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2020 XFL Player Pool<\/a> <—-Player Pool Spreadsheet
***As the XFL releases the player pool groups we will be updating the spreadsheet to include additional players and mark the ones confirmed in the pool.***<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the XFL Summer Showcases have gone on, we’ve been compiling a XFL Player Pool of all the players who have participated, as well as players that have had reported interest in the league. The link above takes you to our Google Sheet with all the player information. Below we will take a look at the breakdown of players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

College Breakdowns<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here is how the college conferences breakdown from the 887 players in the pool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

70.1% – FBS
16.8% – FCS
8.8% – Division II
1.9% – Division III
0.8% – NAIA
0.9% – International
0.6% – Juco
0.1% – Division 1 (non-football)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the 622 players that played in the FBS, 386 or 62.1% played at a Power 5 Conference school. That is 43.5% of the overall player pool<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Schools<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The top 5 schools represented in the player pool:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17 – Florida
13 – LSU
11 – Mississippi St
11 – Florida St
11 – West Virginia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

International<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Aruto Nishimura<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There were 8 international players that participated in the Summer Showcases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Victor Souza – WR – Brazil
Stavros Katsantonis – S – Canada
Moubarak Djeri – DE – Germany
Aruto Nishimura – WR – Japan
Taku Lee – RB – Japan
Maximo Sanchez – LB – Mexico
Roman Pavlenko – LB – Russia
Michael Omotayo – LB – UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 Star Recruits<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Photo by SD Dirk<\/a> licensed under CC BY 2.0<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

13 players who participated in the Showcases were 5 star recruits (according to 247Sports.com<\/a>) coming out of high school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maea Teuhema – OT – 2015
Ermon Lane – S – 2014
Max Redfield – S – 2013
Jalin Marshall – WR – 2013
Trey Williams – RB – 2012
Trenton Thompson – DT – 2015
Darius Hamilton – DT – 2012
Anthony Johnson – DT – 2011
Matt Elam – S – 2010
Jeff Luc – LB – 2010
Trent Richardson – RB – 2009
Christine Michael – RB – 2009
Will Hill – S – 2008<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NFL Draft<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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USA Today<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

96 players in the pool had previously been drafted into the NFL. Of those, 5 are former 1st round picks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robert Meachem – WR – Saints ’07
Hakeem Nicks – WR – Giants ’09
Trent Richardson – RB – Browns ’12
Matt Elam – S – Ravens ’13
Johnny Manziel – QB – Browns ’14<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spring Leagues<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Your Call Football<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The XFL obviously drew interest from players that have participated in other spring football leagues. Of the 887 players in our XFL player pool, 337 of them had played in either The Alliance of American Football, Your Call Football, or The Spring League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

221 former AAF players
81 former YCF players
77 former TSL players<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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