The Super Bowl champions received their championship rings on Thursday night. During a private ceremony at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, the Chiefs were presented with their individual jewelry for defeating the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII.
Kansas City won its second consecutive championship in overtime, 25–22, on a walk-off, three-yard touchdown pass from Patrick Mahomes to Mecole Hardman.
The ring ceremony took place two weeks after the Chiefs visited the White House to celebrate their Super Bowl title, with President Joe Biden presented with a team helmet and jersey.
The championship rings are unveiled to the public after players and coaches receive their jewelry and celebrate not only the Super Bowl LVII victory, but also the history of the franchise.
As team owner Clark Hunt said During red carpet festivities with the media, the ring design includes the team’s logo, four Lombardi Trophies representing the four championships the franchise has won, each player’s name and jersey number, and each Chiefs’ year Super Bowl victory.
Like last year’s ring, the piece includes a removable top that shows a miniature football field, individual details for each player (such as how many Super Bowls they won with the team), and a playbook diagram of the pass that won the Super Bowl. Bowl, called “Tom & Jerry.”
The inside of the ring features the score of every playoff game Kansas City won en route to this championship and the initials “NKH” in tribute to Norma Hunt, Clark Hunt’s mother and widow of team founder Lamar Hunt, who died last year . (Lamar Hunt’s initials are at the bottom of the outside of the ring.)
A detailed diagram explaining each of the ring’s features and what they symbolize to the franchise can be seen on the Chiefs’ official website.
The media was not allowed to attend the ring ceremony, but the Chiefs did hold red carpet festivities for the Nelson-Atkins for reporters (who waited in 95 degree heat) when players and coaches arrived.
The champions did not disappoint with their fashion choices when they hit the stage. Head coach Andy Reid set the bar high with his red sneakers.
Reid wasn’t the only one who showed off the Chiefs’ primary color in his ensemble. Tight end Travis Kelce and Mahomes’ wife, Brittany, had red (or fuchsia) in their outfits, as did receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling, now with the Buffalo Bills.
Like last year, the Chiefs did not publicly unveil the 2024 championship rings before Thursday’s ceremony, presumably saving them for the players who saw them first. But once the design was revealed, the team shared the rich, numerous and very specific details of these championship rings for all to see.
Reid met with reporters after the team’s final minicamp practice and said it was fun to celebrate again with the ring ceremony. But the players and coaches are already looking ahead to the 2025-2026 season and aiming for a third straight Super Bowl title.
“It goes by quickly. Once you get through that parade, you’re kind of on your way and heading into the new season,” Reid said, via KMBC-TV. “It’s a night – I don’t want to belittle tonight – because there’s a lot that goes into it and a lot of hard work has gone into it and this is kind of a reward for it. But I think the boys know that. It’ll be nice to see the ring, but they’ve moved on.”
