Bravo, Jarryd Hayne.
Your career with the 49ers might have been a flash in the pan — as your retirement from the NFL on Sunday showed us — but that was all the time you needed to show the world what good can come from someone betting on themselves. Those who marveled at the highlights you left on the field are a testament to that.
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What you accomplished in San Francisco was no small feat. You, who were hands down the best player in Australia's National Rugby League, left what was comfortable, familiar and, quite frankly, what you were damn good at, to follow a dream of playing in the NFL.