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This category is for Brazilian sportspeople who play American football. Pages in category "Brazilian players of American football" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Durval Queiroz Neto (born August 27, 1992) (Durr-VAHL-KEY-ay-royce-NAY-toh), also known as Duzão, is a Brazilian former American football player who played primarily as an offensive guard for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He is the first Brazilian athlete to enter the NFL from the Brazilian American Football ...
In a 30–0 victory against the Houston Texans in the American Football Conference (AFC) Wild Card Round game, Cairo Santos became the first Brazilian player to play in a National Football League playoffs game. He made three field goals and three extra point attempts. [27]
The NFL hosted their first international game of the new season at Arena Corinthians in São Paulo on Sept. 6, and Brazilian fans couldn't get enough of the American football league's presence in ...
[3] [4] The International Player Pathway (IPP) program was introduced by the league in 2017, which allocates non-American players to NFL teams to help develop them. International athletes have played in the NFL since the league's founding in 1920. There have been 9 foreign-born players inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The NFL will stage a Philadelphia Eagles-Green Bay Packers regular-season game in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Friday, Sept. 6. Here's how to watch and stream online.
The team was first convened in 2007 due to an opportunity to play a friendly game with Uruguay. The Brazil team was first formed with players drafted from regional (state or city) tournaments that had various shapes and sizes. These tournaments included beach American football, flag football and touch football.
Over the next six years, interest and attendance grew until a team was formed; the Rio Guardians was founded on January 4, 1992, becoming the first American football team in Rio de Janeiro. In 1994, Mel Owens organized a flag football workshop. This was the first time Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon appeared in the sport.