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Ex-rugby star Rees-Zammit to hold visits with Broncos, Chiefs

Rees-Zammit stunned rugby fans when he announced in January that he was leaving the sport to pursue a dream of playing in the NFL. On Friday, Rees-Zammit posted a 4.43 in his 40-yard dash at the NFL’s International Player Pathway (IPP) pro day. He also achieved a 9ft 7in broad jump and 29-inch vertical jump. […]

Harry Mallinder leaves rugby to join NFL player pathway

Mallinder, 27, played for Northampton from 2013 through to 2021 and then journeyed to Japan where he was at the Black Rams Tokyo. – Borthwick ushers in fresh England era with delicate mix of old and new The versatile back, who could play at fly-half, inside centre and fullback, played age-grade rugby for England and […]

Josh McDaniels’ bad decisions lead to Raiders firing: What’s next?

More Teams. More Games. Adam Schefter gives the latest about the firings of head coach Josh McDaniels and GM Dave Ziegler by the Raiders. (1:34) The last image of Josh McDaniels as an NFL head coach will be from Monday night. Las Vegas Raiders receiver Davante Adams had gotten himself open for two long touchdowns […]

All 32 practice squads to include international player in ’24

A total of 37 international players have signed with NFL teams since the IPP’s inception in 2017. Nineteen are currently on NFL rosters, including Philadelphia Eagles tackle Jordan Mailata (Australia) and Las Vegas Raiders fullback Jakob Johnson (Germany). From 2017 to 2022, one NFL division participated in the program each season. Two divisions, the AFC […]

Saquon Barkley, Josh Jacobs’ next moves after tag deadline

With neither first-team All-Pro Josh Jacobs of the Las Vegas Raiders nor two-time Pro Bowler Saquon Barkley of the New York Giants agreeing to long-term deals by Monday’s deadline for franchise-tagged players, there is a foreboding sense of familiarity to the proceedings. Both running backs, obviously, would prefer long-term contracts to the one-year, $10.091 million […]

Raiders’ Josh Jacobs caps 300-yard game with walk-off TD in OT

SEATTLE — Josh Jacobs wasn’t sure he’d play Sunday until about two hours before kickoff. The Las Vegas Raiders’ fourth-year running back had to test out the left calf he tweaked in a noncontact drill in Friday practice. And after he reaggravated it late in regulation on the Lumen Field artificial turf — “It doesn’t […]

Meet Nigeria’s NFL Combine hopefuls, most of whom gave up hoops for gridiron

As Nigerians bear the brunt of blackouts, floods and high crime rates at home, 12 young men, most of whom only recently took up football, will have the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of their compatriot — New York Giants’ Roy Mbaeteka — by impressing at the NFL International Combine in London (October 3-4). […]

Las Vegas Raiders WR Hunter Renfrow (concussion), LB Denzel Perryman (ankle) out for Week 3

LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas Raiders will be without a pair of Pro Bowlers at the Tennessee Titans on Sunday as the Raiders ruled out their leading pass-catcher and leading tackler from last season. And while slot receiver Hunter Renfrow (concussion) and linebacker Denzel Perryman (ankle) will not play, starting running back Josh Jacobs […]

NFL returning to London for international combine in October

Forty-four athletes will be selected to participate in the combine in front of NFL evaluators at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Oct. 3-4. Instead of team scouts, the NFL that evaluates the players and selects a handful to train in the United States for three months, after which final choices are made to allocate players to […]

RB Kenyan Drake says Las Vegas Raiders plan to release him

HENDERSON, Nev. — The Las Vegas Raiders plan to release veteran running back Kenyan Drake and absorb a $3.6 million salary-cap hit this year and $4.4 million in 2023 as a result. Drake said in a phone interview with The Associated Press on Monday that general manager Dave Ziegler called him personally to let him […]

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