NFL players to honour Canada with helmet decal

Fourteen NFL players have signed up to honour their Canadian heritage by wearing a Canadian-flag decal on their helmets this week and next.

To coincide with the first International Series games of the NFL season, in England, the league announced on Wednesday this first-time method for players, coaches and executives to celebrate their foreign country or territory's flag.

More than 200 individuals have chosen to participate, the league said, in paying tribute to more than 50 countries or territories.

Rostered players who chose to honour Canada include:

■ Michael Hoecht of the Los Angeles Rams, born and partially raised in Oakville, Ont.

■ Jevon Holland of the Miami Dolphins, born and partially raised in Coquitlam, B.C.

■ Alaric Jackson of the Los Angeles Rams, born and mostly raised in Windsor, Ont.

■ Deane Leonard of the Los Angeles Chargers, born and raised in Calgary.

■ Benjamin St-juste of the Washington Commanders, born and raised in Montreal.

■ Chase Claypool of the Pittsburgh Steelers, born and raised in Abbotsford, B.C.

■ Christian Covington of the

Los Angeles Chargers, born and raised in Vancouver.

■ Neville Gallimore of the Dallas Cowboys, born and raised in Ottawa.

■ Chuba Hubbard of the Carolina Panthers, born and raised in the Edmonton area.

■ Jesse Luketa of the Arizona Cardinals, born and raised in Ottawa.

■ Joshua Palmer of the Los Angeles Chargers, born in Toronto and raised in Brampton, Ont.

■ Dakoda Shepley of the Dallas Cowboys, born and raised in Windsor, Ont.

■ Luiji Vilain of the Minnesota Vikings, born and raised in Ottawa.

■ Trenton Gill of the Chicago Bears, a punter neither born nor raised in Canada, but whose mother is from Canada.

Two players raised in part in Canada — Chargers linebacker Amen Ogbongbemiga (Calgary) and New Orleans Saints defensive lineman David Onyemata (Winnipeg) — chose to honour Nigeria, the country of their birth.