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 The Los Angeles Rams, like every other NFL team, had an all-female cheerleading squad in 2017. However, that won't be the case this season. (Photo: Kirby Lee, USA TODAY Sports) 
 
 For the first time, an NFL team will have men as part of its official spirit squad. 
 
 Quinton Peron and Napoleon Jinnies, named to the Los Angeles Rams squad this week, will be the first ones to perform the same routine as the female dancers. The Baltimore Ravens and Indianapolis Colts have men who perform stunts with female cheerleaders, but don't dance. 
 
 Peron and Jinnies are both classically trained dancers and have been performing their entire lives. 
 
 But what made them take this groundbreaking step? 
 
 "I thought, 'Why not me? Why can't I do this?' " Peron said in an interview Wednesday on ABC-TV's Good Morning America. 
 
 Congratulations to our 2018 Los Angeles Rams Cheerleaders! pic.twitter.com/gYlXtC0BOd — Rams Cheerleaders (@LARamsCheer) March 26, 2018 
 
 The men were among the 76 finalists chosen for the 40-person squad. Jinnies said the auditions were unlike any he's ever been through before. 
 
 "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," he said. 

 LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — For the first time in National Football League history, two men will be part of an official team cheer squad, and they’re from L.A.’s very own Rams. 
 
 Quinton Peron and Napoleon Jinnies were introduced Wednesday as part of the 2018 squad’s “rookies.” 
 
 Inside Edition reports that, while other NFL teams have males in the their stunt teams, the two classically trained dancers will be the first men to cheer alongside women. 
 
 Jinnies On Wednesday tweeted a photo of his new team saying he couldn’t believe he had made it. 
 
 Still can’t belive I’m one of the first males in history to be a pro NFL cheerleader! Everyone’s support and love has been insane! 😭 thank you and GO RAMS! @RamsNFL @LARamsCheer #LARams pic.twitter.com/srpkYiVmEI — Napoleon Jinnies (@NapoleonJinnies) March 27, 2018 
 
 In addition to appearing in all home games with the squad, Jinnies and Peron will participate in community events throughout the year. 
 
 Below is a complete list of all the other “rookies” joining the team this year: 

 Two men are making history by becoming the first male cheerleaders in the NFL. 
 
 Quinton Peron and Napolean Jinnies are two classically trained dancers who have officially joined the ranks of the Los Angeles Rams cheerleading squad. 
 
 "I am speechless," Jinnies said in an interview moments after learning he had made the team. 
 
 While other football teams have male stunt teams, the pair will be the first men to dance alongside women on an NFL cheerleading team, reports said. 
 
 "They really just fit the bill to be a Los Angeles Rams cheerleader," Rams cheer captain Emily Leibert told Good Morning America Wednesday. "They are intelligent. They are eloquent. They are more than qualified to be ambassadors out in the community." 
 
 The contenders had to go through two rounds of preliminary auditions, an interview, three rehearsals and a final audition to make the 40-member squad. 
 
 "I cried," Peron said in an interview. "[I] am ready for this journey." 
 
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– Quinton Peron and Napoleon Jinnies just made NFL history, CBS Los Angeles reports. They became the first men on an NFL cheer team after the Los Angeles Rams announced Wednesday they had made the squad. According to Inside Edition, Jinnies said he was "speechless" and Peron said he cried when they heard the news. "Still can’t believe I’m one of the first males in history to be a pro NFL cheerleader!" Jinnies tweets. "Everyone’s support and love has been insane! Thank you and GO RAMS!" The two classically trained dancers had to go through two auditions, an interview, three rehearsals, and a final audition to make the 40-person cheer team. They will appear at every Rams home game as well as community events. "They really just fit the bill to be a Los Angeles Rams cheerleader," Inside Edition quotes Rams cheer captain Emily Leibert as saying. "They are intelligent. They are eloquent. They are more than qualified to be ambassadors out in the community." USA Today reports the Baltimore Ravens and Indianapolis Colts have men who perform stunts with cheerleaders, but Jinnies and Peron will be the first men to dance with an NFL cheer team.