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March Is Here!
An NFL Draft Podcast
The 2023 XFL season kicked off Feb. 18 in what is the third attempt for a league that has been rebranded several times over the past two decades. The first incarnation of the XFL (2001) was canceled after one season while the second version (2020) ended after five weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2023 version is run by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Dani Garcia. It will compete with the USFL, but that league won’t begin its second season until April. The XFL features eight teams, four in the North Division and four in the South Division. The top two teams in each division will make the playoffs as each team plays a 10-week schedule.
Here’s a look at all eight 51-man rosters, which have plenty of familiar faces that were on NFL rosters at one point (you can check out all our XFL coverage here, including the full schedule, our 2023 season primer and players to know).
Kyle Sloter
10
QB
Northern Colorado
Drew Plitt
9
QB
Ball State
Kevin Anderson
14
QB
Fordham
Keith Ford
23
RB
Texas A&M
Adrian Killins
12
RB
Central Florida
De’Veon Smith
2
RB
Michigan
Brandon Arcounado
19
WR
Washington State
Sean Modster
8
WR
Boise State
Jordan Smallwood
17
WR
Oklahoma
Tyler Vaughns
85
WR
USC
LuJuan Winningham
12
WR
Central Arkansas
Nate Becker
81
TE
Miami (Ohio)
Shaun Beyer
88
TE
Iowa
Sal Cannella
80
TE
Auburn
Alex Ellis
15
TE
Tennessee
Willie Beavers
73
OL
Western Michigan
Brian Folkerts
64
OL
Washburn
Mike Horton
70
OL
Auburn
Cameron Hunt
56
OL
Oregon
Garrett McGhin
55
OL
East Carolina
George Moore
77
OL
Oregon
Teton Saites
79
OL
New Mexico
Jake Stetz
68
OL
Boise State
Aaron Adeoye
51
DL
Southeast Missouri St.
T.J. Barnes
72
DL
Georgia Tech
Will Clarke
45
DL
West Virginia
Josiah Coatney
71
DL
Mississippi
Doug Hostin
58
DL
Miami (Ohio)
Bruce Hector
90
DL
South Florida
Davonte Lambert
6
DL
Auburn
Tomasi Laulile
48
DL
BYU
Otaro Alaka
42
LB
Texas A&M
Isaiah Graham-Mobley
52
LB
Boston College
Donald Payne
46
LB
Stetson
Edmond Robinson
30
LB
Newberry
Darnell Sankey
LB
Cal State-Sacramento
Colin Schooler
36
LB
Texas Tech
Willie Taylor
50
LB
Eastern Kentucky
De’Vante Bausby
41
DB
Pittsburgh State
Shakur Brown
29
DB
Michigan State
Jamal Carter
22
DB
Miami
Darren Evans
24
DB
LSU
Rannell Hall
16
DB
Central Florida
Josh Hawkins
28
DB
East Carolina
Will Hill
5
DB
Florida
Crevon Leblanc
21
DB
Florida Atlantic
Jordan Miller
25
DB
Washington
Joe Powell
4
DB
Globe JC
Taylor Russolino
1
K
Millsaps
Marquette King
0
P
Fort Valley State
