WR Iiro Luoto NY Jets (Finland) Caught five passes for 39 yards for Rhein. Some international thingymajigger, practice squad internationalisation somethingorother. Details on nfl.com
But seriously - he's a top international prospect (according to the blurb) off the back of 5 receptions in NFLE??
time to order my authentic customized Luoto jersey. 250 is a small price to pay to don the jersey of such an epic player
rofl. actually the Falcons signed a Japanese WR from NFLE. The guy is pretty legit from what I've seen. from NY Times "The Atlanta Falcons signed wide receiver Noriaki Kinoshita, a native of Osaka, Japan, who played the past three years with the Amsterdam Admirals of N.F.L. Europa. Kinoshita, who is 5 feet 10 inches and 179 pounds, ranked fourth in the league in kickoff returns and added 21 catches for 308 yards and 2 touchdowns. Kinoshita is the second player from Japan to sign with the Falcons. The first, tight end Nachi Abe, lasted 10 days in the 2000 preseason." prolly wont last that long, but considering its the falcons and this guy has potential. he might make it as the 4th guy or on ST.
if i get this right, we get him throu the International Player Development Program. This means, he can?t play for us, he?s just practice squad. I played with Ulrich Winkler back in the days, who?s with the Chiefs for his second year throu the IPD-Program.
hey hey, are we all forgetting that this japanese guy was probably on the 3 TIME WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP JAPAN team? Thats a dynasty, and a world dynasty at that.
