A rugby star is trying to make it in the NFL. How far can he go?

Alex Gray has happily moved on, but he sometimes wonders how things could have gone with more time. Gray, a former England rugby sevens star, was one of the first professional players to formally transition from rugby to the NFL, where he spent three seasons with the Atlanta Falcons. Gray never became a two-sport star, but in the years since his football journey ended, more rugby standouts have tried to make the transition, highlighted most recently by Louis Rees-Zammit, a Welsh rugby star who hopes to make a successful switch.

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