NFL Draft 2026: Seydou Traore proudly representing his South London roots as British tight end awaits landmark moment

Seydou Traore first discovered football while watching Jason Bell and Osi Umenyiora's weekly NFL show on British television. Years later, he is vying to become their latest subject of analysis. 

The Mississippi State tight end, who was born in France but raised in the UK, will proudly represent South London this week when he enters the 2026 NFL Draft as the latest face of football's international reach.

He is a picture of calm when you speak to him, with a serene laser-focus and a grounded demeanour rarely prone to carried-away oversight or the kind of gushy sentiment that typically and understandably oozes during Draft week.

But even he admits that could change should he hear his name announced to mark a milestone moment in his unlikely footballing journey.