AFI’s All-Europe Team: The Full Squad

AFI | American Football | 01/02/2022

Graphic: Igor Lazarevic

In case anyone missed it, throughout December we presented our picks at each position for the AFI All-Europe Team.

Throughout the year, leagues in Spain, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Norway, and the Ukraine have played a season of football as has the new European League of Football, all of which have been delayed and shortened due to the pandemic. American Football International has shown many of the games AFI.tv.

We have watched as many games as possible, but we know we have missed some due to leagues that either did not show all the games or did not publicize the fact that they were showing them. So, we apologize to deserving candidates from leagues with difficult-to-watch games. We did consult with coaches, but we are aware there are no doubt worthy candidates who were not on our lists.

Anyway, from all that game film, we have selected a 22-man squad.

This has not been an easy task and our six-man panel which includes ex NFL, NCAA, and European elite players, has devoted many, many hours in trying to decide the best player at each position. Our depth chart was four to six men deep at some positions. The discussions and arguments for and against for each position were at times lively, long and drawn out.

You may not agree with all our picks. We understand that.

There were many players left off that could easily have been chosen. But that’s the reality of putting together an all-star team of players from all over Europe.

With this, we are proud to present our entire, 25-man (including special teams) AFI All-Pandemic Team!

Click on each link for a full description.