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Van Jefferson grew to become a Tremendous Bowl champion and a father all on the identical night time.
However the story will get higher.
The Los Angeles Rams huge receiver informed ESPN’s Adam Schefter on his podcast that he ended up watching the delivery of his son on FaceTime whereas sitting in visitors following the Rams’ Tremendous Bowl win over the Cincinnati Bengals.
Rams’ WR @VanJefferson12 was caught in LA and Tremendous Bowl visitors and needed to watch his spouse Samaria give delivery to their son, Champ, on FaceTime.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 22, 2022
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Jefferson defined that his spouse was giving delivery in Thousand Oaks, California, about an hour and a half away from SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, when you issue within the typical Los Angeles visitors plus busier visitors following the Tremendous Bowl.
“Somebody had FaceTimed me and I simply see a girl mendacity in a mattress, so I simply hung up the telephone actually quick like, who's that,” he informed Schefter. “They known as me again once more … and it was my spouse giving delivery. I used to be like, ‘Oh, I didn’t know!’
“... My children have been within the automotive like, mommy, it’s going to be OK. They simply hear their mother screaming. It was simply loopy, man. I wasn’t capable of make it to the delivery, no, however I bought there perhaps half-hour after.”
Jefferson had 4 receptions for 23 yards within the Tremendous Bowl, earlier than being whisked away to the hospital.
His new child son’s identify matches the second, too, because the couple determined to call him Champ.
“It was an important day, bro. I bought three prizes right now. My spouse, my son and the Tremendous Bowl,” he stated, per CBS Sports activities.