"The first time Paul Lasike watched an American football game he had the best seat in the house," Stuff.co.nz reports this week.
The article continues: "He was sitting at sideline on an uncomfortable wooden bench. The action itself was a blur as Lasike gazed through the gap between helmet and grill, wearing heavy pads on his shoulders. On that day Lasike didn't get on the field, and he's thankful for that, but it was still quite the introduction to a new sport that he had only just begun to learn."
"Now he has a crack at making one of the NFL's best teams, the Arizona Cardinals, after being signed as an undrafted free agent this month."