Hector Gomez: Dominican Bayron Matos was not chosen in the 2024 NFL Draft, but has just signed with the Miami Dolphins.
Matos makes history by becoming the first player born in the Dominican Republic to be signed by an NFL team.
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His inspiring story of overcoming
Matos grew up playing baseball and shined as a pitcher. However, he preferred the court over the diamond and therefore migrated to Tennessee at the age of 16 despite not speaking English. Thanks to basketball he got a scholarship with the New Mexico Lobos in 2019, but he only played after a redshirt season.
Two years later he transferred to the South Florida Bulls to continue playing basketball. But everything changed during 2022 as he began a new change of sport. Matos trained as a defensive end and kick blocker with the Bulls and in late September he was moved to the offensive line. However, he did not play college football.
During the 2022-23 season, the Dominican played professional basketball with the Miranda Devils of the Venezuelan Professional Basketball Super League and, according to Pro Ballers, he recorded averages of 6.2 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1 assist per game after playing 29 games.
(via @antoniopuesan)
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2024-04-28 12:31:52
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