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Cannoneers · week 7 · 1997

J. Vance was not supposed to be here

Hal Vandergrift, veteran beat

Julius Vance QB
Cannoneers

I have been doing this long enough to have written off men like J. Vance, who was signed off a practice squad in November and never gave the job back. 201 yards is the league's way of saying nothing is settled. Two of them found the end zone, in game 7 of his season. The ones who arrive like this tend to know what it cost. That is usually worth something in December.

This story ran on the wire in week 7 of 1997. The rest of the season is in the paper.

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