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Chile’s Sammis Reyes: Former D1 hoopster’s NFL Pro Day was a slam dunk

Antonio Gates, Anthony Gonzales, Jimmy Graham, and others were all certified college basketball players competing with their teams for spots in March Madness before blossoming into some of the best tight ends in the NFL. Others such as Moe-Ali Cox, Julius Thomas, and Rico Gathers have followed their footsteps as the copycat NFL continues to search for the elite physical traits that make up a professional tight end.

The NFL may have found their next basketball player turned red zone threat in Chilean athlete Sammis Reyes.

Reyes is a former Tulane University (NCAA D1) Green Wave basketball player who along with 10 other international prospects competed at the University of Florida’s Pro Day on April 1st. The 6’5 260 pound former hoopster drew buzz from media and coaches alike with his impressive combine results.

According to NFL Network analyst and long-time NFL football executive, Scott Pioli, Reyes ran a 4.64 in the 40 yard dash and reached 31 bench press reps while producing a 40″ vertical and 10’5″ leap in the broad jump.

These combine numbers are truly elite and should have NFL scouts across the country drooling. Reyes was one of eleven international prospects selected for the NFL’s International Pathway Player Program. These prospects from around the globe spent the last few months training with NFL coaches to have a chance to be one of four players allocated to a team’s practice squad.

Look for Reyes to draw interest from several NFLteams. Transforming basketball players to tight ends has proven to be a successful process in the NFL and teams are always on the lookout for players with Reyes’s athleticism and work ethic.

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