Hopefully Memphis can weather the Johnny Football storm much better in this scenario.

“2021 XFL Rookie Draft is Complete!” 

October 22, 2020

New York, NY - The sixteen XFL teams sent representatives to New York to complete their rosters.  The XFL uses their Rookie draft to mostly draft players from their XFL2 developmental league.  The Rookie Draft consists of two rounds. The rookies consist of the undrafted guys from the NFL who also didn't make a practice squad so those players are more than likely headed to the XFL2 for the season.  Highlights from the first ever XFL Rookie Draft are:

San Antonio Commanders - QB Kyle Lauletta and DB Montae Nicholson
St. Louis Stallions - QB Will Grier and WR Carlos Henderson
San Diego Fleet - RB Paul Perkins and WR DeMarkus Lodge
Orlando Predators - WR Ardarius Stewart and LB Hardy Nickerson Jr.
Birmingham Iron - RB Zach Zenner and WR Saeed Blacknall
Washington Valor - TE Evan Rodriguez
Los Angeles Xtreme - QB Chad Kelly
Las Vegas Outlaws - RB Kapri Bibbs and TE EJ Bibbs
Houston Roughnecks - WR Justice Liggins
Tampa Bay Storm - WRs Bennie Fowler and Jordan Taylor

“Final Touches to the Rosters are Complete!” 

November 2, 2020

Stamford, CT - XFL teams make late roster additions before players take to the practice fields next month.  Some big names were still out there who just filed their XFL paperwork.  These late roster additions could play huge dividends this season for some of these teams.

San Diego Fleet sign WR Tavon Austin, RBs Isaiah Crowell and Bishop Sankey, LB Mychal Kendricks and DB Trumaine Johnson
Washington Valor sign RB Orleans Darkwa
Seattle Dragons sign RB CJ Prosise
Orlando Predators sign QB Connor Cook and RB Spencer Ware
Las Vegas Outlaws sign RB Alex Collins
New York Guardians sign RB Ty Montgomery and FB Tre Madden
Memphis Express sign RB Zac Stacy
Los Angeles Xtreme sign WR LaQuon Treadwell
Dallas Renegades sign WR Dez Bryant
Philadelphia Soul sign WR/QB Terrelle Pryor
San Antonio Commanders sign LB Deone Buchanon

“Teams Take to the Practice Field!” 

December 2, 2020

Stamford, CT - XFL teams begins practice next week but they're not the only teams that are about to begin practice.  The XFL2's Hudson Valley Fort, Austin Generals and Las Vegas Hughes will also begin practicing.  Those roster invites were sent out late last week and include QBs Brett Rypien, Trevor Knight, Phillip Nelson, Brandon Silvers, Taylor Heinicke and Joe Callahan, RBs Mark Walton, Marcus Murphy, Jacques Patrick, Elijah Hood, Rushel Shell and Elijah Holyfield and WRs Kasen Williams, Adonis Jennings, Malachi Dupree, Marcus Johnson, and Alonzo Russell and TEs Ben Koyack, Marcus Baugh and Moritz Boehringer.

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“Your 2021 San Diego Fleet!” 

January 1, 2021

San Diego, CA - This is our preview for your 2021 San Diego Fleet.

2020 Recap: Starting Quarterback Josh Johnson threw for a league best, 11 TDs, and 1208 yards in 6 games last year, while league Most Valuable Player Jay Ajayi ran for 711 yards and 8 TDs, and Martavis Bryant caught 3 TDs and 381 yards, good for second in the league as the team rolled to an undefeated regular season record of 6-0.  The Fleet made it all the way to the XFL Championship game before falling to the Birmingham Iron 28-24. 

2021 Roster: QBs Cody Kessler and Brad Kaaya, RBs Paul Perkins, Bishop Sankey and Isaiah Crowell and WRs Tavon Austin, DeMarkus Lodge, Teo Redding and Malachi Jones, TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins, OL Kyle Murphy and Ryan Pope, DL Willie Henry, Adolphus Washington and Karter Schult, LB James Vaughters and Mychal Kendricks, DBs Trumaine Johnson and Shamarko Thomas and K Nick Novak

2021 Preview: Head Coach Mike Martz had the most talented team in the league last year, but that's not the case this year as Josh Johnson, Jay Ajayi, Brandon Oliver and Martavis Bryant all took big pay days in other leagues.  Martz added quite a bit of talent this offseason but the chemistry and veteran leadership that team had will be hard to replace.  Cody Kessler and Tavon Austin will struggle to learn his complicated offense and this team will struggle early on.



“Your 2021 Seattle Dragons!” 

January 1, 2021

Seattle, WA - This is our preview for your 2021 Seattle Dragons.

2020 Recap: This team was never as good as the statistics and roster would suggest in 2020. Lynch finished 4th in passing yards, Rawls finished 5th in rushing yards and Antonio Callaway finished first in receiving yards.  The defense is absolutely loaded with speed all over the field.  The secondary however gave up a lot of big plays.  This team I think was hurt most by the shortened season and ended up missing the playoffs at 2-4.

