Draft:Maceo Beard-Aigret
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| Position | Defensive back |
| Personal information | |
| Born | May 12, 2000 Paris, France |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 198 lb (90 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Thetford Mines College |
| CFL draft | 2022G: 3rd round, 23rd overall pick |
| Career history | |
| 2016 | Montereau Strikers |
| 2017–2018 | Pessac Kangaroos |
| 2018 | Thetford Mines College |
| 2018–2019 | Pessac Kangaroos |
| 2020 | Thonon Black Panthers |
| 2021 | Potsdam Royals |
| 2022 | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| 2022 | Berlin Thunder |
| 2023 | Helvetic Guards |
| 2024 | Paris Musketeers |
| Awards and highlights | |
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| Stats at CFL.ca | |
Macéo Beard-Aigret (born May 12, 2000), also known as Macéo Beard, is a former French-American football defensive back who played for the Paris Musketeers of the European League of Football (ELF).[1]
With the Helvetic Guards in the European League of Football (ELF), he is named best defensive player of the 2023 season.[2] He then joined the Paris Musketeers for the 2024 ELF season.[3]
Career
Beard-Aigret began playing American football as a wide receiver and as a cornerback in 2016 with the Montereau Strikers youth team.[4] 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.[4]
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.[5]
Beard is participating in the 2021 German Football League season with the Potsdam Royals.[6] 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,[6] he returned to the Thunder but broke his ankle[6] after four games which ended his season. In 2023, Beard joined the Helvetic Guards, the new Swiss franchise of the ELF.[6] 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.[2]
On February 26, 2025, Beard announced that he would enter in the NFL's International Player Pathway Program (IPPP).[7] On May 9, he would participate in the San Francisco 49ers rookie minicamp.[8]
On July 1, 2025, Beard announced on his Instagram that he would retire from football.[9]
Statistics
| Year | Team | Matches | Tackling | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Alone | Ast | TFL | Sack | PD | Int | Yards | TD | FF | FR | TD | |||
| 2022 | Berlin Thunder | 4 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | Helvetic Guards | 12 | 40 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 239 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Paris Musketeers | 10 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 26 | 73 | 52 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 310 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
References
- ^ "Macéo Beard-Aigret". Foot Bowl (in German). Retrieved March 25, 2024..
- ^ a b "Winners awarded at Honors Show presented by Stetson". europeanleague.football. Retrieved March 25, 2024..
- ^ "BREAKING - Paris Musketeers sign reigning Defensive Player of the Year". europeanleague.football. Retrieved March 25, 2024..
- ^ a b "Beard erster Importspieler der Guards". football-aktuell (in German). Retrieved March 25, 2024..
- ^ "Maceo Beard-Aigret RAS". RAS. March 29, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2024..
- ^ a b c d "ELF: Helvetic Guards sign French DB Maceo Beard". American Football International. November 9, 2022. Retrieved March 25, 2024..
- ^ Malchow, Alex (February 26, 2025). "ELF Stars Maceo Beard and Leander Wiegand chasing NFL IPP dream". europeanleague.football. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
- ^ Bonilla, David (May 9, 2025). "49ers announce jersey numbers for rookie minicamp participants". 49ers Webzone. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
- ^ @RNBWCV (July 1, 2025). "🇫🇷🏈 French Safety Macéo Beard (25) announced his retirement today. Here is his Instagram post" (Tweet). Retrieved July 15, 2025 – via Twitter.
- ^ "SportsMetrics". www.sportsmetrics.football. Retrieved March 25, 2024..
