Tyrese Johnson-Fisher

Johnson-Fisher first came to prominence in March 2015 as a fifteen-year old at Oakham School, highlights of him scoring four tries in the Vase semi-final of the NatWest Schools Cup were watched by more than a million people within a month,[3] eventually reaching 2.5 million views.[4] He also represented Leicester Tigers academy teams at under-17s and under 18s,[5] and was also an accomplished sprinter, running the 100m in 10.72 seconds.[4]

In December 2017 it was announced Johnson-Fisher had become the first non-American to receive an invitation to the All-American Game for high-school prospects in American Football, despite never having played the game before.[5][6][7] After receiving interest from Texas A&M, Princeton, Massachusetts and Central Arkansas, Johnson-Fisher announced he had taken an offer of a football scholarship from Coastal Carolina University.[8]

In April 2018, prior to taking up his football scholarship, Johnson-Fisher represented the Jamaica national rugby sevens team in the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens as part of the World Series Qualifier.[9][10]

Johnson-Fisher did not pad up for Coastal Carolina red shirting the 2018 season, he entered the NCAA transfer portal in February 2019,[11] but in August 2019 he instead chose to return to rugby and sign a professional contract with Bristol Bears in England's Premiership Rugby, the top division of English rugby union.[12] This proved to be short-lived, however, as he left the club in February 2020 to pursue interests outside professional rugby.[13] His sole appearance for the club came as a substitute in a 42–19 loss to Exeter Chiefs in the Premiership Rugby Cup on 12 October 2019.[13][14]