Seattle Seahawks Pro Bowl safety Kam Chancellor said he played in the Super Bowl with a torn MCL in his left knee.

Chancellor suffered a deep bone bruise to the knee on the penultimate play of practice Friday.

He told Seahawks.com the examination also revealed a tear in his medial collateral ligament — an injury coach Pete Carroll indicated could have been pre-existing.

Chancellor still played in the Seahawks’ 28-24 loss to the New England Patriots, collecting 10 tackles and keeping up with Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski all over the field.

“It’s not a matter of talking about being injured and playing,” he told Seahawks.com. “It’s about being grateful for getting the opportunity to still even play through the injury. There are some people that get injured and can’t even play this game, can’t even play a game. So you’ve got to be grateful for how you’re feeling at the moment.

“Shoot, my injury happened two days before the game and they told me I wasn’t going to be able to play. They told me, ‘Torn MCL and bone bruise.’ I was mad. I was frustrated. But at the end of the day, I was able to play.”

Carroll told 710 ESPN, “The docs just said, ‘There’s no way. There’s no way he should (be able to play).’ But he was not going to miss it.”

The Seahawks were pretty banged up throughout the secondary in the game. Even before nickel cornerback Jeremy Lane suffered a broken wrist on his first-quarter interception return, All-Pro cornerback Richard Sherman was playing with torn ligaments in his left elbow and All-Pro safety Earl Thomas was playing with a dislocated shoulder and torn labrum.

“It was an extraordinary effort from guys who played through unbelievable issues,” Carroll said. “That was a heroic thing that those guys did to play. They wanted to play for their teammates and they did exactly that — and they did it in great fashion.”