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Gable Steveson is transitioning to the NFL.
Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Olympic gold medalist Gable Steveson is signing with the Buffalo Bills, according to his agent Carter Chow. Schefter notes that, in doing so, Steveson will try to become the second Olympic gold medalist (after Bob Hayes) to win a Super Bowl.
Gable Steveson, an Olympic gold medalist and one of the most dominant college wrestlers in NCAA history, is signing with the Bills, per his agent Carter Chow.
Steveson now will try to join Bob Hayes as the only athlete to win a Super Bowl ring and an Olympic gold medal. pic.twitter.com/TfJn4Cd7B1
Steveson won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and he is a former world-champion freestyle wrestler. He won two national titles during his collegiate career at the University of Minnesota. Steveson signed with WWE in 2021 and made a few appearances on WWE programming. He had a brief run in NXT in 2023 and made his in-ring debut at NXT Great American Bash. WWE released him amid a round of cuts in May 2024.
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