Not many NFL players can say they won a Super Bowl, let alone during their rookie season.
However, Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Ke’Shawn Vaughn is one of those players. Although he didn’t play in the Super Bowl, Vaughn still got a ring his first time out.
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