Jacksonville Jaguars change Louis Rees-Zammit | NFL News

The Jacksonville Jaguars have modified Louis Rees-Zammit’s roster standing from Active to Exempt/International Player. The Welsh star initially signed for the Kansas City Chiefs in March 2024, nevertheless he grew to become a free agent after being ignored for the Chiefs’ initial 53-man roster.

However, he quickly after joined the Jaguars’ apply squad. Rees-Zammit, 24, additionally modified positions from working back to vast receiver to make the change. Yet on the finish of the 2024 season his contract was not renewed, and he was made a free agent. However, a few days after his termination, a new contract offer was made by the Jags for the 2025 NFL season, and in February, Jacksonville signed him to the lively roster. However his standing has since been modified again, so what does this imply for the previous Gloucester rugby star?

The NFL granted the Chiefs their single allotted roster exemption for an worldwide participant final 12 months, and whereas many had been anticipating it to be Rees-Zammit, the spot in the end went to Jason “Chu” Godrick.

The second-year offensive lineman spent your entire 2023 NFL season on the apply squad in Kansas City after being allotted to the group as half of the NFL’s International Player Pathway program during the offseason.

The worldwide exemption solely counts during the offseason forward of 53-man roster cuts. As half of a new rule launched in 2024, all NFL groups are allotted a seventeenth spot on the apply squad for worldwide gamers.

Those gamers will be elevated 3 times. However, no worldwide exemption exists on the 53-man roster as soon as the common season begins.

The standing change might imply that the Jags do maintain Rees-Zammit in a high regard, and that the group feels good about his probabilities of making the 53-man roster. However it may be that they are making ready for the eventuality that he leaves the franchise.

The International Player Pathway Program helps foreign-born soccer gamers attain the NFL. Since its inception in 2017, this system has supplied athletes with an alternative to compete on the NFL stage and doubtlessly earn a spot on an NFL roster.

The NFL has sure rules for these coming by through the IPP. Each season, an NFL division is chosen at random to take part in this system.

Designated groups are then allowed an further offseason roster spot for the IPP participant that’s assigned to that group. At the top of coaching camp, IPP gamers can both be signed to their assigned membership’s 53-man roster or waived.

Players who clear waivers could also be signed to their assigned group’s apply squad utilizing an IPP exemption that enables for an further apply squad spot. As of 2024, more than half of NFL groups have signed worldwide gamers to their offseason/apply squad rosters as a direct consequence of the IPP program, with a number of gamers making lively rosters.

Three gamers whose careers began within the IPP program — Efe Obada, Jordan Mailata, and Jakob Johnson— have recorded over 1,000 profession NFL snaps. While his NFL future could also be up within the air, the 24-year-old insists he’ll do no matter it takes to forge a profession within the sport.

“I never thought about that [quitting the sport],” Rees-Zammit advised ESPN in February. “I’m not ready to give this up and, and I don’t think I ever will be. I’m very grateful for this opportunity from the Jags to allow me to sign another contract and give it another go.”