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ELF Stars Maceo Beard and Leander Wiegand chasing NFL IPP dream

| American Football | 02/27/2025

The NFL off-season is fully underway as draft prospects and free agents prepare for their pro football opportunity. Of course this also means a new crop of international players enters the scene through the NFL’s International Player Pathway Program (IPP).

This year the ELF had two players selected to the 13 man group vying for a shot at their NFL dreams. French defensive back and ELF 2023 DPOY Maceo Beard, and German offensive lineman and 2023 ELF Champion Leander Weigand.

Both players are already in Florida at the IMG academy training under the mentorship of the IPP as they hope to get signed by an NFL team this spring.

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Alex is a former NCAA and semi-pro American football player who is now located in London, where he works in digital marketing. His goal in writing for AFI is to stay involved with the game that has given him so much. Alex enjoys covering leagues and
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