Griffin Neal is an

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who is currently a free agent. He attended

Fargo South High School Fargo South High School, more commonly known as Fargo South , South High, or South is a public high school located in Fargo, North Dakota. The campus serves about 1,000 students in grades 9-12. The school is a part of the Fargo Public Schools sys ...

, then went to Concordia College, an

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school in nearby

Moorhead, Minnesota Moorhead () is a city in and county seat of Clay County, Minnesota, United States, on the banks of the Red River of the North. Located in the Red River Valley, an extremely fertile and active agricultural region, Moorhead is also home to several ...

, where he started at quarterback for three years and became the school's all-time leader in passing yards (5,614) and touchdown passes (47). Neal signed and played in 2015 for the

Hildesheim Invaders The Hildesheim Invaders are an American football team from Hildesheim, Germany. The club's greatest success has been promotion to the American football Bundesliga, now the German Football League, in 1989 where it played for two seasons until 1991 ...

, one of 16 teams in the

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. After the season in Germany, Neal was invited to

Tulane Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private university, private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into ...

's pro day, he caught the attention of Saints executives, who gave him a second tryout and signed him to a contract.Johnette Howard
"Saints QB Griffin Neal chased NFL dream to Germany and back"

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, May 5, 2016.

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