C.J. Ham knows he has to work at being a dad

C.J. Ham and his wife, Stephanie, and their growing family.The lessons that helped mold Vikings fullback C.J. Ham as a father to daughters Skylar and Stella and a 4-month-old son, Cortez Ham III, were evident on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle that roared down I-35 this spring.

His father, Cortez Ham, wouldn't let a four-hour round trip from Duluth to the Twin Cities deter him from seeing his granddaughter's 25-minute soccer game.

"It was [Skylar's] first game," Cortez Ham said. "There will never be another first game again. I gotta be there for the first time. You'll never forget it."

C.J. and his wife, Stephanie — they met when she was a soccer star and he was a running back at Augustana…