2001 XFL draft

2001 XFL draft
General information
Date	October 28–30, 2000
Location	Teleconference
Overview
475 total selections in 59 rounds
League	XFL
First selection	Scott Milanovich, QB, Los Angeles Xtreme

The 2001 XFL draft was the only draft for the first-iteration XFL football league. The draft took place over a three-day time period from October 28 to October 30, 2000, during which time a total of 475 players were selected by the league's 8 teams from a pool of approximately 1,600 or so eligible players. The draft consisted of 59 rounds—10 rounds taking place on October 28, 15 rounds on October 29, and 34 rounds on October 30.

The draft was followed by a supplemental draft on December 29, 2000, during which 65 additional players were selected in an effort to completely fill out team rosters. Most eligible players came from either the CFL, the Arena Football League, NFL Europe, retired NFL players, or previous college players who had gone undrafted by the NFL but had not yet signed with another league.

The XFL draft took place in order for teams to be ready to begin league play when the season kicked off on February 3, 2001.

Notable players drafted

See also: XFL (2001) § Notable players

Many of the players selected in the XFL draft went on to compete in the NFL and other football leagues.

Notable players selected in the draft included Las Vegas running back Rod Smart, who first gained popularity because the name on the back of his jersey read "He Hate Me." Smart stated that he had wanted to put "They Hate Me" (a jab at his critics) but there wasn't enough room. Smart, who was only picked 357th in the draft, later went on to play for the Philadelphia Eagles, Carolina Panthers, and the Oakland Raiders, thus becoming the second XFL player (after receiver Yo Murphy did as a member of the St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI) to play in a Super Bowl, participating in Super Bowl XXXVIII, which his team lost.

Many other XFL "alumni" who were selected in the draft went on to play in the NFL, including Kevin Kaesviharn, Jose Cortez, Corey Ivy, Mike Furrey and Rod Smart, and many others played extensively in the CFL, including Kelvin Anderson, John Avery, Duane Butler, Jeremaine Copeland, Marcus Crandell, Reggie Durden, Eric England, Paul McCallum (who wore the jersey nickname "CFL Reject"), Yo Murphy, Noel Prefontaine and Bobby Singh. The Arena Football League also absorbed some former XFL players.

Player selections

	Rnd.	Pick #	XFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Notes
	1	1	Los Angeles Xtreme	Scott Milanovich	QB	Maryland
	1	2	Birmingham Thunderbolts	Casey Weldon	QB	Florida State
	1	3	Memphis Maniax	Marcus Crandell	QB	East Carolina
	1	4	Orlando Rage	Jeff Brohm	QB	Louisville
	1	5	Las Vegas Outlaws	Chuck Clements	QB	Houston
	1	6	San Francisco Demons	Vaughn Dunbar	RB	Indiana
	1	7	New York/New Jersey Hitmen	Charles Puleri	QB	New Mexico State
	1	8	Chicago Enforcers	John Avery	RB	Ole Miss
	2	9	Chicago Enforcers	Paul Failla	QB	Indiana (PA)
	2	10	New York/New Jersey Hitmen	Jermaine Smith	DT	Georgia
	2	11	San Francisco Demons	Scott Adams	T	Georgia
	2	12	Las Vegas Outlaws	Antonio Edwards	DE	Valdosta
	2	13	Orlando Rage	Dan Collins	G	Boston College
	2	14	Memphis Maniax	Darick Holmes	RB	Portland State
	2	15	Birmingham Thunderbolts	Lies, MichaelMichael Lies	G	Kansas
	2	16	Los Angeles Xtreme	Steve Russ	LB	Air Force
	3	17	Los Angeles Xtreme	West, DerekDerek West	T	Colorado
	3	18	Birmingham Thunderbolts	Henry Taylor	DT	South Carolina
	3	19	Memphis Maniax	Mike Sheldon	T	Grand Valley State
	3	20	Orlando Rage	Jonathan Brown	DE	Tennessee
	3	21	Las Vegas Outlaws	Kory Blackwell	CB	UMass
	3	22	San Francisco Demons	Cordell Taylor	CB	Hampton
	3	23	New York/New Jersey Hitmen	McGee, CurtisCurtis McGee	T	Georgia Tech
	3	24	Chicago Enforcers	Julian Pittman	DE	Florida State
	4	25	Chicago Enforcers	Quincy Coleman	CB	Jackson State
	4	26	New York/New Jersey Hitmen	Tony Berti	T	Colorado
	4	27	San Francisco Demons	Sanders, DavidDavid Sanders	DE	Arkansas
	4	28	Las Vegas Outlaws	Antonio Dingle	DT	Virginia
	4	29	Orlando Rage	Derrick Clark	RB	Evangel
	4	30	Memphis Maniax	Mike Sutton	DE	LSU
	4	31	Birmingham Thunderbolts	Wallace, AlonzoAlonzo Wallace	DE	Maryland
	4	32	Los Angeles Xtreme	Day, DonnellDonnell Day	CB	Cal State Northridge
	5	33	Los Angeles Xtreme	James Harris	DE	Temple
	5	34	Birmingham Thunderbolts	Burroughs, JustinJustin Burroughs	G	NC State
	5	35	Memphis Maniax	Rico Clark	CB	Louisville
	5	36	Orlando Rage	Ricky Bell	CB	NC State
	5	37	Las Vegas Outlaws	Rickey Brady	TE	Oklahoma
	5	38	San Francisco Demons	Craig Powell	LB	Ohio State
	5	39	New York/New Jersey Hitmen	Dwayne Sabb	DE	New Hampshire
	5	40	Chicago Enforcers	Egbuniwe, ChikeChike Egbuniwe	LB	Duke
	6	41	Chicago Enforcers	Tim Lester	QB	Western Michigan
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