LS re zamit NFL dream not over says Christian Wade glitter wing christian W says Lis reit's NFL dream is not over after the former Wales Rugby Union star was not selected in the Kansas City Chiefs 53 man squad for the 2024 season ree zamit who quit rugby in January to pursue a career in the NFL has been training with the Chiefs throughout the offseason the 23-year-old played in all three of their preseason games but missed out on the NFL's cutdown day teams have an offseason training Squad of 90 players and but had to select 53 players for the start of the Season before Tuesday's deadline re zamit will now be placed on waivers meaning another team can sign him but he is expected to continue training with the Chiefs as part of their practice squad that would give him more time to adapt to the sport and the NFL champions can promote him to their active roster up to three times during the season NFL teams can promote two players from their practice squad each game meaning reit's hopes of playing during the regular season are not over Wade also attempted to make the Breakthrough in American football spending three seasons with the Buffalo Bills before returning to rugby union he insists the door is not closed on re Amit dream despite his setback this week it is completely different the way sport over there Works said Wade just to be in the NFL and be able to represent the badge is the goal for him to do that is success in itself anything else he does is a bonus now it is up to him to try and put himself in a position to be able to contribute as much as possible contributing whether it is just be being in the building giving good reps in practice getting game time making good place that is all everyone is trying to do get to the league and once they get there just try to survive that is what it is reit's NFL Journey began with a 10-week training camp as part of the NFL's International player pathway way IP he was then signed by the Chiefs who have won the past two Super Bowls and although he was earmarked as a running back he played in a variety of positions during preseason as they tried to identify his best role Wade joined the Buffalo Bills under the IP program in 2019 he scored a 65 yard touchdown on his bills Debo in preseason but never made a regular season appearance it is a tough transition added Wade a lot of the time people try and compare it to House Port is over here in England and Europe but there is no real comparison he wouldn't necessarily have not made the team based on bad or good performances there are a load of things that come into it that have nothing to do with him as a person or a player the transition is hard for anybody even the guys who have been playing from high school and college returning to rugby Wade 32 is back in Rugby Union after joining racing 92 before linking up with gler re is am it's old Club it's funny things just kind of pan out that way said Wade I left to go to the NFL and have come back and he has left to go to the NFL from glester and I am at the club he was at so it's weird how things work out but everything happens for a reason Wade insisted his stint in America has helped him I think I have matured in a different way he said different experiences some stuff that's really solidified the mindset I had already but I wasn't really able to nurture that in this environment so going over there I was able to expand it a little bit more and add to it as well arriving at GL Wade outlined how he then ended up at King home after getting injured in America I was 31 in the NFL is a young man's game said Wade I contemplated coming back to rubby after 6 months out injured I didn't want to be running around trying to get on to new teams and the opportunity to go and play at racing came up which was amazing I was there for 2 years and then I am not sure if Lewis had left or gluster had come to me first but my contract was up with racing and the opportunity came up to come back to the Premiership I thought it was a great opportunity to come back with a team that has got a lot of potential to be at the top of the league 6 years away is a long time to be away even though it has gone quickly so much has happened I am looking forward to getting back out there there are so many familiar stadiums I have played and it will be good to get back to