According to the Twitter account of Hayden Smith’s personal football coach, Tim Brewster, the New York Jets have signed the Eagle and Saracens forward in the hopes of turning the Australian-born former basketball player into a tight end.

"Hayden Smith has signed with the Jets! Really think this guys upside in the NFL is huge!," Brewster wrote Tuesday on Twitter.

"A lot of coaches shy away from guys who haven't played the game because it is an exhausting process. To me, that's the exciting part," Brewster told the Daily Telegraph in Australia.

"Taking a piece of clay like that. And I am going to tell you, Hayden Smith is one beautiful piece of clay. Just mold him into what you want him to be."