The 2024 UFL draft, also known as the 2024 UFL college draft, was the first meeting of United Football League (UFL) franchises to select newly eligible players ahead of the 2025 UFL season. It was the first rookie draft since the league formed from the merger of the United States Football League (USFL) and XFL. Previously, the two predecessor leagues held separate rookie drafts in 2023 prior to the merger and then a dispersal draft in 2024 following the merger and contraction from 16 total pre-merger teams to the 8 teams that competed in the 2024 season. The draft was held on July 17, 2024 and was announced only six days prior. The announcement of the draft also coincided with the beginning a series of player showcase combines held by the league that would continue to be held though October 2024 after the draft but before the start of the 2025 season.
Draft order Draft order was based on a team's record and result from the 2024 UFL season. However, under UFL rules meant to prevent against tanking, Memphis received the first round pick by defeating Houston in the last week of the 2024 season. Selection NumberTeam2024 recordPlayoff result1Memphis Showboats2–8Did not qualify2Houston Roughnecks1–9Did not qualify3Arlington Renegades3–7Did not qualify4DC Defenders4–6Did not qualify5St. Louis Battlehawks7–3Div championship6Michigan Panthers7–3Div championship7San Antonio Brahmas7–3Lost championship8Birmingham Stallions9–1Won championship
Player selections Players eligible for the 2024 UFL draft were those who were also eligible for the 2024 NFL draft but went undrafted.
TeamPlayerCollege11Memphis ShowboatsJason BeanQBKansas12Houston RoughnecksEyabi OkieDECharlotte13Arlington RenegadesJohn Rhys PlumleeQBUCF14DC DefendersGottlieb AyedzeOTMaryland15St. Louis BattlehawksChevan CordeiroQBSan José State16Michigan PanthersJulian PearlOTIllinois17San Antonio BrahmasGabe HallDTBaylor18Birmingham StallionsFrank CrumOTWyoming29Memphis ShowboatsBlake WatsonRBMemphis210Houston RoughnecksTra FluellenSMiddle Tennessee211Arlington RenegadesGriffin McDowellOTChattanooga212DC DefendersKedon SlovisQBBYU213St. Louis BattlehawksCody SchraderRBMissouri214Michigan PanthersDwight McGlothernCBArkansas215San Antonio BrahmasGabriel MurphyDEUCLA216Birmingham StallionsLorenzo ThompsonOTRhode Island317Memphis ShowboatsEvan AndersonNTFlorida Atlantic318Houston RoughnecksKameron StuttsOGAuburn319Arlington RenegadesKalen DeLoachLBFlorida State320DC DefendersLeonard Taylor IIIDTMiami (FL)321St. Louis BattlehawksPheldarius PayneDEVirginia Tech322Michigan PanthersIsaac UkwuDEOle Miss323San Antonio BrahmasDonovan JenningsOTSouth Florida324Birmingham StallionsEmani BaileyRBTCU425Memphis ShowboatsJalen CokerWRHoly Cross426Houston RoughnecksDonovan ManuelLBFIU427Arlington RenegadesPopo AumavaeNTOregon428DC DefendersGarret GreenfieldOTSouth Dakota State429St. Louis BattlehawksBradley AshmoreOTVanderbilt430Michigan PanthersBrian DooleyOTEastern Michigan431San Antonio BrahmasMiles BattleCBUtah432Birmingham StallionsIsaiah WilliamsWRIllinois533Memphis ShowboatsEric WattsDEUConn534Houston RoughnecksHayden GillumOLKansas State535Arlington RenegadesAmari GainerLBNorth Carolina536DC DefendersBraiden McGregorDEMichigan537St. Louis BattlehawksCarl Jones Jr.LBUCLA538Michigan PanthersRocky LombardiQBNorthern Illinois539San Antonio BrahmasJamree KromahDEJames Madison540Birmingham StallionsDallin HolkerTEColorado State641Memphis ShowboatsAndrew RaymCOklahoma642Houston RoughnecksMalcolm EppsTEPittsburgh643Arlington RenegadesBo RichterDEAir Force644DC DefendersMichael WileyRBArizona645St. Louis BattlehawksIsaiah CoeDTOklahoma646Michigan PanthersDayton WadeWROle Miss647San Antonio BrahmasLideatrick GriffinWRMississippi State648Birmingham StallionsTrajan JeffcoatDEArkansas749Memphis ShowboatsYvandy RigbyLBTemple750Houston RoughnecksXavier BensonLBOklahoma State751Arlington RenegadesTaki TaimaniDTOregon752DC DefendersDallas GantLBToledo753St. Louis BattlehawksJelani BakerWRLimestone754Michigan PanthersAkeem DentSFlorida State755San Antonio BrahmasBeau BradeSMaryland756Birmingham StallionsAndrew CokerOTTCU857Memphis ShowboatsJa'Quan SheppardCBMaryland858Houston RoughnecksRayshad WilliamsCBTexas Tech859Arlington RenegadesSpencer RollandOTNorth Carolina860DC DefendersCurtis JacobsLBPenn State861St. Louis BattlehawksJadon JankeWRSouth Dakota State862Michigan PanthersAndrew MeyerCUTEP863San Antonio BrahmasSincere HaynesworthCTulane864Birmingham StallionsAhmarean BrownWRSouth Carolina965Memphis ShowboatsMcCallan CastlesTETennessee966Houston RoughnecksMalik DunlapCBTexas Tech967Arlington RenegadesBriason MaysCSouthern Miss968DC DefendersTanner MordecaiQBWisconsin969St. Louis BattlehawksMyles SimsCBGeorgia Tech970Michigan PanthersJ. D. DuplainOLMichigan State971San Antonio BrahmasD. J. Miller Jr.CBKent State972Birmingham StallionsSam HartmanQBNotre Dame1073Memphis ShowboatsMason TiptonWRYale1074Houston RoughnecksGeor'Quarius SpiveyTEMississippi State1075Arlington RenegadesDrake StoopsWROklahoma1076DC DefendersOmar BrownSNebraska1077St. Louis BattlehawksMyles JonesCBDuke1078Michigan PanthersIsaiah StalbirdSSouth Dakota State1079San Antonio BrahmasJoshua CephusWRUTSA1080Birmingham StallionsEthan DriskellOTMarshall
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