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Taylor Elgersma has signed with the Green Bay Packers.
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The 23-year-old Londoner and Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks quarterback is the fourth pivot from a Canadian university to sign with an NFL team, following Western’s Jamie Bone (Dallas, 1980) and Steve Samways (Cincinnati, 1987) and Toronto’s Dan Feraday (Cincinnati, 1982).
“There were a lot of emotions,” the Oakridge graduate said in a Laurier University release. “This was a lot of hard work and a long journey to get to this. When I didn’t hear my name called on draft night, of course, there was disappointment, but my path was a little different.
“I have a ton of pride in being a Canadian athlete . . . who played U Sports and got to represent football on the other side of the border on the biggest stage in the world.”
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The Packers have officially added 🇨🇦 QB Taylor Elgersma & released G Marquis Hayes, who ended last season on GB’s practice squad.
QB room is back at four.https://t.co/axlcS1GnFY
— Weston Hodkiewicz (@WesHod) May 12, 2025
The two-time Ontario university conference MVP and 2024 Hec Crighton winner led the Hawks to Laurier’s ninth Yates Cup championship in a blowout over Western and helped his school reach the Vanier Cup game for the first time since 2005.
The six-foot-five, 227-pounder impressed at the College Gridiron Showcase in January, then turned heads as the first U Sports quarterback in history to play in the Reese’s Senior Bowl.
Elgersma participated in the University of Buffalo’s Pro Day and made NFL team visits, including Green Bay, before the draft. He was selected 18th overall by Winnipeg in the Canadian Football League draft, but earned an invite to the Packers’ rookie minicamp.
They proved their commitment by making the undrafted free agent an official Cheesehead.
rpyette@postmedia.com
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[Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks quarterback Taylor Elgersma is seen in this file photo from the Yates Cup in 2023. (Mike Hensen/The London Free Press)
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2. [Taylor Elgersma, an Oakridge secondary school grad, warms up for practice at Wilfrid Laurier University on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. Elgersma passed for more than 300 yards against Carleton last week in an OUA quarterfinal win and will be gunning to take out Western in a semifinal Saturday at Western Alumni Stadium. (Mike Hensen/The London Free Press)
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