The Rock’s XFL Had their Quarterback Draft!

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is bringing the XFL new life as he purchased the league from Vince McMahon who tried to revive it in 2020 pre Pandemic. They paid 15 million for the league.

They recently announced all the 8 teams that will be playing in the league and their respective cities. They are D.C., Houston, St Louis, Arlington, San Antonio, Seattle, Orlando and Vegas.

Well,, now it's time to fill those teams with players and they had their first draft in Vegas and have announced their first 15 quarterbacks you will see playing this winter.

They are:

Ben DiNucci and Steven Montez will be the Seattle Sea Dragons quarterbacks for the 2023 season. DiNucci played in three games his rookie year after getting picked by the Dallas Cowboys in 2020.

A.J. McCarron for the St. Louis Battlehawk he was picked Cincinnati Bengals in the 2014 NFL Draft. They also got Ryan Willis from Virginia Tech.

Deondre Francois, was selected by the Orlando Guardians, he was a starter for the Seminoles but didn't make it to the NLF, but who needs NFL when you have XFL. The Guardians also picked up Quentin Dormady from Central Michigan.

The Arlington Renegades got Drew Plitt from ball State and Kyle SLoter from Nothern Colorado.

The DC Defenders got Eric Dungey from Syracuse.

Houston Roughnecks got Kaleb Eleby from Western Michigan and Brandon Silvers from Troy.

San Antonio Brahmas got Jawon Pass form Louisville and Anthony Russo from Michigan State.

Vegas Vipers picked up Jalan McClendon from Baylor and Luis Perez from Texas A&M.

Should be a fun watch!

The quarterbacks selected today represent just 15 of the 528 open spots for Training Camp.

The #XFLDraft continues tomorrow! Follow along on https://t.co/5bSEbXoBFe beginning at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT. pic.twitter.com/0Z1ZqYsWgw

— XFL (@XFL2023) November 16, 2022

They've also done their First Round offensive draft, this is the recap:

The first 8️⃣ are off the board! #XFLDraft pic.twitter.com/M1OSL2LVEA

— XFL (@XFL2023) November 16, 2022