.”

“It’s obviously a very talented group, probably as talented as a group I’ve seen assembled, the way they complement each other,” Lynch said. “But they do have a special spirit, evidenced in the last couple of weeks. Those games haven’t gone like we would have scripted.”

After second-half comebacks saved their NFC playoff wins over Green Bay and Detroit, the 49ers must follow these keys to win the franchise’s sixth Lombardi Trophy and first since the 1994 season:

Playing in his fourth Super Bowl in five years, Patrick Mahomes balked at comparisons to seven-time winner Tom Brady, with Mahomes adding: “I’ll do what I can to beat a great 49ers team and get my third (ring).”

What Mahomes does is magically flummox defenses. The 49ers hog-tied him pretty well in their last Super Bowl matchup, until that fourth-quarter collapse. Thus, they preach a defensive strategy expecting each snap to breed two plays because Mahomes invents an extra play on the fly once the original call stalls.

The 49ers’ defensive front must stay persistent in its pursuit, and the coverage units must plaster Mahomes’ receivers. Effort should not be a problem, not after defenders got chastised for their lackadaisical play on two touchdown runs allowed in the NFC Championship Game.

Mahomes – and Taylor Swift – surely will keep their eye out for tight end Travis Kelce. Double-covering him could leave the 49ers prone to screen passes elsewhere, or deep shots against a still-suspect secondary, especially with No. 3 cornerback Ambry Thomas coming off an ankle injury.