Patriots rookie wide receiver Kyle Williams gave chase after a fan ran onto the field during the fourth quarter of Super Bowl 60 at Levi’s Stadium, pursuing the intruder before the man went down to the ground and gave himself up. It was, by a comfortable margin, the most productive thing New England’s offense did all game.
Williams, who ran a 4.40-second 40-yard dash at the 2025 NFL Combine, was near the action when the fan breached the field. He didn’t wait for security to handle it. He took off after the guy himself.
Kyle Williams Channels a Patriots Super Bowl Tradition
Williams isn’t the first New England player to take matters into his own hands when a fan crashes the Super Bowl. At Super Bowl XXXVIII, following the 2003 season, Patriots linebacker Matt Chatham delivered a blindside hit on a streaker who had wandered onto the field before a Panthers kickoff. That play, which never made the national broadcast, became one of the most replayed fan clips of the Tom Brady dynasty era.
More than two decades later, Williams added his own chapter to the tradition. The circumstances were different, of course. Chatham was on a team cruising toward its second championship. Williams was on the field while his team trailed 19-7 in the fourth quarter, stuck in one of the most lifeless offensive performances in Super Bowl history.
The crazed fan who ran onto the field was nearly lit up by #Patriots WR Kyle Williams 😂😂pic.twitter.com/QWMQhDbRDq
— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) February 9, 2026
Through three-plus quarters, the Patriots managed just 78 total yards and five first downs. Drake Maye, an MVP finalist during the regular season, completed just 55% of his passes and was sacked multiple times.
Seattle’s defense, anchored by rookie hybrid defender Nick Emmanwori and a relentless front, suffocated everything New England tried to do. The Seahawks outgained the Patriots 252-58 by the time the field invader made his appearance.
In that context, Williams chasing down a random fan with more urgency than anything the offense had shown all day was almost poetic.
The third-round pick out of Washington State recorded 10 catches for 209 yards and three touchdowns during the regular season, including a 72-yard score against Tampa Bay in Week 10 that showcased the same kind of long speed he turned on during his pursuit of the intruder.
Super Bowl Streakers Keep Coming Back
Field invaders at the Super Bowl have become something close to an annual occurrence. At Super Bowl LV in 2021, a fan in a pink thong bodysuit ran the length of the field in Tampa before a Hillsborough County sheriff’s deputy, a former high school quarterback named Clint Stearns, laid him out near the goal line. Radio announcer Kevin Harlan provided a memorable play-by-play of the entire sequence.
At Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas two years ago, two shirtless fans stormed Allegiant Stadium during the third quarter of the Chiefs’ overtime win over the 49ers. Both were quickly apprehended.
Ahead of Super Bowl 60, offshore sportsbooks were offering +300 odds on an unauthorized person entering the field of play, with an over/under of 17.5 seconds for how long they’d last.
Williams made sure it didn’t last long. NBC’s broadcast, following standard network protocol, did not show the fan on the field. Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth moved past the moment quickly, though Tirico has been known to acknowledge fan antics. He famously narrated a Bills fan leaving a stadium with a game ball earlier this season.
For Williams, the moment was a footnote in what was otherwise a brutal night for the Patriots. His team entered the game seeking a record seventh Lombardi Trophy. Instead, they put together an offensive performance that flirted with history for all the wrong reasons.
Kenneth Walker III rushed for over 100 yards for Seattle. Sam Darnold, the former Jets castoff turned Seahawks starter, didn’t need to do much through the air because the ground game and defense handled everything.
Williams’ chase won’t be the play anyone remembers from Super Bowl 60. But for a 22-year-old rookie who grew up in Inglewood, California, dreaming of moments like these, at least he got to show some of his speed on the biggest stage in football, even if it wasn’t in the way he imagined.
