13 players from 9 nations to compete for NFL global program

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Published January 11, 2022 6:08 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL will have 13 athletes from nine countries competing for a spot in the league’s International Player Pathway program. The league announced Tuesday the athletes who will start training in the United States in February before getting a chance to work for team scouts in March hoping to be signed as a free agent. Players also can be picked or assigned to a practice squad in one of the NFL’s eight divisions for the 2022 season. The program started in 2017 and gives athletes from other countries the chance to earn a spot on an NFL roster.

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