Jaguars’ Louis Rees-Zammit likely headed back to rugby after ‘one to two more years’ trying to make it in NFL

Plenty of pomp and circumstance accompanied Welsh rugby player Louis Rees-Zammit‘s entry to the NFL world.

It’s not been an easy journey, however, as Rees-Zammit’s yet to play in an NFL game since joining the Kansas City Chiefs in the spring of 2024 and later the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Thus, Rees-Zammit has imposed a deadline of sorts on his football aspirations before likely heading back to rugby.

“International players get probably two to three years to make it in the NFL,” said the Jags’ Rees-Zammit in a recent interview with talkSPORT’s Hawksbee and Jacobs. “So, I wanted to do it at a time where I maybe could come back to rugby.”

The 24-year-old Rees-Zammit previously represented Wales and won the Six Nations in 2021 and played for the British & Irish Lions. As the NFL’s International Player Pathway led him to signing with the Chiefs, Rees-Zammit indicated he’d accomplished all he wanted in the world of rugby.

Now it would seem that’s not the case.

“I’m 24 now, probably got one to two more years to try and make it depending on how this year goes,” he said. “I’ll be 25, 26 when I go back to rugby. I like to think I can still play at the highest level.”