Noriaki Kinoshita avoided making any definitive comments on his future after the Notre Dame Japan Bowl last Saturday. But he appears to see himself playing abroad this fall.
In Japan's 19-3 loss to the Notre Dame alumni squad, the wide receiver didn't look sharp and lacked his true instincts as he was playing in a real competition for the first time in almost two years.
"I don't want to make an excuse with that," Kinoshita said, referring to his long layoff since the last game with the Amsterdam Admirals in the now-defunct NFL Europa. "We'd been practicing for the last month. We did everything we could. I couldn't perform how I wanted to because of nobody but me."