Rams, Bears players go wild for national anthem singer before playoff game

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Chicago Bears and Los Angeles Rams players were hyped arsenic they listened to the nationalist anthem up of their playoff crippled implicit the weekend, according to video from NFL Films.

Jim Cornelison performed his epic rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" astatine Soldier Field. The video showed that players were singing on with him connected the sideline, joining with the full assemblage who helped loop retired the patriotic opus earlier kickoff.

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An American emblem  unraveled earlier  a Bears game

A wide presumption of an American emblem connected the tract earlier the crippled betwixt the Chicago Bears and the Los Angeles Rams successful the NFC Divisional Playoffs astatine Soldier Field connected Jan. 18, 2026 successful Chicago, Illinois. (Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)

Bears antiaircraft lineman Grady Jarrett was among those stunned by Cornelison’s vocals.

"Whoa!" helium said aggregate times successful the clip.

Rams wide receiver Davante Adams was astonished by the elephantine American emblem that was rolled retired crossed the tract for the performance.

"It’s the biggest emblem I’ve ever seen," helium was heard telling backmost Matthew Stafford.

Cornelison’s singing caught the attraction of societal media earlier the game, with galore NFL fans and pundits praising his effort.

Bears fans spell  chaotic  for the anthem

Fans cheer earlier the crippled betwixt the Chicago Bears and the Los Angeles Rams successful the NFC Divisional Playoffs astatine Soldier Field connected Jan. 18, 2026 successful Chicago, Illinois. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

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It’s not the archetypal clip that Cornelison near a people connected NFL fans this season. He received a circular of applause backmost successful September erstwhile helium performed the anthem earlier the Bears took connected the Minnesota Vikings. It was the archetypal "Monday Night Football" crippled of the season.

The 61-year-old is simply a regular astatine Chicago sporting events. He’s been the Bears’ nationalist anthem vocalist since 2010. He hits the crystal for Chicago Blackhawks games since 2008 and has sung "Back Home Again successful Indiana" earlier the Indianapolis 500 since 2017.

Cornelison is conscionable arsenic fashionable extracurricular of sports. He was a portion of the Lyric Opera Center for American Artists successful Chicago and sang astatine immoderate of the astir fashionable opera houses astir the world.

He’s besides connected the committee of the Illinois Patriot Education Fund and the honorary squad commandant of the U.S. Air Force Band of Mid-America.

Jim Cornelison performs the anthem

Jim Cornelison performs the nationalist anthem earlier the commencement of Round One of the 2017 NHL Draft astatine United Center connected June 23, 2017 successful Chicago, Illinois. (Dave Sandford/NHLI via Getty Images)

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Unfortunately, the Rams took location a triumph successful overtime. Los Angeles volition play the Seattle Seahawks successful the NFC Championship Game.

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Ryan Gaydos is simply a elder exertion for Fox News Digital.

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