The Washington Football Team announced Tuesday that it signed Sammis Reyes, who played basketball at Tulane for two seasons.
The 25-year-old Chilean got on the radar of NFL teams through the league's International Player Pathway Program. He worked out for scouts March 31 as part of Florida's pro day.
The WFT noted Antonio Gates, Tony Gonzalez and Jimmy Graham all played basketball in college before becoming All-Pro tight ends in the NFL. To a lesser degree, Washington also had success in 2020 with Logan Thomas, who was a quarterback for Virginia Tech before moving to tight end in the NFL.