For the first time in NFL history, a team will have male cheerleaders performing the same dance routine as the female performers — and not just helping with the stunts.
Quinton Peron and Napoleon Jinnies were named to the Los Angeles Rams cheerleading squad this week. The Baltimore Ravens and the Indianapolis Colts have men on the team who perform stunts with female cheerleaders, but this is the first time male cheerleaders will dance as well.
Peron and Jinnies have been performing their entire lives. They were among the 76 finalists chosen for the 40-person squad, and Jinnies says this audition was unlike anything he had done before.