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Houston Texans: Former rugby star needs to be on the team’s draft board

Jordan Mailata (pronounced My-Uh-Lotta) has never played an American football snap. However, he needs to be on the Houston Texans draft board.

The Samoan played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the Australian National Rugby League. He is a massive human being by any standards. He is 6’8″, 345 pounds, and can run a 5.00 40 yard dash. Mailata does not have the typical body type of a person weighing 345 pounds. He is lean and mean. Just take a look at his rugby tape.

Mailata came over to the US in January to begin training for the draft.