2021 Roster: QBs Paxton Lynch and BJ Daniels, RBs Thomas Rawls and CJ Prosise, WRs Antonio Callaway, Marlon Brown, Keenan Reynolds and Marquess Wilson, TE Asante Cleveland, OL Isiah Battle, Cyril Richardson and Josh Garnett, DL Dion Jordan, Will Sutton and Obum Gwacham, LB Steven Johnson, Korey Toomer, Scooby Wright and Marquis Flowers, DBs Channing Stribling and Jeremy Clark and K Elliott Fry

2021 Preview: General Manager Phil Savage has done a great job with this roster by keeping it intact while also adding former Seattle Seahawk starting RB CJ Prosise.  Head Coach Jim Zorn needs to do a better job at running this offense through those RBs.  Lynch has great weapons to use but he forces too many throws and this team just needs to remain patient.  Too much talent for the Dragons not to make a playoff appearance in 2021.



“Your 2021 Los Angeles Xtreme!” 

January 1, 2021

Los Angeles, CA - This is our preview for your 2021 Los Angeles Xtreme.


2020 Recap: The original XFL's only Champion, the Los Angeles Xtreme entered the season with a solid QB depth chart on paper but it was anything but with Aaron Murray and Connor Cook. Neither team could find a rhythm and the team finished with a 1-5 regular season record.  Former San Diego Charger Kenneth Farrow was a huge bright spot for the team however as he finished 3rd in rushing with 564 yards, and backfield mate David Cobb was also tremendous.

2021 Roster: QBs Colin Kaepernick and Chad Kelly, RBs Kenneth Farrow and David Cobb, WRs Rashad Greene, Nelson Spruce, Tre McBride and LaQuon Treadwell, TE Brandon Barnes, OL Damien Mama, Shawn Lauvao, Kahlil McKenzie, Damien Prince and Christian Westerman, DL Kenny Bigelow, Shawn Oakman, Devin Taylor and Datone Jones, LBs Ejuan Price, Victor Ochi and Taiwan Jones and DBs Harlan Miller, TJ McDonald, Ahmad Dixon, and Jack Tocho and K Giorgio Tavecchio

2021 Preview: New Xtreme owner Steve Ballmer made an instant splash this offseason with the league's biggest acquisition in QB Colin Kaepernick.  Kaepernick should be a starting QB in the NFL this season but instead he will be turning around the Xtreme.  LaQuon Treadwell will give him a legitimate #1 option in the air and expect Farrow and Cobb to be a solid cobination on the ground.  Kaepernick, Treadwell, those RBs and that OL will make the Xtreme the best offense in the league and have Los Angeles as the preseason favorite to win it all.



“Your 2021 Las Vegas Outlaws!” 

January 1, 2021

Las Vegas, NV - This is our preview for your 2021 Las Vegas Outlaws.


2020 Recap: Johnny Manziel was absolutely amazing in getting this team off to a 3-0 start to the season but then once again, he let his inner demons lead to a downfall of this squad.  Head Coach June Jones had to cut the troubled signal caller and the team never quite rallied behind young PJ Walker.  The team ended up getting blown out by the underdog San Antonio Commanders in the first round of the playoofs.

2021 Roster: QBs PJ Walker and Clayton Thorson, RBs Kapri Bibbs, Alex Collins and Darius Victor, WRs Cam Phillips, Sammie Coates, Kahlil Lewis and Nick Holley, TEs EJ Bibbs and Nick Truesdell, OL TJ Johnson, Nico Siragusa and Derek Newton, LBs Edmond Robinson, Deshaun Davis and DeMarquis Gates, DB Deatrick Nichols and K Johnathon Brown

2021 Preview: This team has some nice pieces on offense to work with but PJ Walker did not look to be the answer at the most important position on the field.  Thorson isn't the answer either.  This team will need to go out and find a solution to that problem next offseason.  It should be a lost year for the Outlaws.



Credit for these uniform concepts belong to WideRight who was kind enough for me to use some of his designs.

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ZO82 wrote:

How many DFPs will each team have.

Defensive players?  These rosters are 50 man rosters but I won’t be naming all 50 guys on every roster. Mostly because I don’t know that many OL and Defensive players to do so haha. I’ll just name the more commonly know guys. Hope that answered your question

ZO82 wrote:

BengalErnst28 wrote:

ZO82 wrote:

How many DFPs will each team have.

Defensive players? These rosters are 50 man rosters but I won’t be naming all 50 guys on every roster. Mostly because I don’t know that many OL and Defensive players to do so haha. I’ll just name the more commonly know guys. Hope that answered your question

Designated Franchise Players.

There is one DFP for each team that doesn’t count against the team’s $4M salary cap. They can be paid whatever the owner wants to pay them. For all teams, except Orlando that player is currently their QB.