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Gable Steveson makes switch from wrestling to football by signing with the Buffalo Bills
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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. - photo by AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — 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 on Friday. The Bills list the 24-year-old Steveson as a defensive lineman in hopes his leverage techniques and agility can translate to football. Listed at 5-foot-11 and 266 pounds, Steveson, at 21, became the youngest freestyle wrestler to win gold as a super heavyweight at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.