Antonio Ortiz
49
LS
TCU
Eric Dungey
2
QB
Syracuse
D’Eriq King
3
QB
Miami
Jordan Ta’amu
10
QB
Mississippi
Ryquell Armstead
23
RB
Temple
Artavis Pierce
28
RB
Oregon State
Abram Smith
4
RB
Baylor
Pooka Williams
8
RB
Kansas
Chris Blair
1
WR
Alcorn State
Jequez Ezzard
12
WR
Sam Houston State
Josh Hammond
0
WR
Florida
Chad Hansen
9
WR
California
Lucky Jackson
11
WR
Western Kentucky
Josh Malone
81
WR
Tennessee
Trae Barry
80
TE
Boston College
Briley Moore-McKinney
88
TE
Kansas State
Ethan Wolf
82
TE
Tennessee
Ty Clary
66
OL
Arkansas
Cody Conway
67
OL
Syracuse
Liam Fornadel
77
OL
James Madison
D’Marcus Hayes
78
OL
Georgia
Michael Maietti
51
OL
Missouri
Kyle Murphy
53
OL
Stanford
Liam Ryan
63
OL
Washington
T.J. Storment
72
OL
Texas Tech
Rod Taylor
73
OL
Mississippi
Davin Bellamy
56
DL
Georgia
Fadol Brown
6
DL
Mississippi
Malik Fisher
92
DL
Villanova
Jarrell Owens
95
DL
Oklahoma State
Jacub Panasiuk
96
DL
Michigan State
Caraun Reid
97
DL
Princeton
Joseph Wallace
99
DL
Sam Houston State
Gabe Wright
98
DL
Auburn
Francis Bernard
43
LB
Utah
Jamal Brooks
20
LB
South Alabama
Ferrod Gardner
27
LB
Louisiana-Lafayette
Anthony Hines
57
LB
Texas A&M
Andre Mintze
48
LB
Vanderbilt
Reggie Northrup
5
LB
Florida State
Joshua Allen
21
DB
Miami (Ohio)
Kentrell Brice
29
DB
Louisiana Tech
Travon Fuller
22
DB
Tulsa
Michael Joseph
15
DB
Dubuque
Anthoula Kelly
24
DB
Fresno State
Cameron Lewis
17
DB
LSU
DeJuan Neal
26
DB
Shepherd
Santos Ramirez
39
DB
Arkansas
Nydair Rouse
38
DB
West Chester
KJ.Sails
9
DB
South Florida
Matthew McCrane
34
K
Kansas State
Daniel Whelan
19
P
UC Davis
Kaleb Eleby
5
QB
Western Michigan
Cole McDonald
14
QB
Hawaii
Brandon Silvers
12
QB
Troy
Brycen Alleyne
26
RB
Delaware State
Max Borghi
22
RB
Washington State
Nick Holley
9
RB
Kent State
Dejoun Lee
20
RB
Delaware
Deontay Burnett
1
WR
USC
Cedric Byrd
2
WR
Hawaii
Davion Davis
81
WR
Sam Houston State
Travell Harris
6
WR
Washington State
Jontre Kirklin
13
WR
LSU
Aaron Nelson
19
WR
Delaware Valley
Ben Putman
80
WR
Nevada
Justin Smith
10
WR
Norfolk State
Garrett Owens
21
TE
Duquesne
Tommy Champion
73
OL
Mississippi State
Sage Doxtater
76
OL
New Mexico State
Alex Mollette
55
OL
Marshall
James Moore
79
OL
Central Washington
Desmond Noel
65
OL
Florida Atlantic
Dareuan Parker
56
OL
Mississippi State
Dylan Pasquali
78
OL
Ferris State
Jack Snyder
64
OL
San Jose State
John Yarbrough
70
OL
Richmond
C.J. Brewer
98
DL
Coastal Carolina
John Daka
45
DL
James Madison
Trent Harris
33
DL
Miami
Jack Heflin
96
DL
Iowa
Brian Khoury
42
DL
Carnegie Mellon
Glen Logan
97
DL
LSU
Trevon Mason
99
DL
Arizona
