(S15) - PT3 - Namesake

[karl]

After a bit of digging it appears there is in fact another Raymond Vans out there among the general population. Once the S12 draft selection heard this news he took it upon himself to reach out and introduce himself. Unable to find his phone number he resorted to the great world wide web and sent regular Raymond Vans a quick email with a few questions to learn about him. Turns out he's a mechanical engineer living in Seattle, Washington. Married for 10 years now to his loving wife they have a single child, a daughter named Rayla. What was especially exciting is that he's actually a big fan of the NSFL and was already aware the Arizona Outlaws linebacker existed. He'd been following his career since Vans entered the DSFL as a late free agent in S11. Beyond the namesake it turns out the engineer Raymond was a linebacker himself back in high school and briefly again in college. He suffered one to many injuries and decided to focus on his school work instead of his football career and never looked back. We very well could've had two Raymond Vans in the league! Eager to meet one another the S12 Ultimini champion extended an invite to regular Raymond Vans, his wife and daughter to come out to Arizona and enjoy a home game. He even get them all jerseys. Conveniently no custom name bars were required.