Nate Ebner, a three-time Super Bowl winner with the New England Patriots, will return from NFL to compete for a place on the US Olympic men’s rugby sevens team.
On Monday, USA Rugby announced that the New York Giants safety and special teams player was joining a group of around 30 men seeking one of 12 spots in Tokyo later this year. Ebner, who played rugby as a child in Dublin, Ohio, at Ohio State and for US junior teams, sought and won a place at the Rio Olympics in 2016, when rugby union returned to the fold after more than 90 years.