Neither the students or staff at J. Harvey Rodgers School in Glassboro could contain their excitement for Super Bowl LII.
They have a special connection to one of the players playing in the big game Sunday: Eagles running back Corey Clement once attended this school.
The staff had special t-shirts made, bearing the number 30 for Clement, a 2013 graduate of Glassboro High School.
Many of the pre-k and kindergarten students had special cheers they practiced throughout the week and performed during Friday's pep rally, including the lyrics below set to the tune of "Oh My Darlin' Clementine":
"Corey Clement, Corey Clement, we are filled with Bulldog pride. We are happy and excited as we watch our Eagles fly."
Other Glassboro schools held pep rallies throughout the day. At Dorothy L. Bullock School, the first- through third-graders played some Eagles-themed games. The pep rally for the seventh- and eighth-graders at Glassboro Intermediate School featured dance, music and creative activities.
The high schoolers also participated in their own pep rally, which included an Eagles chant competition and the playing of "Fly Eagles Fly" by the band.
Clement attended the University of Wisconsin, where he played for four years and was a member of the winningest senior class in Badgers history (41-13, .759). Clement rushed for 3,092 career yards and in his senior year, received first-team All-Big Ten honors from the league's coaches.
The Eagles signed Clement as an undrafted free agent during the 2017 offseason and was the only undrafted rookie to make the Eagles' opening-day, 53-man roster.
Clement scored six touchdowns in the 2017 regular season.
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