Rugby star Louis Rees-Zammit made headlines in 2024 when he signed with the reigning Tremendous Bowl champion Kansas Metropolis Chiefs by way of the NFL’s Worldwide Participant Pathway Program. Nevertheless, after one full season, he returned again throughout the pond to proceed his rugby profession.
“I simply felt like I used to be type of losing my expertise on the market,” Rees-Zammit stated, by way of The Instances. “It’s extremely troublesome to get into the NFL if you have not gone via the faculty system. You simply do not get the identical alternatives as these boys. I used to be getting minimal reps, and it was simply one thing that I used to be fed up with once I was practising there.”
Rees-Zammit performed operating again for the Chiefs and received some motion as a kick returner within the 2024 preseason as effectively. Nevertheless, he didn’t make the 53-man roster, and signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars follow squad. In Jacksonville, he began working extra at receiver, however in the end returned to rugby.
“It was completely brutal. I used to be seeing new gamers each day, gamers minimize each day. It was fairly powerful, and I knew that going on the market,” Rees-Zammit added.
Rees-Zammit ran a 4.43-second 40-yard sprint, in keeping with ESPN, and as soon as hit a prime pace of 24.2 mph throughout a rugby match. It was thought he may doubtlessly make an affect as a return specialist with the NFL’s kickoff change, however he apparently did not discover the type of alternatives he was in search of.
