Jarryd Hayne did two things when he first arrived in California last year to chase his NFL dream: Book a hotel room and buy a regulation football at Target.
Those were just a couple of new pieces of information we learned about Hayne during a 20-minute feature aired by “60 Minutes Australia” over the weekend.
The profile took viewers behind the scenes throughout Hayne’s unprecedented journey from Australian rugby league stardom to just another rookie free agent in the NFL.
The film crew followed Hayne for months to chronicle the experiment, which began with the 28-year-old turning down a $1.