Watch: Get to Know the NFL's 1st Male Cheerleaders
Two men will make NFL history by becoming the first male cheerleaders in the league's history.
Quinton Peron and Napoleon Jinnies joined the Los Angeles Rams cheerleading squad this week and will be performing the same routine as the team's female dancers, USA Today reports. The Baltimore Ravens and the Indianapolis Colts had men perform stunts with female cheerleaders in the past but they didn't dance, according to the newspaper.
Both Peron and Jinnies are classically trained dancers and have been performing their entire lives. The men recently spoke with ABC's "Good Morning America" about making NFL history.
"I thought, 'Why not me? Why can't I do this?' " Peron said of becoming a NFL cheerleader.
Discussing the audition process to make the squad, Jinnies said: "This one was about three weeks long and we had a bunch of rehearsals in between and an extensive interview process, but it was really humbling and amazing to be invited every time you came back."
L.A. Rams' cheerleader captain Emily Leibert also appeared on "GMA" and showed her support for the men.
"They really just fit the bill to be a Los Angeles Rams cheerleader. They are intelligent, they are eloquent, they are more than qualified to be ambassadors out in the community," she said. "They bring so much energy and there's something so magnetic about their performance, you really can't take your eyes off them."
Watch the "GMA" interview below along with an interview from Inside Edition.