Praise Olatoke: British NFL prospect who’s faster than Louis Rees-Zammit

Louis Rees-Zammit was always going to hog headlines among the NFL’s International Player Pathway. A rapid wing in rugby union for Wales with his own BBC documentary, he now has a contract with Kansas City Chiefs, the team supported by GDP-altering megalith Taylor Swift, recently joined on stage at Wembley by her tight-end boyfriend Travis Kelce.

Yet Rees-Zammit is not even the fastest Briton to have joined a franchise — nor was he the operations manager at a gym in Ohio as recently as last year, dreaming of Super Bowls.

During the IPP’s ten-week training programme in Florida, Praise Olatoke and Rees-Zammit became speed-merchant friends. But while “Rees-Lightning” had his high-profile Chiefs deal secure in March, Olatoke was looking into alternative plans this month when