Sammis Reyes exited high school with dreams of playing in the NBA. Now he hopes to be the latest former Division I basketball player to make it as an NFL tight end with the Washington Football Team.
Washington signed Reyes, who had been training at IMG Academy in Florida as part of the International Pathway Program, on Tuesday. Participants in this program are later assigned to a random division and those teams could then pick one player from a pool of 11 athletes.
But after Reyes, who was born in Chile, worked out at the University of Florida's Pro Day on March 31, Washington decided to sign him so no one else would have a shot.