"There is literally hundreds of emails I am trying to answer," Beavis said. "There are agents, there are clubs, there are production companies, you name it they are all here. It is massive, it has exceeded our wildest expectations. "I have got emails from clubs that are showing more than keen interest, I have had about 20 agents contact me overnight so there is not any shortage of people wanting to look after Jarryd." Beavis said he would meet Hayne on Friday to discuss details of his move and he is expected to fly to Los Angeles next week to begin training for the NFL Combine in February. Hayne then hopes to either enter the NFL draft in July or sign with a club as a free agent. A final decision on whether Hayne needs to go into the draft is yet to be made. Beavis said he would need to find a US-based agent before then. "We are going to catch up in the morning to discuss all of that," Beavis said.

"He will probably go over there for six months of his own volition and spend time just learning the ropes and learning about the game. He will need another agent over there, I have already told him that and we are shifting through an avalanche of information to make sure we find the right person." Beavis said the connection with the Seahawks was based on an eight-day study trip he did last month, in which he also visited the Washington Huskies college team. Carroll did not meet Hayne in Seattle but he willingly answered questions about the star fullback's chances of making it in the NFL. "He's an incredible athlete and a great competitor, which is the kind of stuff we like. We'll see where it goes," Carroll said. Seahawks communications director Dave Pearson later told the media: "He doesn't even know who the guy is." But Carroll said "we're looking for great athletes to make the transition" and described the idea of recruiting from the NRL as "an exciting thought".

"I've always thought it would be exciting to recruit down there and all that because there's some great players," he said. "It's a great game and it's a very physical, demanding game and those guys have all the same kind of stuff we're looking for in our guys. They're great athletes. They run fast, they hit hard, they can handle the ball. "The style of throwing and catching things is different, and running routes is different to, you know, whipping it out there to them. So there's different stuff ... but there's just a lot of general carry-over. There's running and making people miss and tackling and hitting and being tough and physical. Those things are pretty common." Sports Radio KJR's Dick Fain showed Hayne around during his trip to Seattle and said he had been introduced to Washington Huskies head coach Chris Peterson.

Under a previous rule, each franchise was able to add one additional "international" player to their 53-man practice roster but an NFL spokesman said the exemption for players such as Hayne no longer existed.