2026 UFL Draft: Day One

The United Football League opened the 2026 UFL Draft today inside league headquarters in Arlington, Texas.

ARLINGTON, Texas (January 13, 2025) – The United Football League opened the 2026 UFL Draft today inside league headquarters in Arlington, Texas. One hundred forty players were selected across the league on Day One of the two-day, position-by-position draft.

The draft was structured by position groups, beginning with the offensive front, followed by the defensive front, offensive skill positions, and defensive backs.

UFL teams will retain exclusive rights to the players chosen in today’s draft until the player reports to the team.

Below is a list of Day One selections by team.

BIRMINGHAM STALLIONS (17)

Name

Position

School

Steven Gonzalez

G

Penn State

Noah Johnson

C

Kansas State

Noah Henderson

T

East Carolina

Avery Gennesey

G

Texas A&M

Amani Bledsoe

DI

Oklahoma

Kyahva Tezino

LB

San Diego State

T.J. Carter

DI

Kentucky

Izayah Green-May

T

Northern Illinois

Olakunle Fatukasi

LB

Rutgers

Daewood Davis

WR

Western Kentucky

Anthony McFarland

RB

Maryland

Marcus Simms

WR

West Virginia

Jaydon Mickens

WR

Washington

Samson Nacua

WR

BYU

Lukas Denis

CB

Boston College

JoJo Tillery

S

Wofford

Lance Boykin

CB

Coastal Carolina

 

COLUMBUS AVIATORS (21)

Name

Position

School

Aaron Montiero

G

Boston College

Matt Farniok

C

Nebraska

Chuck Filiga

G

Minnesota

Noah Atagi

G

Weber State

Caeveon Patton

DI

Texas State

Storey Jackson

LB

Liberty

Prince Emili

DI

Penn

Ron Stone Jr.

ED

Washington State

Nelson Ceasar

ED

Houston

Xavier Benson

LB

Oklahoma State

Olive Sagapolu

DI

Wisconsin

John Lovett

RB

Penn State

Keke Chism

WR

Missouri

ZaQuandre White

RB

South Carolina

Amari Rodgers

WR

Clemson

Briley Moore

TE

Kansas State

Kyree Woods

CB

San Diego State

Nehemiah Shelton

CB

San Jose State

Shyheim Carter

CB

Alabama

Shawn Preston Jr.

S

Mississippi State

Henry Black

S

Baylor

 

DALLAS RENEGADES (17)

Name

Position

School

Chim Okorafor

T

Benedictine-KS

Abdul Beecham

G

Kansas State

Keaton Sutherland

G

Texas A&M

Antwuan Jackson Jr.

DI

Ohio State

T.J. Franklin

ED

Baylor

Carson Wells

ED

Colorado

Callahan O'Reilly

LB

Montana State

Andrew Dowell

LB

Michigan State

Kalen DeLoach

LB

Florida State

J.T. Tyler

LB

Princeton

Curtis Hodges

TE

Arizona State

Denzel Mims

WR

Baylor

Greg Ward Jr.

WR

Houston

Qwynnterrio Cole

S

Louisville

Chris Steele

CB

USC

Brandon Sebastian

CB

Boston College

Armani Marsh

CB

Washington State

 

DC DEFENDERS (17)

Name

Position

School

Adrian Ealy

T

Oklahoma

Durrell Johnson

ED

Liberty

Devonnsha Maxwell

SI

Tennessee-Chattanooga

Dennis Johnson

DI

Grand Valley State

Brian Abraham

ED

Albany

Ferrod Gardner

LB

Louisiana Lafayette

Phil Hoskins

DI

Kentucky

Seth Williams

WR

Auburn

Ben Bresnahan

TE

Vanderbilt

Abram Smith

RB

Baylor

Javon Antonio

WR

Colorado

Trae Barry

TE

Boston College

Deontay Anderson

S

Houston

Leon O'Neal Jr.

S

Texas A&M

Kiondre Thomas

CB

Kansas State

Sam Kidd

S

James Madison

Kai Nacua

S

BYU

 

HOUSTON GAMBLERS (21)

Name

Position

School

Christian DiLauro

T

Illinois

Kellen Diesch

T

Arizona State

Donovahan West

C

Arizona State

Cam Carter

T

Murray State

Jaryd Jones-Smith

T

Pittsburgh

Malik Fisher

DE

Villanova

Kyon Barrs

DI

USC

Shaka Toney

ED

Penn State

Lonnie Phelps

ED

Kansas

Ikenna Enechukwu

DI

Rice

Charlie Thomas III

LB

Georgia Tech

Jerrod Clark

ED

Coastal Carolina

Braylon Sanders

WR

Mississippi

Nate McCrary

RB

Saginaw Valley

Kai Locksley

WR

UTEP

Cam Sutton

TE

Fresno State

LuJuan Winningham

WR

Central Arkansas

Carlton Johnson

CB

Fresno State

Nico Bolden

S

Kent State

Kary Vincent Jr.

CB

LSU

Avery Young

S

Rutgers

 

LOUISVILLE KINGS (18)

Name

Position

School

J.D. DiRenzo

G

Rutgers

Nash Jensen

G

North Dakota State

Gunnor Britton

T

Auburn

James Tunstall

T

Cincinnatti

DeVere Levelston

ED

SMU

Myjai Sanders

ED

Cincinnati

LaRon Stokes

DI

Oklahoma

Jamir Jones

ED

Notre Dame

Shayne Simon

LB

Pittsburgh

Benning Potoa'e

DI

Washington

Isaiah Winstead

WR

East Carolina

Kallen Ballage

RB

Arizona State

Thomas Burke

TE

College of New Jersey

Jalen Wydermyer

TE

Texas A&M

Jaden Shirden

RB

Monmouth

Rayshad Williams

CB

Texas Tech

Corey Mayfield

CB

UTSA

Kenny Robinson Jr.

S

West Virginia

 

ORLANDO STORM (15)

Name

Position

School

Teton Saltes

T

New Mexico

Jarrid Williams

T

Miami

Chris Garrett

LB

Concordia (MN)

Willie Yarbary

DI

Wake Forest

Andrew Parker

LB

Appalachian State

Isaiah Mack

DI

Tennessee Chattanooga

Maximillian Roberts

ED

Boston College

Chris Rowland

WR

Tennessee State

Marquez Stevenson

WR

Houston

Jerome Kapp

WR

Kutztown

Sam Wiglusz

WR

Ohio

Chris Claybrooks

CB

Memphis

Nate Meadors

S

UCLA

Micah Abraham

CB

Marshall

Ravarius Rivers

S

Valdosta State

 

ST. LOUIS BATTLEHAWKS (14)

Name

Position

School

Mike Panasuik

C

Michigan State

Spencer Rolland

G

North Carolina

Carlos Davis

DI

Nebraska

Jordan Williams

LB

Baylor

Mike Rose

LB

Iowa State

Taylor Stallworth

DI

South Carolina

Steve Linton

ED

Baylor

Blake Jackson

WR

Mary Hardin-Baylor

Gary Jennings Jr.

WR

West Virginia

Justin Smith

WR

Norfolk State

Daniel Isom

CB

Washington State

A.J. Thomas

S

Western Michigan

Jordan Mosley

S

Maryland

Sean Fresch

CB

Rice