Nick Vigil was 10 when his mother, Kayla, determined that a career in football was a safer option for her rodeo-loving sons.
Nick's older brother, Zach, who was 12 at the time, got thrown from a bull in what's been remembered by some in the family as a terribly scary accident.
"It wasn't that bad," countered Nick Vigil, the linebacker who finally signed a one-year, $1.75 million deal with the Vikings on Tuesday.
"He fell on his head. They thought he had a broken neck. But he didn't. He was fine. He had a couple scares before that, but after that one, my mom told my dad, 'No more rodeos.