Early Life
Ira Vandever was born and raised on a Navajo Indian reservation in Haystack, New Mexico. His father is a diesel machanic and his mother is a special education teacher. He is the eldest of four children. At the age of 14 Vandever moved to Florissant, Missouri where in high school he excelled in four sports: football, basketball, baseball, and wrestling. Before graduation, Vandever was split between pursuing playing football or baseball in college. After a freak accident in a baseball game that required 50+ stitches in his face, Vandever chose to play football at Drake University.
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