Moritz Boehringer could be first player drafted from German Football League

— -- Moritz Boehringer, then 17, was messing around on YouTube when a recommended video clip caught his attention.

"A highlight tape of Adrian Peterson," he said. "Just the way he ran, the aggressiveness with the ball. When he runs over people, it's crazy."

Now 22, it is Boehringer's highlights that are making the rounds in NFL circles. The 6-foot-4, 227-pound wide receiver from Germany created a buzz at his pro day at Florida Atlantic University last week, recording a 40-yard dash time (on grass) between 4.38 and 4.45 seconds, depending on which scout was holding the stopwatch.

Before that performance, he didn't have a single visit scheduled with an NFL team. Now, eight teams have confirmed appointments to bring him in. Because of the sudden interest, Boehringer will hold another workout on Friday at Florida Atlantic with NC State quarterback prospect Jacoby Brissett.

His size and athleticism have teams intrigued, but Boehringer presents one of the trickier evaluations in this year's class because of the level of competition he has played against.

The Peterson video was his first exposure to American football, and when Boehringer gave the sport a try as a 17-year-old, the team in his home town could not field enough players to participate in games. Boehringer went to another city and, three years later, landed on the Schwabisch Hall Unicorns of the German Football League where he played for one year.

The league is comprised mostly of German and French players with rules stipulating that teams can have no more than two Americans on each side of the ball, Boehringer said.