The XFL will return in 2020, but before the league’s second inaugural season can begin, they need players to fill out their rosters. As such, the league held its draft process on Tuesday in a day-long extravaganza that saw all eight teams draft 71 players to their roster. The draft is currently ongoing and for those interested in following along, you can watch on the stream linked in the tweet below.
There's a lot of talent in the #XFLDraft pool.
See where everyone lands by following along here: https://t.co/nDJ36BPZUn pic.twitter.com/953dTVofZ9
— UFL (@XFL2023) October 15, 2019
It all started with the quarterback “assignments,” headlined by former Ohio State QB Cardale Jones being sent to D.C., ex-Georgia QB Aaron Murray returning home to Tampa, and former Oklahoma QB Landry Jones heading to Dallas to reunite with Bob Stoops.
Tuesday morning quarterbacks. #XFL pic.twitter.com/BcDnjDMYfo
— UFL (@XFL2023) October 15, 2019
From there, the skill player portion of the draft began, with another QB going off the board early in Connor Cook and a number of guys that college football fans will remember finding new professional homes — the third round, in particular, featured a bunch of “oh yeah, that guy” picks.
#XFLDraft Phase 1 is in the books! Here’s a look at the skill players each #XFL team added.
Phase 2 starts at 1 pm ET. Follow along ➡️ https://t.co/eWT82pSZeS pic.twitter.com/cmkYWb9FWW
— UFL (@XFL2023) October 15, 2019
The offensive lines were next, as they filled out their two-deep up front.
They say the game is won and lost in the trenches. Here's what the offensive side of that battle will look like.
Phase 3 starts at 4 pm ET. Follow along ➡️ https://t.co/riQ30XvQXu pic.twitter.com/nio7qqeXPB
— UFL (@XFL2023) October 15, 2019
Phase 3 of the all-day draft took them to the defensive front.
Here's how Round 1 of the Defensive Front 7 #XFLDraft played out. pic.twitter.com/mZNP1hlgpt
— UFL (@XFL2023) October 15, 2019
You can find the full, live results of the draft here.
The “entire team being drafted” scenario is pretty fascinating to watch play out, especially with them breaking it into position groups to allow teams to organize their thoughts and work through their boards by group.