November 27th, 2025 at 6:43pm CST by Ely Allen
Thanksgiving Day’s taxi squad moves in the NFL:
**Detroit Lions**
* Signed: CB [**Nick** **Whiteside**](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WhitNi02.htm?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.profootballrumors.com&utm_campaign=2025-11-25_pfr)
**New York Jets**
* Signed: DE **Paschal Ekeji**
* Placed on practice squad/injured list: G **Leander Wiegand**
Ekeji replaces Wiegand as the 17th member of the Jets’ practice squad. Teams are allowed to carry one player over the 16-man limit for the taxi squad, given the 17th player is a participant in the league’s International Player Pathway Program. Wiegand, a German native, will move to the injured list to make room for Ekeji, who holds citizenship in three countries but originally hails from Lesotho, a small African country fully encapsulated within the borders of the larger country of South Africa. He most recently played rugby for a professional club in South Africa.
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