{"id":36193,"date":"2025-08-01T00:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T00:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/36193\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T00:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T00:28:07","slug":"louis-rees-zammit-leaving-jacksonville-jaguars-and-nfl-to-return-to-rugby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/36193\/","title":{"rendered":"Louis Rees-Zammit leaving Jacksonville Jaguars and NFL to return to rugby"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jacksonville Jaguars’<\/a> wide receiver Louis Rees-Zammit has announced that he will be leaving the NFL and returning to rugby.<\/p>\n

During the 2024 offseason, he signed with the Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> as part of the NFL’s International Pathway Program (IPP). Before that, the Wales native was an accomplished rugby player.<\/p>\n

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Rees-Zammit was released by the Chiefs<\/a> during roster cutdowns last summer and then landed on the Jaguars<\/a>‘ practice squad, where he played out the rest of the 2024 season.<\/p>\n

Rees-Zammit was the Jaguars’ IPP designated player this season, which allowed Jacksonville to have 91 players on the offseason roster. That designation is now open if the Jaguars choose to fill it again.<\/p>\n

The decision by Rees-Zammit to go back to rugby was something that was already on his mind earlier this offseason.<\/p>\n

“I’m 24 now, probably got one to two more years to try and make it depending on how this year goes,” Rees-Zammit said in an interview with talkSPORT’s Hawksbee and Jacobs<\/a>.. “I’ll be 25, 26 when I go back to rugby. I like to think I can still play at the highest level.”<\/p>\n

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Rees-Zammit had been sidelined in the last few training camp practices with a lower back injury.<\/p>\n

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