Amon-Ra St. Brown Will Play in Munich, His Mother's Homeland

On Sunday, the NFL will play the eighth of a record nine international games of the 2026 season in Munich. The Detroit Lions will host the New England Patriots at the Allianz Arena, home stadium of Bayern Munich. The game will kick off at 14:00 and will be broadcast live on Sky Sports. It will be the Lions' first international game since 2015.

For Amon-Ra St. Brown, this game holds special meaning as a return. His mother, Miriam, is from Leverkusen. While the player and his two siblings were growing up, German was mostly spoken at home. In the summers, the family traveled to Europe to spend time with their grandparents and play football.

In his high school years, St. Brown wore the German national team jersey alongside his brother Osiris. After entering the NFL, he wore a German flag decal on his helmet and ran football camps in the country. He has taken exams in three languages, attended a French school in Los Angeles and spent a period in Paris.

His father, John, is a bodybuilder who has won the Mr World title three times and the Mr Universe title twice. He named his son after Amun, the god from Egyptian mythology. His parents met at a fitness expo in Cologne in 1987.

On the other hand, England captain and Ballon d'Or winner Harry Kane has stepped into St. Brown's world and expressed his dream of becoming an NFL kicker.