Chauncey Rivers
47
DL
Mississippi State
Tim Ward
89
DL
Old Dominion
Tavante Beckett
11
LB
Marshall
Duke Ejiofor
53
LB
Wake Forest
Emmanuel Ellerbee
52
LB
Rice
Deandre Johnson
17
LB
Miami
Nate Wieland
15
LB
Grand View
Charles Wiley
57
LB
Texas-San Antonio
John Brannon
25
DB
Western Carolina
Sean Davis
23
DB
Maryland
Ajene Harris
3
DB
USC
A.J. Hendy
29
DB
Maryland
William Likely
4
DB
Maryland
Jordan Mosley
18
DB
Maryland
Alexander Myres
24
DB
Houston
Raleigh Texada
16
DB
Baylor
Kary Vincent
0
DB
LSU
Hunter Duplessis
8
K
Texas-San Antonio
Race Porter
46
P
Washington
Deondre Francois
3
QB
Hampton
Paxton Lynch
6
QB
Memphis
Quinten Dormady
12
QB
Central Michigan
Kelvin Taylor
28
RB
Florida
Jah-Maine Martin
30
RB
North Carolina A&T
Stephen Guidry
5
WR
Mississippi State
Deddrick Thomas
10
WR
Mississippi State
Cody Latimer
11
WR
Indiana
Charleston Rambo
14
WR
Miami
Javonta Payton
15
WR
Tennessee
Dontez Byrd
16
WR
Tennessee Tech
Eli Rogers
17
WR
Louisville
Andrew Jamiel
18
WR
Stonehill
Ryan Becker
80
TE
SMU
Logan Carter
87
TE
Oklahoma State
David Moore
55
OL
Grambling
Jalen Spady
58
OL
Florida A&M
Ze’Veyon Furcron
59
OL
Southern Illinois
Fred Lauina
64
OL
Oregon State
Jordan Ighofose
65
OL
Grambling
Sunday Deng
70
OL
Oklahoma State
Ja’Chai Baker
75
OL
South Alabama
Abdul Beecham
77
OL
Kansas State
Gerald Willis
9
DL
Miami (FL)
Nick Coe
34
DL
Auburn
Jacoby Jones
36
DL
Texas
Ja’Quain Blakely
48
DL
Tennessee
Emmanuel Olenga
49
DL
Tennessee State
Stansly Maponga
56
DL
TCU
Caeveon Patton
88
DL
Texas State
Khristian Tate
94
DL
Georgetown
Trevon Sanders
99
DL
Troy
Terrance Smith
8
LB
Florida State
Lakia Henry
31
LB
Mississippi
Erroll Thompson
40
LB
Mississippi State
Jeremiah Gemmel
41
LB
North Carolina
Terrance Plummer
44
LB
Central Florida
Tegray Scales
46
LB
Indiana
Javaris Davis
2
DB
Auburn
Mike Lee
13
DB
Kansas
Baylen Buchanan
20
DB
Louisiana Tech
Shaquille Wiggins
21
DB
Tennessee
Matt Elam
22
DB
Florida
Najeem Hosein
23
DB
Ferris State
Roman Tatum
24
DB
Southern Illinois
Josh Harvey-Clemons
25
DB
Louisville
Trumaine Washington
29
DB
Louisville
Justin Rogers
32
DB
UTEP
Marcus Murphy
38
DB
Mississippi Date
Jose Borregales
0
K
Miami (FL)
Johnny Townsend
19
K
Florida
Jack Coan
4
QB
Notre Dame
Jawan Pass
16
QB
Prairie View A&M
Reid Sinnett
17
QB
San Diego
Jacques Patrick
9
RB
Florida State
Kalen Ballage
11
RB
Arizona State
Jon Hilliman
31
RB
Rutgers
Travis Jonsen
10
WR
Montana State
Darece Roberson Jr.
13
WR
Wayne State-Missouri
T.J. Vasher
18
WR
Texas Tech
Jalen Tolliver
80
WR
Arkansas-Monticello
Landen Akers
82
WR
Iowa State
Fred Brown
