Battling solely a minor hamstring harm, Jordan Petaia is weighing up his choices after being waived after which positioned on the injured reserves record by Los Angeles.
The Chargers signed the 25-year-old former Wallabies flyer on a three-year NFL deal in April as a good finish, after Petaia impressed within the Worldwide Participant Pathway.
He made a late cameo within the Chargers’ first preseason sport final week, however didn’t register a statistic.
On Friday (AEST), Petaia was waived and changed by fellow Australian and former schoolboys rugby teammate Thomas Yassmin.
Sydney product Yassmin performed school soccer at Utah and spent final season as an IPP athlete on the Denver Broncos’ coaching squad.
The Chargers on Saturday opted to position Petaia on their injured reserves record, forward of the 53-man roster deadline this month. AAP understands the hamstring harm is just minor and that Petaia, no stranger to soft-tissue complaints in his rugby profession, is treading cautiously to keep away from a long-term challenge.
Nicely conscious of the NFL’s brutal method to contracting, Petaia is known to be unperturbed and assessing his choices.
NFL golf equipment can recall eight gamers from their injured record to play every season, though with fellow tight finish Yassmin assuming the additional, designated IPP spot, it’s unlikely the Chargers would dedicate a 53-man roster spot to Petaia.
Atlanta, Cleveland and Kansas Metropolis had initially expressed curiosity in Petaia, who might be taken as an IPP athlete by a membership but to signal one.
The Queensland Reds, the place Petaia debuted as an 18-year-old, gave him their blessing to chase an NFL profession, and have remained in shut contact with the expertise.
However there is no such thing as a formal association tying Petaia to the Tremendous Rugby membership, ought to he search a return to the 15-man sport.
Accidents, together with hamstring points, usually interrupted his 31-Check profession for the Wallabies. But he nonetheless turned the youngest Australian to play at a Rugby World Cup.
He performed at a second World Cup, earlier than giving up the possibility to face the British and Irish Lions and rolling the cube on an NFL shot late final 12 months.
