UFL premiere season draft

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The UFL "premiere" season draft was the inaugural draft of the United Football League (UFL). [1] The results of the draft were announced via press release on June 19, 2009. [1]

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Among the players selected were those that participated in earlier workouts in Orlando, Florida and Las Vegas, Nevada. [1] Once drafted by a UFL team, a player's rights were held by that team if he agreed to play within the league. [1]

Draft results

= Indicated player signed with drafting team

California Redwoods

PlayerPositionCollege
Odie Armstrong FB NW Oklahoma State
Obafemi Ayanbadejo FB San Diego State
Shane Boyd QB Kentucky
Larry Brackins WR Pearl River CC
Kai Brown LS Brown
Brett Dietz QB Hanover
Marcus Fitzgerald WR Marshall
Marquies Gunn DE Auburn
Derrell Hutsona RB Washington State
Prince Kwateng LB Northwestern
Branden Ledbetter TE Western Michigan
Cory Lekkerkerker T California-Davis
Joe Martin LB San Diego State
Liam O'Hagan QB Harvard
Brian Rimpf T East Carolina
B. J. Sams WR McNeese State
Brian Stamper T Vanderbilt
Jason Stewart NT Fresno State
Damon Suggs DE Georgia Southern
Ahmad Treaudo DB Southern
Marviel Underwood DB San Diego State
Jeremy Unertl DB Wisconsin–La Crosse
John David Washington RB Morehouse
Joe West WR Texas-El Paso

Florida Tuskers

PlayerPositionCollege
Fred BledsoeNT Arkansas
Brooks Bollinger QB Wisconsin
Ronnie Cruz FB Northern State
Mike Doss DB Ohio State
Greg Fassitt DB Grambling
Chas Gessner WR Brown
Keith Heinrich TE Sam Houston State
Rien Long NT Washington State
Grant Mason DB Michigan
Tim McGarigle LB Northwestern
Chris Perry RB Michigan
Rob Petitti T Pittsburgh
Zach Piller OG Florida
Eric Powell DE Florida State
Anthony Schlegel LB Ohio State
Bo Schobel DE TCU
Dominique Thompson WR William & Mary
DeJuan Tribble CB Boston College
Larry Tripplett NT Washington
Darius Vinnett DB Arkansas
Seth Wand T Northwest Missouri State
Jermaine Wiggins TE Georgia
Quincy Wilson RB West Virginia
T. J. Wright DB Ohio

Las Vegas Locomotives

PlayerPositionCollege
Adam Archuleta DB Arizona State
Adrian Awasom DE North Texas
Antwon Jones P Little Rock
Jason Boone OG Utah
Wendell Bryant NT Wisconsin
Ezra Butler LB Nevada
Wale DadaDB Washington State
George Gause T South Carolina
Paul Gause DB Seton Hall
Andrew Jacas K Fort Valley State
Nate Jackson TE Menlo
Brandon Joyce T Illinois State
David Kircus WR Grand Valley State
Scott Kuhn TE Louisville
Gabe Long NT Utah
Brandon Moore LB Oklahoma
Ronnie Palmer LB Arizona
Gary Stills LB West Virginia
Tyson Thompson RB San Jose State
Andrae Thurman WR Southern Oregon
Brian Toal LB Boston College
Nick Turnbull DB Florida International
Chaz Williams DB Oregon
Terrence Whitehead RB Oregon

New York Sentinels

PlayerPositionCollege
C. J. Bachér QB Northwestern
Trey Brown DB UCLA
Oliver Celestin DB Texas Southern
Richy Rich NT South Florida
Maurice Fountain DE Clemson
Ronnie Ghent TE Louisville
Tyronne Gross RB Eastern Oregon
Samuel Gutekunst TNone
Jasper Harvey C San Diego State
Brian Johnson QB Utah
Noriaki Kinoshita WR Ritsumeikan
David Lofton DB Stanford
Marc Magro LB West Virginia
Terrell Maze DB San Diego State
Ray Norell T Buffalo
Ramiro Pruneda T Monterrey Tech
Joe Rubin RB Portland State
Steve Sanders WR Bowling Green
Cecil Sapp RB Colorado State
Bryan Save NT Colorado State
Michale Spicer DE Western Carolina
LaBrandon Toefield RB LSU
Nathan WilliamsLB Murray State
Shannon Woods RB Texas Tech

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  1. 1 2 3 4 ""Premiere" Season Draft". UFL-Football.com. 19 June 2009. Archived from the original on July 26, 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2009.