89
WR
Mississippi State
Ben Beise
35
TE
Wisconsin River-Falls
Deon Yelder
84
TE
Western Kentucky
Jamal Pettigrew
86
TE
McNeese State
Alize Mack
88
TE
Notre Dame
Damien Mama
51
OL
USC
Willie Wright
58
OL
Tulsa
Luke Juriga
59
OL
Western Michigan
Roubbens Joseph
71
OL
Buffalo
Norman Price
72
OL
Southern Mississippi
Derrick Kelly
74
OL
Florida State
Chidi Okeke
77
OL
Tennessee State
Kai Absheer
79
OL
Florida International
Kamilo Tongamoa
95
OL
Iowa State
Kohl Levao
—
OL
Hawaii
Drew Beesley
33
DL
Michigan State
Mike Tverdov
42
DL
Rutgers
Mike Scott
44
DL
Oklahoma State
Delontae Scott
45
DL
SMU
Kobe Smith
50
DL
South Carolina
Matthew Gotel
90
DL
Webber International
Javiar Edwards
91
DL
Colorado
Ben Davis
3
LB
Texas
Jordan Williams
15
LB
Baylor
Drew Lewis
25
LB
Colorado
Riko Jeffers
40
LB
Texas Tech
Joel Dublanko
41
LB
Cincinnati
Da’Sean Downey
55
LB
Massachusetts
Luq Barcoo
1
DB
San Diego State
Terrell Bonds
2
DB
Tennessee State
Kameron Kelly
8
DB
San Diego State
Kemah Siverand
20
DB
Oklahoma State
Sean Williams
21
DB
Navy
Ranthony Texada
22
DB
TCU
Ryan Lewis
24
DB
Pittsburgh
Jack Koerner
28
DB
Iowa
Tenny Adewusi
27
DB
Delaware
John Parker Romo
23
K
Virginia Tech
Brad Wing
0
P
LSU
Rex Sunahara
47
LS
West Virginia
Ben DiNucci
6
QB
James Madison
Steven Montez
12
QB
Colorado
Harrison Frost
14
QB
West Georgia
T.J. Hammonds
19
RB
Arkansas
Morgan Ellison
25
RB
SE Louisiana
Brenden Knox
28
RB
Marshall
Charlie Taumoepau
29
RB
Portland State
Josh Gordon
0
WR
Baylor
Jahcour Pearson
3
WR
Mississipp
Juwan Green
4
WR
New York State-Albany
Jaylen Redd
13
WR
Oregon
Damion Willis
15
WR
Troy
Blake Jackson
80
WR
Mary Hardin-Baylor
Kelvin McKnight
86
WR
Samford
Jordan Veasy
88
WR
California
Chris Owens
55
OL
Alabama
Tejan Koroma
56
OL
BYU
Paul Grattan
65
OL
UCLA
Collin Kelly
67
OL
Oregon State
Liam Jimmons
71
OL
USC
Josh Seltzner
70
OL
Wisconsin
Michal Menet
72
OL
Penn State
Jared Thomas
73
OL
Northwestern
Barry Wesley
69
OL
Colorado State
Elijah Ponder
44
DL
Cincinnati
Sama Paama
50
DL
Washington
Antwuan Jackson
52
DL
Ohio State
Austin Faoliu
58
DL
Oregon
P.J. Hall
92
DL
Sam Houston State
Treyvon Hester
93
DL
Toledo
Daniel Joseph
96
DL
North Carolina State
Niko Lalos
97
DL
Dartmouth
Tre Walker
8
LB
Idaho
Clarence Hicks
9
LB
Texas-San Antonio
Jordan Evans
26
LB
Oklahoma
Emmanuel Smith
43
LB
Vanderbilt
Tuzar Skipper
51
LB
Toledo
Antoine Brooks
2
DB
Maryland
Bryce Thompson
1
DB
Tennessee
Chris Jones
5
DB
Nebraska
Rojesterman Farris
17
DB
Hawaii
Linden Stephens
21
DB
Cincinnati
Mykeal Wright
16
DB
Oregon
Shabari Davis
24
DB
Southeast Missouri St.
