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What aided Eagles rookie Quinyon Mitchell in becoming a Super Bowl champion? Fruit farming.

Mitchell and his family credit working alongside his grandfather to pick watermelons that weighed as much as 80 pounds every summer in the Florida heat for helping re-launch his football career

Eagles cornerbacks Avonte Maddox and Quinyon Mitchell celebrate during the third quarter of the Super Bowl.
Eagles cornerbacks Avonte Maddox and Quinyon Mitchell celebrate during the third quarter of the Super Bowl.Read moreDavid Maialetti / Staff Photographer