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THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS, TOO
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April 23, 2007

They Might Be Giants, Too

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DANIEL'S UNCLE Jeff Hostetler, a 13-year NFL vet, says that when he was growing up, he and his three brothers and three sisters (he's the fifth) went at each other a bit too hard. "We couldn't even play badminton," says Jeff (right). "It got too intense." He feels a familiar vibe when the next generation starts roughhousing at the family's twice-yearly reunions. "We have to keep our eyes on them," he says. Jeff's son, Justin, the middle of three, is a defensive back at West Virginia and one of the family's four current or incoming Division I football players; among the cousins are also college All-Americas in lacrosse and field hockey. Hostetler, 46, lives in Morgantown, W.Va., where he runs a construction company and coaches QBs at University High. He says the kids are hard on him, too, especially when his NFL videos come out. "Not a lot of patting on the back," he says. "They get on you about everything."

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