METAIRIE, La. -- If Vonn Bell had fallen for his first love, he might be in Rio de Janeiro this summer instead of New Orleans Saints training camp.
Swimming for the U.S. Olympic team.
“I thought he was going to be an Olympic swimmer,” said Bell's dad, Vencent, who watched his son rack up medals in swimming competitions from about age 7 to 10, first in the Dallas area, then in Chattanooga, Tennessee, before his desire turned to other sports.
“I think I could’ve,” Bell said. “But I was like, ‘Why am I the only guy out here?