How a lower lip tattoo embodies Ryan Switzer’s road to the Raiders

Posted Aug 6, 2018
Oakland Raiders wide receiver Ryan Switzer didn’t get a tattoo because he lost a bet or to rebel against his parents before jetting off to star at the University of North Carolina. The lettering on the inside of his lower lip reads, “Believe.” As an undersized football player growing up in West Virginia, he had to if he wanted to make it where he is now. (San Jose Mercury News)

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