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Louis Rees-Zammit gatecrashes top 10 NFL jersey sales list
Louis Rees-Zammit has made the top 10 most-sold NFL jerseys in the UK.
Based on data taken from June 2024, it has been revealed that the 23-year-old has sold the sixth-most jerseys out of any other NFL player.
Ranking above him are the likes of Chiefs team-mates Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes. It’s his first appearance in the top 10 most-sold jerseys in the UK.
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Rees-Zammit is currently back in the UK before his pre-season kicks into second gear Stateside. The Welshman has been spotted attending events such as: Wimbledon, Royal Ascot and Taylor Swift in Cardiff.
The former Gloucester Rugby speedster has been impressing his coaches and fellow players in Chiefs camp, with his performances on the practice field dismissing claims by some fans that he was simply signed as a PR move from the Super Bowl champions.
A Rees-Zammit ‘9’ emblazoned jersey will set you back up to £110 on NFL Shop Europe, with the kids’ version still coming in at a hot £85.
The NFL roster deadline for 2024 is August 27 at 4pm. This means Rees-Zammit still has a number of weeks to impress Chiefs coaches that he is worthy of being selected as one of the 53 players in the regular season’s squad.
Recently, starring Chiefs quarter-back Mahomes spoke very highly of the Welshman after training with him for a few weeks.
“”We’re starting him at running back,” explained Mahomes. “He’ll do a lot of special team stuff, and he can actually catch. So it looks different. He catches it like he’s catching a rugby (ball), but he never drops the football, so you don’t complain about it.
“And I think what’s been the best part about it is he works his tail off. The athletic ability is unreal. He’s got the toughness, but until he gets in the game and understands how to move and how to use that athletic ability, you don’t know exactly where he’s at. But [when] he’s in space, man, he can make stuff happen.”