Whether on a new team or on the Chiefs' practice squad, Rees-Zammit will be part of an NFL franchise in 2024-25.

Even if he does not make a 53-man roster, he would earn a considerable amount of money by signing for an NFL team.

Last season, players on a practice squad had a yearly salary of 170,700 - just under 10,000 for each of the 18 weeks of the regular season.

That figure goes up if players have multiple years of experience, and increases significantly if they can secure a spot in a franchise's 53-man roster.

In 2023, the minimum salary for first-year players was close to 600,000.

Even the salary of a practice squad player exceeds what most rugby players in the English Premiership would earn, although the leading players can also factor in additional payments from playing international rugby.

A report from 2022 showed the average salary in the English Premiership during the 2020-21 season was a little under 144,000 a year, and due to salary caps that figure will not have drastically increased since.

Premiership clubs unanimously agreed to cut the salary cap to 5m in the summer of 2020 in response to the financial fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, but it is set to return to 6.4m next season.

What happens beyond this season for Rees-Zammit remains to be seen, but next summer could prove to be a similar story to this year.

Even if he sees no regular-season action this campaign, he will likely get more chances to impress at next year's training camp and pre-season games.

Away from the field, Rees-Zammit and his brother - who has also moved to the United States - are looking to expand their sports drink business.

So as things stand, the former Wales and Gloucester man appears settled on the other side of the Atlantic.

There may be a return to rugby in the future, but not right now.