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Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on June 18, 2009, 8:06 p.m.
If you are the type of person that would be interested in the UFL Draft, you probably have some questions about the format. (And have a noble football addiction.)
Details were scarce before this post on PFT got the ball rolling, but ESPN’s Chris Mortensen has answers.
The draft will be 24 rounds, held electronically from team locations. There is only three minutes allowed per pick, so it’s going roughly as fast as your local fantasy league. More than half of the draft is already complete.
The league has “protected” most notable quarterbacks, and 20 players-per-team were already assigned. Players drafted Thursday participated in an open tryout for the league.
Mortensen reports the quarterback assignments will be announced on July 1. That’s why we won’t hear anything about J.P. Losman or a certain former Atlanta Falcons quarterback tonight.
The biggest name drafted thus far is former PFT sponsor Adam Archuleta. The NFL’s highest paid safety as recently as 2006, Archuleta will now play for the Las Vegas franchise.
Some other notable drafted names passed along by Mort and Rachel Gary of the UFL include safety Mike Doss. The former second-round pick in the NFL Draft was once a Colts starter before an arrest and ACL injury derailed his career.
Former Jaguar running back LaBrandon Toefield will be LaRunning for Orlando.
Gary Stills, a former Pro Bowl special teamer in Baltimore, went to Las Vegas.
There apparently haven’t been many international players taken, but the New York franchise selected a wideout from Japan and an offensive lineman from Germany.
The UFL will post the full results by the end of the night on their website.
Las Vegas Drafts Wendell Bryant
Posted by Aaron Wilson on June 18, 2009, 7:16 p.m.
The United Football League’s Las Vegas franchise has drafted former Arizona Cardinals first-round draft pick Wendell Bryant.
Earlier this spring, we detailed Bryant’s battle to get sober after years of drug and alcohol abuse derailed his NFL career.
Now, Bryant, who said he has been sober for nearly a year, is getting a second chance in the UFL.
Bryant was drafted 12th overall by the Cardinals in the 2002 NFL Draft.
However, the former Wisconsin star and two-time Big Ten Conference Defensive Lineman of the Year acknowledging using drugs, including marijuana and Ecstasy.
He was cut by the Cardinals in 2005 and was suspended by the league for a year.
Bryant, 28, said he has since been reinstated by the NFL.
“What I would tell any NFL team is that I know I have a checkered past and I would just want to let them know what I’m doing to keep myself clean and that I can definitely be trusted,” Bryant told us earlier this spring. “I know it’s scary territory for a team to delve into and they worry about, ‘What if this guy relapses or he takes a drink again?’ The main thing I would want to let them know is I haven’t had any drinks or done anything involving drugs in a long time.
“I don’t plan on ever going back to that. I’m not about running around or any kind of mess like that. For me, it’s all about being a father, getting married and holding it down and doing the right things. If anybody gives me a chance and lets me get that foot in the door, they won’t be sorry. I’m a new man, and it feels great to be able to say that.”
If you are the type of person that would be interested in the UFL Draft, you probably have some questions about the format. (And have a noble football addiction.)
Details were scarce before this post on PFT got the ball rolling, but ESPN’s Chris Mortensen has answers.
The draft will be 24 rounds, held electronically from team locations. There is only three minutes allowed per pick, so it’s going roughly as fast as your local fantasy league. More than half of the draft is already complete.
The league has “protected” most notable quarterbacks, and 20 players-per-team were already assigned. Players drafted Thursday participated in an open tryout for the league.
Mortensen reports the quarterback assignments will be announced on July 1. That’s why we won’t hear anything about J.P. Losman or a certain former Atlanta Falcons quarterback tonight.
The biggest name drafted thus far is former PFT sponsor Adam Archuleta. The NFL’s highest paid safety as recently as 2006, Archuleta will now play for the Las Vegas franchise.
Some other notable drafted names passed along by Mort and Rachel Gary of the UFL include safety Mike Doss. The former second-round pick in the NFL Draft was once a Colts starter before an arrest and ACL injury derailed his career.
Former Jaguar running back LaBrandon Toefield will be LaRunning for Orlando.
Gary Stills, a former Pro Bowl special teamer in Baltimore, went to Las Vegas.
There apparently haven’t been many international players taken, but the New York franchise selected a wideout from Japan and an offensive lineman from Germany.
The UFL will post the full results by the end of the night on their website.
Las Vegas Drafts Wendell Bryant
Posted by Aaron Wilson on June 18, 2009, 7:16 p.m.
The United Football League’s Las Vegas franchise has drafted former Arizona Cardinals first-round draft pick Wendell Bryant.
Earlier this spring, we detailed Bryant’s battle to get sober after years of drug and alcohol abuse derailed his NFL career.
Now, Bryant, who said he has been sober for nearly a year, is getting a second chance in the UFL.
Bryant was drafted 12th overall by the Cardinals in the 2002 NFL Draft.
However, the former Wisconsin star and two-time Big Ten Conference Defensive Lineman of the Year acknowledging using drugs, including marijuana and Ecstasy.
He was cut by the Cardinals in 2005 and was suspended by the league for a year.
Bryant, 28, said he has since been reinstated by the NFL.
“What I would tell any NFL team is that I know I have a checkered past and I would just want to let them know what I’m doing to keep myself clean and that I can definitely be trusted,” Bryant told us earlier this spring. “I know it’s scary territory for a team to delve into and they worry about, ‘What if this guy relapses or he takes a drink again?’ The main thing I would want to let them know is I haven’t had any drinks or done anything involving drugs in a long time.
“I don’t plan on ever going back to that. I’m not about running around or any kind of mess like that. For me, it’s all about being a father, getting married and holding it down and doing the right things. If anybody gives me a chance and lets me get that foot in the door, they won’t be sorry. I’m a new man, and it feels great to be able to say that.”
