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UFL Draft Coming June 2

Thursday, May 27, 2010

JACKSONVILLE, FL--The United Football League teams building for the 2010 season will continue to stock their rosters by holding a Player Draft on Wednesday, June 2.

The coaching staffs of the Florida Tuskers, Hartford Colonials, Las Vegas Locos, Omaha Nighthawks and Sacramento Mountain Lions will make their selections beginning at 7pm EST on June 2.  The round by round results will then be posted on www.UFL-Football.com and also released through the league’s growing social networking presence on Twitter and Facebook.

The drafted players will join players already protected by their 2009 clubs, or selected in the expansion draft by the Omaha Nighthawks, taking each team’s provisional roster to the maximum of 52 allowed to participate in forthcoming Mini Camps.  Players selected in the draft shall remain on each teams’ Reserved Unsigned List until formally added to the roster by virtue of a negotiated contract. 
 
UFL roster breakdown:
•    20 protected players
•    20 additional unsigned free agents (to be announced)
•    12 drafted players

The Draft will be held over a period of 12 rounds during which each of the five UFL teams will be allowed one pick per round.  During Rounds One and Two, each team will have five minutes to make their selection of a player.  During Rounds Three through Twelve, each team will have three minutes to make their selection of a player.
 
The Draft selection order will be as follows:

Rounds 1-6    Selections will be based on expansion and the 2009 final record:

1.    Omaha Nighthawks                       (Expansion team)

2.    Hartford Colonials                         (0-6 in 2009 as the New York Sentinels)

3.    Sacramento Mountain Lions           (2-4 in 2009 as the California Redwoods)

4.    Florida Tuskers                              (6-0 in 2009, losing Championship Game finalists)

5.    Las Vegas Locos                           (4-2 in 2009, UFL Premiere Season Champions)

Rounds 7-12  Selections will rotate in the form of a waiver system:

Round 7         Round 8         Round 9         Round 10       Round 11       Round 12

Hartford          Sacramento     Florida             Las Vegas        Omaha             Hartford

Sacramento     Florida             Las Vegas       Omaha             Hartford           Sacramento

Florida            Las Vegas       Omaha             Hartford           Sacramento      Florida

Las Vegas       Omaha            Hartford           Sacramento      Florida             Las Vegas

Omaha            Hartford          Sacramento      Florida             Las Vegas       Omaha

 
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