Las Vegas Raiders linebacker Brian Asamoah II believes that flag football will grow faster than full-contact NFL-style football in Africa, but that the former can be a gateway to the latter. Asamoah, who lived in Ghana for a year with his uncle around the age of 10, has been heavily involved in the NFL’s talent-scouting in Africa since participating in a 2023 NFL Africa camp run by Osi Umenyiora in Kenya.