Alex Malchow

One month of the ELF off-season has already flown by! As signings start to ramp up, let’s take a look back at some of the top moves of the ELF’s first months of the 2024-25 off-season.

Former ELF star Kavontae Turpin hitting his stride in the NFL

The Madrid Bravos have made a splash signing bringing in veteran offensive lineman Yasir Raji. Raji moves from the Rhein Fire where his offensive coordinator was Andrew Weidinger the past two seasons, to join Weidinger as a cornerstone piece of the Bravos offensive line.

Big bang in the ELF: The Nordic Storm have made the biggest move of the off-season so far bringing in ELF MVP’s quarterback Jadrian Clark and running back Glen Toonga to lead their offense for their first ever season in 2025. Clark and Toonga are reunited with Storm head coach John Shoop who was Rhein Fire’s quarterback coach last season.

The Helvetic Mercenaries have made a blockbuster signing adding All-Star receiver Aaron Jackson to their squad. Jackson has been one of the league’s most dynamic receivers and return men since entering the ELF in 2023.

The Helvetic Mercenaries continue to build up their team for 2025 this time adding several assistant coaches that will be helping our new head coach Marcus Herford this upcoming season.

The Helvetic Mercenaries continue to build towards 2025 this time signing defensive end DeMarco Artis. The experienced international pro joins the ELF for the first time after spending the past two seasons in Finland.

The Helvetic Mercenaries have found their QB1 for next season signing former Cologne Centurions quarterback Isaiah Weed. The veteran passer joins head coach Marcus Herford and all-star receiver Aaron jackson in Switzerland.

The Vienna Vikings enter the off-season follwoing a tough loss in the championship game of the Rhein Fire. The team from the Austrian capital was able to go 13-0 en-route to the championship game, defeating the Paris Musketeers in the semi-finals following a perfect regular season. Ultimately they fell just short of the perfect season last year, nearly become the second team in ELF history too finish 14-0 (2023 Rhein Fire).

The Helvetic Mercenaries have made several big time moves this off-season as they try to improve on last year’s 1-11 record. So far with just a few weeks of the off-season the Swiss team has been one of a few teams turning heads.