Henry Hodgson, general manager of the NFL UK office, told ITV Wales the former rugby star has signed a contract.
Henry Hodgson, general manager of the NFL UK office, told ITV Wales the 23-year-old signed a contract with the Kansas City Chiefs on Friday after a pro day in front of the NFL clubs.
Posting on X, formerly known as Twitter, Rapoport wrote on Friday: "Welsh rugby star Louis Rees-Zammit will be in Kansas City today to sign his three-year contract with the"The International Player Pathway Program participant trained for 10 weeks at IMG Academy, impressed at a Pro Day, then took team visits. He lands in KC."
Speaking about the Chiefs, Seb Kennedy, a Caerphilly-based sports journalist, said: "They're the top of the top in terms of the teams. They've just won back-to-back Super Bowls, the first team to do that for 20 years since the Patriots did it in the early Noughties." Mr Hodgson added that Rees-Zammit is "going to have to continue working as hard as he has done over the last 10 weeks."
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