NFL: San Francisco 49ers recruit Jarryd Hayne is settling into his new home ahead of pre-season training

JARRYD Hayne admitted to being ‘full of nerves’ ahead of his first day training with the San Francisco 49ers at the $1.3 billion headquarters in Santa Clara.

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IT’S a long way from a housing commission estate in the back blocks of Minto to the San Francisco 49ers’ $1.3 billion headquarters in Santa Clara, San Jose, complete with the picturesque Diablo Range mountains as a backdrop.

This is the scene of NRL superstar Jarryd Hayne’s NFL field of dreams, a 68-000 seat sporting amphitheatre with a playing surface akin to the putting greens at Augusta.

“I think my body is nerves!” Hayne tweeted to his 111,000 followers before driving to the stadium.

“Wide awake at 5am.”

HAYNE’S BIG PUNT:Jarryd Hayne ready for first day of training with San Francisco 49ers

If you want it, Levi’s Stadium has got it. From a 24/7 private security detail to a carpark fit to hold 40,000 NFL fans for Tailgate parties, the place is abuzz with activity whether it’s any given

Sunday during the NFL season or a Monday afternoon in the off-season.

Enter the 49ers museum and the magnitude of this San Francisco sporting monopoly quickly takes shape, with grainy file footage showcasing images of Joe Montana, Steve Young, Jerry Rice and Roger Davis all in their prime.

I think my body is nerves! wide awake at 5am. My mind,👍 you already know, theres no cucumber emoji.

— jarryd hayne (@jarrydhayne_1) April 7, 2015

Jarryd Hayne outside his childhood home in Minto.

Only the Pittsburgh Steelers, with a record six Super Bowl Championships, have won more NFL silverware than San Francisco and Dallas, who both boast five Vince Lombardi trophies apiece.

Contrasting this from completely left field is one of the best NRL players of his generation Hayne, arriving for his first official training session with one of the world’s most famous sporting brands.

A dual Dally M Medallist who was once forced to dodge bullets on a night out in Kings Cross before discovering the Mormon church.

While the support for Hayne from 49ers fans is overwhelming, the rundown from a host of NFL experts is far more cutting.

A view of the San Francisco 49ers’ Levi’s Stadium, with the car park in the foreground and the Diablo Range in the background.

US sports writer and 49ers guru Matt Maiocco told The Daily Telegraph Hayne is facing a Mt Everest assignment to make San Francisco’s final roster of 53 come August.

But given the 49ers view the two-time NRL’s best and fairest as a “project” player, they will more likely retain him among San Francisco’s practise roster of an additional 10 players.

“Chances are it’s highly unlikely Jarryd will be able to secure a spot on the roster of the final 53 players, but I think the 49ers view him as a “project” player who is worth taking a punt on,” Maiocco said.

“They’re more likely to want to keep him on their practise roster, which means he’ll do all the training, still be a part of the system, learn as much as he can and then see if he can make the roster for the following season.

“That’s a more realistic challenge.”

One of Hayne’s favourite sayings since walking away from a $1.5 million per-season deal in the NRL is “It always works out”.

According to retired Washington Redskins and Denver Broncos guard and NFL network guru Mark Schlereth, that might be slightly ambitious.

Asked on NFL network could Hayne make it, Schlereth said: “No. There are great athletes littered across the planet. To be a great NFL player you have to practice NFL.

“You’ve got to put on a helmet. You’ve got to put on shoulder pads.

“There are many, many great athletes, few of those can transition to play in the NFL because it’s an entirely different skill set.

“Good luck to him, I hope it works out. But that’s going to be a tall task.”

THE tech guru who has worked with premiership-winning coaches Des Hasler and Ricky Stuart is in the US attempting to showcase revolutionary new cameras to the NFL and NHL.

Australian company iOnSport, headed by Will Badel, has already instigated a number of tech-savvy trends in rugby league, including installing end-on-end cameras at Allianz and ANZ Stadiums.

The real time cameras allow coaches such as the Sydney Roosters Trent Robinson and Canterbury-Bankstown’s Hasler to utilise aerial footage encompassing the entire playing field, a tool the Bulldogs coach has used during grand finals.

With Super Bowl winning-coach Bill Belichick pushing the NFL to explore installing new goal line and sideline technology in time for the start of the season in August, Badel is currently touring a number of leading US clubs showcasing the benefits of his real time technology.

“We’ve been providing this exact same technology in the NRL back in Australia for the past couple of seasons so we’re hoping it’s a good fit for the NFL,” Badel said.

“We’ve toured a couple of major sporting franchises and talked about the technology with them and we’re headed to Las Vegas for the world’s biggest technology convention.”

The tech guru also hopes to meet with the NFL at the US sporting giants head office in New York, where he can outline the benefits of how the cameras works.

Belichik was recently left fuming after the NFL initially rejected his push to explore research into goal line cameras and additional sideline cameras at all NFL matches.

Initially, the NFL deemed it too expensive. But after a push from the four-time Super Bowl winner, the NFL has now begun conducting research into implementing the technology.