Qwynnterrio Cole
32
DB
Louisville
Alijah Holder
33
DB
Stanford
Zafir Kelly
36
DB
South Carolina State
Sharif Miller
48
DL
Penn State
Dominik Eberle
11
K
Utah State
Cameron Nizialek
10
P
Georgia
Thomas Fletcher
45
LS
Alabama
A.J. McCarron
10
QB
Alabama
Nick Tiano
14
QB
Chattanooga
Manny Wilkins
5
QB
Arizona State
Mateo Durant
21
RB
Duke
Brian Hill
23
RB
Wyoming
Kareem Walker
20
RB
South Alabama
Marcell Ateman
3
WR
Oklahoma State
Kareem Butler
88
WR
Iowa State
George Campbell
15
WR
West Virginia
Gary Jennings
12
WR
West Virginia
Steven Mitchell
22
WR
USC
Austin Proehl
13
WR
North Carolina
Darius Shepherd
11
WR
North Dakota State
Jovani Haskins
9
TE
Rutgers
Jake Sutherland
84
TE
Morehead State
Jordan Thomas
83
TE
Mississippi State
Vadal Alexander
78
OL
LSU
Juwann Bushell-Beatty
73
OL
Louisiana Tech
Daishawn Dixon
79
OL
San Diego State
Steven Gonzalez
74
OL
Penn State
Jaryd Jones-Smith
75
OL
Pittsburgh
Eric Magwood
77
OL
Middle Tennessee State
Christian Olmstead
67
OL
Findlay
Mike Panasiuk
61
OL
Michigan State
Dallas Warmack
55
OL
Oregon
Freedom Akinmoladun
98
DL
Nebraska
Kevin Atkins
90
DL
Fresno State
Damion Daniels
93
DL
Nebraska
Tim Harris
4
DL
Virginia
Lavert Hill
24
DL
Michigan
LaCale London
96
DL
Western Illinois
Elorm Lumor
95
DL
Towson
Gelen Robinson
99
DL
Purdue
Taniela Tupou
91
DL
Washington
Travis Feeney
56
LB
Washington
Willie Harvey
51
LB
Iowa State
Silas Kelly
29
LB
Coastal Carolina
Mike Rose
27
LB
Iowa State
Tre Watson
33
LB
Maryland
Carson Wells
53
LB
Colorado
Lakiem Williams
6
LB
Syracuse
Chris Cooper
39
DB
Stony Brook
Ben DeLuka
28
DB
Charlotte
Lukas Denis
25
DB
Boston College
Elijah Hamilton
1
DB
Louisiana Tech
Mike Hampton
8
DB
South Florida
Nate Meadors
26
DB
UCLA
Brandon Sebastian
38
DB
Boston College
Donald Hageman
2
K
San Diego State
Sterling Hofrichter
16
P
Syracuse
Alexander Matheson
47
LS
Cal Lutheran
Brett Hundley
2
QB
UCLA
Jalen McClendon
3
QB
Baylor
Luis Perez
12
QB
Texas A&M-Commerce
Brian Burt
18
RB
Fresno State
John Lovett
8
RB
Penn State
Rod Smith
15
RB
Ohio State
DeAndre Torrey
5
RB
North Texas
Geronimo Allison
19
WR
Illinois
Jeff Badet
13
WR
Oklahoma
Martavis Bryant
4
WR
Clemson
Mathew Sexton
10
WR
Eastern Michigan
Cinque Sweeting
14
WR
Slippery Rock
Brandon Dillon
86
TE
Marian
Travis Koontz
16
TE
Texas Tech
Sean Price
80
TE
South Florida
Cam Sutton
89
TE
Fresno State
Jamil Denby
65
OL
Maine
Quinterrius Eatmon
77
OL
South Florida
Antonio Garcia
53
OL
Troy
Jovann Letuli
75
OL
Akron
Kahlil McKenzie
69
OL
Tennessee
Michael Miller
64
OL
Washburn
Dohnovan West
61
OL
Arizona State
Isaiah Williams
71
OL
Akron
Larry Williams
56
OL
Oklahoma State
Bryant Jones
95
DL
Mississippi Valley State
Jah’Sheem Martin
90
DL
Pace
Kelvin Pinkney
96
DL
South Florida
Maximilian Roberts
23
DL
Boston College
LaRon Stokes
97
DL
Oklahoma
Destiny Vaeao
99
DL
Washington State
Robert Windsor
88
DL
Penn State
C.J. Avery
28
LB
Louisville
Vic Beasley
44
LB
Clemson
D.J. Calhoun
48
LB
Arizona State
P.J. Dawson
11
LB
TCU
Jawuan Johnson
20
LB
TCU
Martrell Spaight
45
LB
Arkansas
Pita Taumoepenu
0
LB
Utah
Will Adams
24
DB
Virginia State
Deontay Anderson
9
DB
Houston
Marwin Evans
25
DB
Utah State
Mister Harriel
1
DB
Sacramento State
Nijuel Hill
27
DB
Delaware
Keylon Kennedy
6
DB
Garden City CC
Antonio Phillips
21
DB
Ball State
Stephen Roberts
30
DB
Auburn
Adam Sparks
22
DB
Louisiana-Monroe
Bailey Giffen
47
K
Lamar
Michael Carrizosa
17
P
San Jose State
Adam Higuera
40
LS
Tulsa
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