In training camp with the Rams, the 6-foot-1, 236-pound linebacker is making a statement with his play, singing and facial hair.
Vobora teamed up with defensive end Chris Long, St. Louis’ first-round draft pick, and serenaded a student trainer. The song the two sang was “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling” by the Righteous Brothers.
The singing is all part of a training camp ritual in which rookies sing for veterans.
“I always have fun; you have to,” Vobora told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch recently. “I love football, no matter how hard it is, no matter how sore I am. I love it. And I’m going to have a good time at it.”
Vobora is doing all the right things, even impressing Long, who went No. 2 overall in the draft. Vobora was the 252nd pick.
Coach Scott Linehan, who played quarterback at Idaho from 1982 to ’86, is noticing Vobora’s talents as well.
“David was a very productive player in college,” Linehan told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “and he just happens to be from the greatest college institution in the country. So he’s got an advantage.”
Linehan told the paper he was joking, but added Vobora has a shot to make the team.
As for the rookies growing mustaches?
“They look like something out of the Village People,” Linehan told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
— From staff reports
