The irruption of Sammis Reyes (25) in the United States has not passed indifferent to anyone. The Chilean made history by being the first national to play a game for a National Football League team, better known as NFL. A discipline that in Chile is not so well known, but that in the US is a religion.
Claudio Romero (21) has closely observed his compatriot. The national athlete is currently competing in the NCAA for the University of Virginia and a couple of months ago he managed to win second place in the most prestigious university competition in the world, the cradle of sports stars.
“From a physical point of view I find him a monster. I saw one of his videos and I wonder how such a marked guy can do that many 100-pound reps on the bench press. And how someone so tall and who played basketball his whole life is so fast. Lor I find it admirable, especially because he went to the United States and began to play a sport that no one knows in Chile“Romero commented on the emergence of Sammis Reyes.
Another Chilean in the NFL?
On whether he has been able to experience American football in his own flesh, The former junior world champion in athletics in 2017 confessed to a particular tradition that pitchers have at the University of Virginia: Try your luck at American football.
“American football is entertaining. In fact, I was talking to the football coach. I used to play rugby when I was in Chile. I thought maybe I’ll try my luck and become a millionaire in a couple of years. It’s like a tradition for pitchers in Virginia to try out on the football team in the fourth year.. The coach says that the worst that can happen is that they reject you and the best thing is to finish in the NFL, “concluded the Chilean.
