Jordan Mailata

Jordan Mailata
No. 68 – Philadelphia Eagles
Position: Offensive tackle
Personal information
Born: (1997-03-31) 31 March 1997[1]
Bankstown, Sydney
Height: 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Weight: 346 lb (157 kg)
Career information
High school: Condell Park
(Condell Park, NSW, Australia)
NFL Draft: 2018 / Round: 7 / Pick: 233
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Jordan Mailata (born 31 March 1997) is an Australian professional American football offensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played rugby league in Australia for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League (NRL) in their Under 20s team.

Prior to training for the NFL at IMG in Florida, Mailata never played American football and admits his knowledge of the game was minimal. He was the 233rd overall pick in the seventh round of the 2018 NFL Draft by the Eagles.[2]

Jordan became the second player to be drafted with no American high school or college experience after German Moritz Böhringer, following the path of compatriot Jarryd Hayne, who also converted from rugby league. Both Mailata and Böhringer are alumni of IMG Academy, featured on NFL Undiscovered.

NFL career

On 1 September 2018, Mailata was selected onto the 53 man roster for the Eagles.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Jordan Mailata". rabbitohs.com.au. Archived from the original on 14 July 2017.
  2. ↑ Knoblauch, Austin (28 April 2018). "Eagles draft Australian rugby player Jordan Mailata". NFL.com.
  3. ↑ Gowton, Brandon Lee (1 September 2018). "Jordan Mailata makes the Eagles' 53-man roster". BleedingGreenNation. Retrieved 2 September 2018.



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