Olympic gold medal wrestler Gable Steveson is seeking to trade the mat for the gridiron by signing a standard undrafted rookie free-agent contract with the Buffalo Bills.
FILE – United State’s Gable Dan Steveson poses with his gold medal during the medal ceremony for the men’s freestyle 125kg wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Chiba, Japan, Aug. 6, 2021. Olympic gold medal wrestler Gable Steveson is trading the mat for the gridiron by signing contract with the Buffalo Bills on Friday, May 31, 2024. ORCHARD PARK, N.Y.
After his second college championship, Steveson left his shoes in the center of the mat, symbolizing his retirement from amateur wrestling. Steveson won gold at the Tokyo Games by scoring a dramatic last-second win against Geno Petriashvili. He had numerous options after the victory, and chose to return to college for a year and cash in on the new name, image and likeness rules that allowed college athletes to make money.
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