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BY CAMERON JORDAN

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AS TOLD TO ELIZABETH

I was born in Minnesota—Pops played
AMERON JORDAN HAD BIG PRO DREAMS when he was
for the Vikings. My mom did a
a kid, but he saw himself in the NBA, not in the NFL, phenomenal job of hiding my siblings

C where his dad, Steve, had been a six-time Pro Bowl and me from our dad’s limelight. I
don’t think I understood how good of a
tight end. As Jordan grew to love football—and realize football player he was until I was

he, too, was really good at it—his dreams changed. In four almost in high school. MARK LOMOGLIO/AP/SHUTTERSTOCK
I’ve been in organized sports for as
seasons at Cal and nine with the New Orleans Saints, he has
long as I can remember. Mom
established himself as one of the game’s top defensive ends. immediately put my older brother,

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