Ex-NFL star Robert Griffin III eyes Olympic gold in flag football

Robert Griffin III wore a fewer antithetic jerseys during his NFL vocation arsenic he’s spent clip with the Washington Redskins, Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens successful 8 seasons.

Griffin is hoping to don 3 much colors by the clip the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics rotation astir – red, achromatic and blue.

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ESPN assemblage shot and NFL expert Robert Griffin III reacts connected the sidelines earlier the 2024 AFC divisional circular crippled betwixt the Houston Texans and Baltimore Ravens astatine M&T Bank Stadium successful Baltimore, Md., connected Jan. 20, 2024. (Tommy Gilligan/USA TODAY Sports)

The one-time Pro Bowler received an invitation past period to Team USA emblem shot grooming games arsenic the squad prepares for the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) satellite championships aboriginal this year. The archetypal circular of grooming campy volition beryllium held April 16-19 and the 2nd circular volition beryllium held May 21-24.

"That is the goal, and we’ve already taken the archetypal measurement successful that process," Griffin told TMZ Sports of making the Olympic team. "It’s 2026. What we’re each warring for is to beryllium a portion of the 12 that goes to Germany and plays successful the IFAF 2026 World Championships. Team USA, since (Darrell Doucette III) has joined the team, has not mislaid a game. I deliberation they’re the five-time reigning IFAF satellite champions. They are doing this astatine a precocious level and each I’m trying to bash is adhd to that greatness.

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Cleveland Browns backmost Robert Griffin III warms up earlier the crippled against the Chicago Bears astatine FirstEnergy Stadium successful Cleveland, Ohio, connected Sept. 1, 2016. (Ken Blaze/USA TODAY Sports)

"But successful 2028, I’ve already enactment that and said that is the goal. I privation to spell for golden with Team USA and I’m conscionable going done each azygous measurement to marque that hap and respecting these guys and respecting the emblem shot assemblage on the way."

Following the last grooming camp, a enactment committee volition trim the database of imaginable players from 24 to 18 for a 3rd campy successful June. The committee volition past instrumentality the champion 12 players for the satellite championships, taking spot Aug. 13-16.

Team USA backmost Darrell Doucette III carries the shot during the Fanatics Flag Football Classic astatine BMO Stadium successful Los Angeles, Calif., connected March 21, 2026. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)

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Darell Doucette III has already proven to beryllium 1 of the champion emblem shot players successful the world, arsenic helium led Team USA to victories successful the Fanatics Flag Football Classic against NFL players.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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