Rookie cornerback Cameron Kinley has actually been given his demand to play in the NFL for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin revealed Tuesday.Austin announced in a declaration that he approved a plan by the Department of the Navy to get Kinley in the Inactive Ready Reserve “for the period of his football career.” The news comes after Kinleys demand to postpone his Navy commission to play in the NFL had at first been denied.” Upon conclusion of his playing time, we look forward to inviting him back inside the ranks as a marine officer,” Austin said in the statement. “In the meantime, we know Cameron will take every chance on and off the field to capably represent the Navy and the military to the American individuals and to help us in our recruiting efforts. I applaud Navy management for discovering this method to display both Camerons athletic expertise, in addition to the quality and professionalism of our trainee professional athletes and our workers.” Kinley had actually launched a declaration earlier Tuesday that Austin had notified him he would be permitted to participate in training camp with the Buccaneers.” I am very appreciative of Secretary Austins choice and I am thrilled to represent our great military in the National Football League. This previous month has been extremely tough and I am happy for everyone who has supported me in any way,” Kinley stated in a statement Tuesday.Kinley thanked the NFL Players Association, the NFL league workplace and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., to name a few in his statement.But God & #x 1f64f; & #x 1f3fe; @DivineSportsEnt @Buccaneers @USNavy pic.twitter.com/Rsmfx03dZ1— Cameron Kinley (@ck3thethrill) July 6, 2021
Rubio had written a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to help Kinley in delaying his commission with the Navy so he might participate in training camp with the Buccaneers.”I am confident that Cameron will represent the Navy well in the NFL, just as he did as a standout athlete and class president at the Naval Academy. After his NFL profession is over, he will continue to make us proud as an officer in the United States Navy,” President Biden said in a declaration Tuesday.14 dJenna Laine18dJenna Laine28d2 RelatedKinley was not offered an explanation why Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas W. Harker declined to send Kinleys deferment bundle to the secretary of defense and was informed he might not appeal the decision.After the Navys choice, Kinley, who is from Memphis, wrote a letter to Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., for her aid in approaching the Navy to alter its decision.Kinley, a team captain at Navy and class president, signed as an undrafted free representative with the Buccaneers and got involved in the groups novice minicamp with the Navys approval. At that minicamp he intercepted a pass thrown by Buccaneers quarterback Kyle Trask.”I thought he revealed appealing indications when he was here,” Bucs coach Bruce Arians said of Kinley.