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    Myers signs contract with AFL pro football team

    Spencer Myers, former heavyweight All-American wrestler at the University of Maryland who also played football for the Terps, has signed a professional football contract with the Los Angeles Kiss of the Arena Football League.

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    "I took a big step in the right direction today towards my goal of playing in the NFL. I signed my first Professional football contract with an AFL team, the LA Kiss!" Myers wrote on his Facebook page Wednesday. "With the first game being the Las Vegas Outlaws this Saturday, the Arizona Rattlers next weekend July 26, followed by the Tampa Bay Storm on August 1st, and the San Jose Sabercats August 8th."

    "Myers is expected to play defensive line and offensive line for the Los Angeles-based AFL team," the Baltimore Sun reported Wednesday. "Represented by former Maryland football player Chad Wiestling, Myers is hoping to eventually play in the NFL."

    Myers went undrafted after working out for 30 NFL teams at the Terps' campus pro day workout this spring, where he bench-pressed 225 pounds 29 times. The 6-foot-3, 270-pounder performed offensive and defensive line drills this spring.

    Myers came to University of Maryland as a wrestler in 2010, and joined the school's football team in 2014. As a Terp heavyweight, Myers earned All-American honors at the 2011 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships as a freshman, and was a three-time ACC (Atlantic Coast Conference) championships finalist, winning back-to-back conference crowns in 2011 and 2012. He also won titles at the Wilkes and Franklin & Marshall Open tournaments. At Selinsgrove High School, Myers won the 215-pound title at the 2010 Pennsylvania state championships, and was named Pennsylvania High School Wrestler of the Year. He was also on the school's track-and-field and football squads, earning Pennsylvania Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2010.

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