Team USA flag football star wants opportunity to make Olympic team amid NFL participation

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NFL players will be allowed to compete in the Olympics for the Team USA flag football team when the Summer Games hit Los Angeles in 2028.

Darrell Doucette III is already on the U.S. men’s national team as the team’s quarterback. The United States sat on top of the world flag football rankings last year.

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Quarterback Darrell Doucette, #7, prepares to hand the ball to wide receiver Darius Davis, #4, during the American Flag Football League Ultimate Final game between the Fighting Cancer and Godspeed on July 19, 2018 at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston. (Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

It is because of that success that Doucette said that he hoped he and his teammates would receive a shot to compete for a spot on Team USA with the influx of professional football players set to try out as well.

"The flag guys deserve their opportunity," Doucette told The Washington Post in a recent interview. "That’s all we want. We felt like we worked hard to get the sport to where it’s at, and then when the NFL guys spoke about it, it was like we were getting kicked to the side. I felt like I was the guy who could speak out for my peers, for my brothers that’s been working hard to get to this level, for us not to be forgotten."

Doucette added that he believed the team is good enough as it is to win gold in Los Angeles.

An Olympic rings flag at the University of Southern California on March 30, 2025 in Los Angeles. (Kirby Lee/Getty Images)

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