The Eagles have signed Canadian rugby star Adam Zaruba to a three-year contract.
Zaruba, who played for Canada’s national rugby sevens team, tried out for the Eagles over the weekend and impressed them enough to earn a contract offer Monday.
The 26-year-old Zaruba will play tight end. He is 6-foot-5 and 265 pounds.
“It will be a really awesome thing for me as an athlete,” Zaruba said when asked about the opportunity to play in the NFL.
If Zaruba ends up making the Eagles roster, he’ll be hoping to do more damage in the NFL than Jarryd Hayne did. After signing with the 49ers in March 2015, Hayne only lasted a season before retiring from football and going back to rugby.
