Timothy Rapp@@TRappaRTIncluded Columnist IVMarch 28, 2024
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The Kansas City Chiefs will sign previous Wales rugby star Louis Rees-Zammit on Friday to play running back and pass receiver, according to NFL press reporter Jordan Schultz.
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Schultz included that Rees-Zammit “fielded interest from numerous NFL groups” and likewise went to the New York Jets, Cleveland Browns and Denver Broncos.
Rees-Zammit, 23, revealed in January that he was leaving rugby and signing up with the NFL’s global gamer path. He was among the brilliant young stars in his previous sport, that made his departure for expert football a sensational advancement.
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“I have had the extraordinary honor of playing rugby for my nation which, as a happy Welshman, I’ve never ever considered given,” he stated in a declaration at the time (h/t ESPN). “However, I think that this is the correct time for me to understand another expert objective of playing American football in the United States. Those chances do not happen extremely frequently.”
He made 31 Test caps for Wales on the wing and at fullback, scoring 14 shots. He included on Instagram in January that he wasn’t always retiring from rugby, however wished to “check out a brand-new difficulty that has the possible to diversify my ability.”
Throughout his professional day on Friday, Rees-Zammit published a 4.43 in his 40-yard dash, a 9’7″ long jump and 29-inch vertical dive. Even if he requires time getting used to life in the NFL– it’s no little task altering sports, specifically at the greatest level– the NFL included a 17th area on the practice team this year particularly for worldwide gamers, and groups will be enabled to raise such gamers to the active lineup approximately 3 times.
That will increase his possibilities at living out both his own and daddy’s dreams.
“It’s constantly been on my mind,” he informed press reporters Friday. “My father has actually been an enormous good example to me since he brought me up liking the sport. He played the sport when he was more youthful so it’s rather simple to like the video game since I’ve been seeing it from such a young age. It’s constantly been in the back of my head, however it’s simply incredible to lastly do it now.”
The NFL’s global gamer path has actually resulted in a number of success stories, most especially Philadelphia Eagles star left take on Jordan Mailata, a previous Australian rugby gamer. Rees-Zammit will be wanting to reproduce that level of success with the safeguarding champ Chiefs.
