Draft:Maceo Beard-Aigret

{{Short description|French gridiron football player (born 2000)}}

{{Infobox CFL biography

|name=Maceo Beard-Aigret

|image=

|caption=

|team= Paris Musketeers (ELF)

|number= 7

|position1=Defensive back

|birth_date={{birth date and age|2000|5|12}}

|birth_place=Paris, France

|Height_ft=6

|Height_in=3

|Weight_lbs=198

|college=Thetford Mines College

|CFLDraftedYear=2022G

|CFLDraftedRound=3

|CFLDraftedPick=23

|CFLDraftedTeam=Saskatchewan Roughriders

|playing_years1=2016

|playing_team1=Montereau Strikers

|playing_years2=2017–2018

|playing_team2=Pessac Kangaroos

|playing_years3=2018

|playing_team3=Thetford Mines College

|playing_years4=2018–2019

|playing_team4=Pessac Kangaroos

|playing_years5=2020

|playing_team5=Thonon Black Panthers

|playing_years6=2021

|playing_team6=Potsdam Royals

|playing_years7={{CFL Year|2022}}

|playing_team7=Saskatchewan Roughriders

|playing_years8=2022

|playing_team8=Berlin Thunder

|playing_years9=2023

|playing_team9=Helvetic Guards

|playing_years10=2024–present

|playing_team10=Paris Musketeers

|career_footnotes=*Offseason and/or practice squad member only

|career_highlights=

European League of Football champion (2023)

|status=Active

|import=global

|CFL=maceo-beard/166967/

}}

Macéo Beard-Aigret (born May 12, 2000), also known as Macéo Beard, is a French-American football defensive back for the Paris Musketeers of the European League of Football (ELF).{{Cite web |title=Macéo Beard-Aigret |url=https://footbowl.eu/maceo-beard/ |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=Foot Bowl |language=de-DE}}.

With the Helvetic Guards in the European League of Football (ELF), he is named best defensive player of the 2023 season.{{Cite web |title=Winners awarded at Honors Show presented by Stetson |url=https://europeanleague.football/news/winners-awarded-at-honors-show-presented-by-stetson-1507 |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=europeanleague.football |language=en}}. He then joined the Paris Musketeers for the 2024 ELF season.{{Cite web |title=BREAKING - Paris Musketeers sign reigning Defensive Player of the Year |url=https://europeanleague.football/news/breaking-paris-musketeers-sign-reigning-defensive-player-of-the-year-1599 |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=europeanleague.football |language=en}}.

Career

Beard-Aigret began playing American football as a wide receiver and as a cornerback in 2016 with the Montereau Strikers youth team.{{Cite web |title=Beard erster Importspieler der Guards |url=https://www.football-aktuell.de/cgi-bin/news.pl?artikel=1667758790802823 |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=football-aktuell |language=de-DE}}. That year, he was named his team's best rookie of the year. He then played for the Kangourous de Pessac where he played in the 2017 and 2018 French Junior Bowls. He was named MVP of the 2018 Bowl. Beard spent part of 2018 at the Canadian college in Thetford Mines. He participated in the 2019 European Junior Championships with the French team, which finished in third place. During this competition, he sometiems played the position of quarterback.

With the Thonon Black Panthers, Beard joined the Division 1 Elite Championship for the first time in his career. However, the season was canceled after three days following the COVID-19 pandemic. He then participated in the Canadian Football League (CFL) Combine in 2020 and the NFL in 2021.{{Cite web |date=2020-03-29 |title=Maceo Beard-Aigret RAS |url=https://ras.football/2020/03/29/maceo-beard-aigret-ras/ |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=RAS |language=en-US}}.

Beard is participating in the 2021 German Football League season with the Potsdam Royals.{{Cite web |date=2022-11-09 |title=ELF: Helvetic Guards sign French DB Maceo Beard |url=https://www.americanfootballinternational.com/elf-helvetic-guards-sign-db-maceo-beard/ |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=American Football International |language=en-US}}. He competed in the 2020 European Championship during which the French team finished in fourth place.

In 2022, Beard signed with the Berlin Thunder of the European League of Football (ELF). He again participated in the CFL Combine which allowed him to join the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Released before the start of the season,{{Cite web |date=2022-11-09 |title=ELF: Helvetic Guards sign French DB Maceo Beard |url=https://www.americanfootballinternational.com/elf-helvetic-guards-sign-db-maceo-beard/ |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=American Football International |language=en-US}}. he returned to the Thunder but broke his ankle after four games which ended his season. In 2023, Beard joined the Helvetic Guards, the new Swiss franchise of the ELF. He was named his team's MVP in the 12th week. At the end of the championship, he had the highest number of interceptions in the league (8) and was named best defensive player of the season.{{Cite web |title=Winners awarded at Honors Show presented by Stetson |url=https://europeanleague.football/news/winners-awarded-at-honors-show-presented-by-stetson-1507 |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=europeanleague.football |language=en}}.

Statistics

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|+Statistics in the European League of Football{{Cite web |title=SportsMetrics |url=https://www.sportsmetrics.football/player/27263624-f172-4560-a7db-63e5bcb4ee99 |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=www.sportsmetrics.football |language=en}}.

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Year

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Team

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Matches

! colspan="5" scope="col" |Tackling

! colspan="4" scope="col" |Interceptions

! colspan="3" scope="col" |Fumbles

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|Total

|Alone

|{{Abbr|Ast|Number of shared tackles}}

|{{Abbr|TFL|Number of tackles for loss of opposing yards}}

|Sack