Chiefs WR Mecole Hardman on game-winning TD: 'I'm trying to figure out what's bigger than a walk-off in the Super Bowl'

Mecole Hardman began his 2023 NFL season as a member of the New York Jets.

Hardman put a close to everyone's season when he hauled in the game-winning touchdown of Super Bowl LVIII, propelling his Kansas City Chiefs to a 25-22 overtime win against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday night.

The whirlwind hasn't ended for the Super Bowl hero, who was joined by teammate L’Jarius Sneed working a shift at Raising Cane's in Kansas City on Tuesday.

When Hardman hauled in the 3-yard game-winning score from Patrick Mahomes, he briefly paused before celebrating. It's a play that even two days later he doesn't even completely recall.

"I kinda don't remember it in a sense, I kind of blacked out, for real," Hardman told TMZ Tuesday, decked out in Raising Canes attire. "Like I knew I caught the ball, man, and we won the game, but after that it was kind of blank. The magnitude of the game was kind of just overwhelming, but after that it was just nothing but celebration out there."

Hardman cradled his third Super Bowl win with his catch, and it culminated an unpredictable campaign for the 25-year-old. Or was it?

Having played his first four seasons with the Chiefs, Hardman began this one with the Jets. He was featured on Hard Knocks speaking with mentalist Oz Pearlman. When asked who he would be playing against in the Super Bowl, Hardman said the 49ers. It proved to be true, only he was doing it back with the Chiefs, whom he rejoined in October after a trade.

Thusly, even though he departed from the franchise for a bit, he's been part of all three of their Super Bowl wins over the past five seasons.

"They're all special, but I don't think they ever get old," he said. "It's better after each one, I didn't get to play in last year's Bowl because of