Louis Rees-Zammit: Former Wales rugby star indicators for NFL champions Kansas City Chiefs

Mar 29, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Louis Rees-Zammit: Former Wales rugby star indicators for NFL champions Kansas City Chiefs

Former Wales rugby worldwide Louis Rees-Zammit has signed for NFL champions Kansas City Chiefs.

The former Gloucester, Wales and British and Irish Lions wing announced in January he was quitting rugby to chase his American soccer dream.

In a video posted by the Chiefs on X, he mentioned: “Hi Chiefs Kingdom, Louis Rees-Zammit right here.

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“Just signed, can’t wait to go and see you all at Arrowhead.”

The Chiefs mentioned on their official web site: “The Kansas City Chiefs made an international splash on Friday with the addition of former European rugby star Louis Rees-Zammit to the roster.”

Rees-Zammit had made 32 appearances for his nation’s nationwide facet, and scored 70 factors.

But the 23-year-old joined the NFL’s worldwide participant pathway forward of a Six Nations event that noticed Wales take residence the picket spoon.

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Welsh rugby union star chases American dream

Earlier this month, he instructed Sky News making it within the NFL can be the “most proud moment of [his] life”.

He visited a number of NFL franchises, together with the New York Jets, Cleveland Browns and Denver Broncos, however has settled on the Chiefs, who’ve gained the final two Super Bowl titles and three of the final 5, impressed by star quarterback Patrick Mahomes and tight finish Travis Kelce.

His dream moved a step nearer when he impressed throughout final week’s professional day that types a part of the worldwide participant pathway.

Scouts from all 32 NFL groups watched him undergo his paces on the occasion on the University of South Florida.

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Louis Rees-Zammit performed 32 instances for Wales. Pic: PA

Rees-Zammit clocked 4.43 seconds in his 40-yard sprint, a 9ft 7in broad leap and 29-inch vertical leap.

He will attempt to win a spot on Kansas City’s closing 53-man roster for the 2024 season, which begins in September.

Running again and large receiver are his designated positions, but when he doesn’t make it, he’s prone to spend his first season on Kansas City’s observe squad, the BBC mentioned.

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The Chiefs added: “Rees-Zammit participated in the international player pathway programme workout earlier this month, which provided the former rugby star with an opportunity to show NFL scouts what he could do.

“His exercise included a 4.44-second 40-yard sprint, which might have ranked fifth amongst tailbacks on the 2024 NFL scouting mix.”