Her poem will highlight three individuals the NFL will honor as honorary captains at the Super Bowl "who served as leaders in their respective communities during the global pandemic."

Amanda Gorman is fast becoming a household name after she delivered a powerful inauguration poem at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, challenging Americans to unify and "leave behind a country better than the one we were left."

Gorman said the insurrection at the Capitol building on Jan. 6, helped spur her completion of the poem.