{"id":773346,"date":"2026-07-02T02:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T02:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/773346\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T02:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T02:30:13","slug":"broncos-prop-released-effective-immediatley-to-join-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/773346\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos prop released effective immediatley to join NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Broncos prop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/benjamin-te-kura\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Benjamin Te Kura<\/a> has been immediately released from his contract at Red Hill\u00a0to allow him to pursue an NFL opportunity in the United States in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The highly touted forward made his debut for Brisbane in Round 5 of the 2024 season and went on to make five appearances for the Broncos.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old then went on temporary leave from the club&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> squad commitments in April to attend a six-week NFL training camp.<\/p>\n<p>During this camp time, NFL agent Dwane Bugden said he has what it takes to join the competition following an eight-week rigorous gridiron program on the Gold Coast.<\/p>\n<p>Standing at 205cm and recorded as the NRL&#8217;s tallest player, Te Kura impressed Bugden, who says he could be better than the 29-year-old rugby league junior and Super Bowl winner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBen Te Kura has got it,\u201d Bugden said to the Courier Mail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is absolutely good enough to play in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-212920\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"NRL Rd 5 - Storm v Broncos\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2137796976-scaled.jpg.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAthletically, he&#8217;s every bit as good as Jordan Mailata, maybe even better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJordan is a rare beast, but Ben is faster and moves better than Jordan did at the same stage of their development.<\/p>\n<p>He will now relocate to Arizona to continue his pursuit of a professional career in the sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m very grateful to the Broncos for everything they&#8217;ve done to support me in pursuing an opportunity in the NFL,\u201d Te Kura said in a club statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaking my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> debut for the Broncos against the Storm in 2024 was such an unbelievable moment for me and my family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI owe the Club so much for the faith they&#8217;ve had in me right from day one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>General Manager of Football Operations, Troy Thomson, said the Club was happy to support Te Kura.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an incredible opportunity, and one we felt was important to help facilitate,\u201d Thomson said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone at the Broncos wishes Ben and his family all the very best for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He has already flown to the US overnight to begin testing for an NFL contract.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Broncos prop Benjamin Te Kura has been immediately released from his contract at Red Hill\u00a0to allow him to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-773346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773346","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=773346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}