By Le Figaro, with AFP
Published 2 hours ago, Updated 1 minute ago
Louis Rees-Zammit has signed with the Kansas City Chiefs. Kansas City Chiefs
The American NFL franchise confirms the signing of the ex-Gloucester player. The person concerned would have signed a contract covering three seasons.
Young Welsh rugby star Louis Rees-Zammit has signed a contract with the Kansas City Chiefs, in the Professional American Football League (NFL), the two-time reigning Super Bowl champion franchise confirmed on Friday. “Rees-Lightning has arrived”wrote the Chiefs on X (formerly Twitter) in a welcome message, with a lightning bolt emoji and a photo of the 23-year-old Welshman playing for his home country.
“Hello Chiefs Kingdom. This is Louis Rees-Zammit. I just signed. I can’t wait to see you all at Arrowhead.”, the Kansas City stadium, for his part declared the player in a video posted on the same social network. According to the channel NFL NetworkRees-Zammit, who played for English Premiership club Gloucester from 2018 to this year, signed a three-year, partially guaranteed contract with a signing bonus.
42 caps with Wales
The former international winger surprised the oval ball world by announcing in January that he was going to leave rugby union to try to make a career in American football in the NFL. The player with 42 caps with Wales, quarter-finalist of the 2023 World Cup and winner of the 2021 Six Nations Tournament, participated in the international program for the integration of foreign players into the NFL, under the eyes of many league recruiters.
A training session for recruiters took place last week. According to the Chiefs, it included a 40-yard dash that he completed in 4.44 seconds, which would have ranked him fifth among running backs this year. «NFL Scouting Combine»tournament for talent before the NFL draft.
With his signing, Rees-Zammit becomes the 37th player from the Global Talent Program to sign a contract with the NFL and now hopes to become only the sixth to earn a first-team spot. The Welshman had trials with the New York Jets, the Cleveland Browns and the Denver Broncos, before agreeing with the Chiefs, according to the American press.
