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, and the second draft in that league's history following the 2020 draft. The draft was held on November 15–17, 2022, with results released through the XFL's social media channels.

Structure

The XFL 2023 draft pool consists of 1,700 players that are eligible. Of those, 528 players will advance to the preseason rosters. It will follow a "snake" format, with each position phase following a random order set prior to the draft, and that order reversing between odd and even rounds of the phase. The 2023 XFL Draft will follow the same basic layout as the

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. *November 15 **Phase 0:

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s)—11 rounds **Phase 2:

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)—11 rounds **Phase 3: defensive front seven players ( defensive linemen and

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s)—11 rounds **Phase 4: offensive linemen ( offensive tackles, guards, and

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)—11 rounds *November 17 **Phase 5:

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s) **Phase 6: open draft (any position)—20 rounds including both phases A supplemental draft will be held in January 2023 to allow players who were obligated to another league at the time of the November draft (this would include players from the 2022 USFL season who signed before a loophole in the league's

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practice squad) to join the league. Teams will not have any reserve rights to any players they had employed in 2020, and thus all of the league's roster spots will be filled by way of the draft or the supplemental draft.

Phase 0: Tier 1 quarterback allocations

Phase 1: Skill Players

Phase 2: Defensive backs

Phase 3: Defensive front seven

Phase 4: Offensive line

Phase 5: Specialists

The specialist draft consisted of three rounds with a total of 24 players selected. Each team selected a long snapper, a kicker and a punter.

Phase 6: Supplemental draft

XFL supplemental draft was held 1 January 2023. The draft consisted of 17 rounds, with a total of 90 players selected. The teams followed a snake-style format with the pick order reversing each round. The selections included 1) players who were previously ineligible to be drafted, and 2) players who were not selected during the XFL Draft November 16-17. NFL Alumni Academy graduates who were not selected will be assigned to teams and instructed to report to training camp with their teammates.

NFL Alumni Academy Player allocation

References

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