The 2023 XFL rookie draft was the player selection process to fill the rosters of the eight teams for the
2024 XFL season, and the only rookie draft in the rebooted version of the
XFL's history.
The draft was held on June 16, 2023,
with results released through the XFL's social media channels later that evening, with 80 players being selected.
Eligibility
The XFL 2023 "rookie" draft pool consisted only player who were eligible to have been drafted in the
2023 NFL draft
The 2023 NFL draft was the 88th annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible players for the 2023 NFL season, 2023 season. The NFL draft, draft was held outside of Kansas City Union Station, Union Station i ...
and who are not under contract by a professional football team (players under contract with
Indoor Football League
The Indoor Football League (IFL) is a Professional gridiron football, professional indoor American football league in the United States. The league comprises 14 teams, divided equally between the Eastern Conference (EC) and Western Conference ...
are eligible to be drafted).
Drafted rookies will be placed on XFL rosters with players who finished the 2023 season on active and reserve lists and teams will hold exclusive rights with the players they select in the draft.
Selection order
The draft was to consist up to 10 rounds. XFL team rosters will be expanded from 51 to 90 players to allow for the increased number of players.
The selection order was follows (the selection order for subsequent rounds followed the order of the first round):
Before the draft, the Renegades and Sea Dragons complete a trade, with Arlington receiving linebacker
Tuzar Skipper
Tuzar Skipper (born June 5, 1995) is an American football outside linebacker. He played college football at the University of Toledo.
College career
Skipper played college football for Monroe College from 2014 to 2015 and for Toledo from 2016 t ...
and the 46th overall pick and Seattle receives offensive lineman George Moore and the 40th overall pick.
Draft results
On the evening of the event, the XFL announced that the following 80 players were selected in the rookie draft. The league didn't published selection order and just announced the selections in alphabetical order by team.
Arlington Renegades
DC Defenders
Houston Roughnecks
Orlando Guardians
San Antonio Brahmas
Seattle Sea Dragons
St. Louis Battlehawks
Vegas Vipers
Undrafted players
On June 20, the XFL announced that the rights to 44 undrafted players have been claimed by teams.
Arlington Renegades
DC Defenders
Houston Roughnecks
Orlando Guardians
San Antonio Brahmas
Seattle Sea Dragons
St. Louis Battlehawks
Vegas Vipers
Other undrafted players were invited to XFL player showcases, with a chance to exhibit their skills in front of XFL coaches and personnel directors. Players were evaluated based on performance for inclusion in the XFL player pool for the upcoming 2024 season. The top performers were invited to the XFL Combine, which was held July 25–27 in
Arlington, Texas
Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, Tarrant County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Mid-Cities region of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area, and is a principal c ...
.
References
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