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Olympic gold medalist and two-time NCAA Division I heavyweight national champion wrestler Gable Steveson is signing with the Buffalo Bills, his agent, Carter Chow, confirmed to ESPN's Adam Schefter on Friday (May 31).
"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," Schefter wrote on his X account.
Steveson, who was released released from his WWE contract, is expected to play defensive line, despite having never played organized football, according to Schefter.
"The 6-foot-1, 275-pound Gable Steveson is expected to play defensive line, something he hasn’t done before during his athletic career. In fact, the first time Steveson ever put on a pair of cleats was at a recent workout for the Bills," Schefter wrote.
Steveson, 24, won the gold medal for 125 kg freestyle wrestling at the pandemic-delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and the 125 kg freestyle gold medal at the 2021 Guatemala City Pan American Championships. The former University of Minnesota standout won back-to-back NCAA Division I Wrestling national titles for the 285 lb weight class in 2021 and 2022.
Steveson signed with WWE during his final season at Minnesota as part of the company's inaugural NIL class. The decorated wrestler appeared in one televised match against Baron Corbin for the NXT developmental brand's Great American Bash premium live event in July 2023, as well as 11 NXT house show matches and five non-televised matches during Friday Night SmackDown live events, according to ProFightDB.
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