The former Monterey High and MPC football and track and field standout will join Joe Kapp as the only athletes from Monterey County to take part in a Super Bowl and Grey Cup.
Mann is a starting receiver for the Toronto Argonauts, who will face Calgary Sunday in the 100th Grey Cup at the Rogers Centre in Toronto.
The 6-foot-2, 30-year-old Mann was on the Seattle Seahawks practice squad during Super Bowl XL in 2005.
Kapp, a former Salinas High student, quarterbacked British Columbia to a Grey Cup title in 1963. He led the Minnesota Vikings to a Super Bowl appearance in 1969.
Mann, a seven year veteran of the CFL, has eight catches for 118 yards and a touchdown during the postseason. He had seven catches for 101 yards and a touchdown in the teams regular season finale.
John Devine has been writing about high school sports in Monterey County since, well, practically since he was an athlete at King City in the days just after leather helmets. In PrepNation, John has even more in-depth analysis of the latest results and news he's brought to you in The Herald and in his weekly videos.
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