Suns look to the US for tall talent
- Friday, March 04 2016 @ 05:58 pm ACDT
- Contributed by: Troy Thompson
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Gold Coast Suns list manager Scott Clayton last year hinted on finding new talent outside the draft and trading system in the USA (see audio below). Speaking after the trade period and prior to the National Draft Clayton was asked about looking at talent from other sports, he admitted that the Suns have not been much focussed on looking at other sports but said “We’ll start to look for a ruckman out of the US, which seems to be a pretty good idea at the moment”.
Today on the Fox Sports website it was revealed that the Gold Coast Suns have trialled two NFL footballers from the US.
The article says that the Suns are likely to sign Brandon Kaufman, a wide receiver who was previously signed as a free agent with the Buffalo Bills in the NFL in 2013.
Kaufman and a second potential recruit John Peters (who is on the Cincinatti Bengals practice squad) were trained for three weeks by the Kick Builders US talent program in Denver in 2015 with the aim of getting them onto an AFL list. Kick Builders have been working with the Gold Coast Suns to improve kicking since early 2014.
Kaufman can be seen in action at the 2013 NFL Draft combine at the link here.
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