{"id":25403,"date":"2025-07-27T06:47:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T06:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/25403\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T06:47:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T06:47:07","slug":"broncos-young-gun-weighing-shock-switch-to-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/25403\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos young gun weighing shock switch to NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Broncos rookie Benjamin Te Kura is reportedly on the radar of multiple NFL teams, despite having only just begun his NRL career.<\/p>\n<p>Standing at 205cm, Te Kura is officially the tallest player in NRL history, towering over peers like Nelson Asofa-Solomona and Dom Young.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old prop tips the scales at 122kg and has become a physical standout in rugby league.<\/p>\n<p>Te Kura made his NRL debut in round five of the 2024 NRL season, coming off the bench against the Melbourne Storm.<\/p>\n<p>NFL-accredited agent Dwane Bugden has revealed strong interest from both the New York Jets and Detroit Lions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The interest is absolutely genuine,&#8221; Bugden told the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailytelegraph.com.au\/subscribe\/news\/1\/?sourceCode=DTWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&amp;dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailytelegraph.com.au%2Fsport%2Fnrl%2Fbroncos-star-ben-te-kura-in-bombshell-talks-with-nfl-after-talks-with-lions-jets%2Fnews-story%2F20374e19fc2ac61b7b032552d8ae57a5&amp;memtype=anonymous&amp;mode=premium&amp;v21=LOW-Segment-1-SCORE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Daily Telegraph<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They would sign him tomorrow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bugden confirmed that Te Kura would be open to the switch but is under contract with Brisbane for the current NRL season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He would have gone right away this season, but he had his contract with the Broncos,&#8221; Bugden explained.<\/p>\n<p>Both NFL teams remain eager, with a final decision expected at the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Both New York and Detroit are super keen on Ben,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are keen as mustard. They would sign him tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ben will make a decision at the end of this season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Te Kura&#8217;s size, athleticism and youth make him an ideal candidate for a transition to American football.<\/p>\n<p>He could follow in the footsteps of Jordan Mailata, who successfully made the leap from league to the gridiron.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/rugby-league\/news\/broncos-playmaker-set-tigers-return-2026\/74e63cc8ae96eb4148f20f5d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Broncos playmaker set for Tigers return in 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mailata, a former rugby league junior, now plays as the starting left tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles who were the Super Bowl champions last season.<\/p>\n<p>His success has sparked a growing interest in NRL players from NFL scouts and teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Broncos rookie Benjamin Te Kura is reportedly on the radar of multiple NFL teams, despite having only just&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-25403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}