Rams wide receiver Van Jefferson was pretty busy last week. In addition to winning the Super Bowl, he also welcomed his second child into the world: on the same night!
Jefferson and his wife Samaria knew that picking a name for their new baby boy was going to be a big task, as they shared in an interview on TODAY. At the time, Samaria shared that Van walked into the hospital room saying “I have a great idea for a name: Wynn Jefferson…We’re torn between Wynn and Miles Jefferson.”
But that was back on Feb. 16, just three days after Samaria left the Super Bowl at half time to head to the hospital, and the couple continued to mull over names before finally finding the perfect one. A few days later, Van told People that the winning moniker would be Champ Jefferson.
“It’s very fitting. That’s very fitting for the type of situation we just had…Champ has a meaning of warrior, and I’m all about having meaning [in] a name, so I think that’s a perfect fitting for him,” he tells People.
The Jefferson’s are continuing to settle in as a family of four, especially big sister, Bella. Samaria shares, “She loves it. She was talking about her baby brother for days leading up. ‘When is he going to be here?’ ‘When is he going to be here?’ She absolutely loves him.”
––Karly Wood
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