Who were some of the former NFL players chosen in the UFL Draft?”
The UFL Draft is tonight. It started at 6:30 pm. We don’t know exactly how it will work, other than the fact that it will be unlike any other draft you have ever known. You can get updates through the evening from UFL President Michael Huyghue on his Twitter account. The odd part about it is that several teams have already started dealing with players. Michael Vick has reportedly already received an offer from the Orlando team, JP Losman supposedly has one from the Las Vegas team, and other teams have already made proposals to other players. So who’s eligible? Anyone, I guess. At least anyone who doesn’t already have a better gig elsewhere. Will the UFL announce the draft results? We don’t even know that yet. It should be interesting to see how this league shakes out. So far, it looks like they’re doing a lot of things right. They’re picking up some decent coaching and 2nd-tier talent, and they’re cooperating with the NFL rather nicely. Maybe there’s hope for this league after all… w
“One of the things I thought about Coach Childress and Rick Spielman was how thorough they are as far as big shots in NFL franchises,” Meyer continuted. “It is what it is. It’s like us recruiting a player without getting to know the coaching staff, where they just spent four years in high school. So, we just spent three years with Percy Harvin. Coach Childress came down and Rick Spielman came down (to Florida) himself. They could not have done a more thorough job. I think when you start talking about the future of a franchise, the first round pick, that’s what you have to do. So, we had a great discussion, asked all the in-depth questions, and the relationship between the Vikings and the Gators is tremendous.” It is the first time that Minnesota has selected a wide receiver out of Florida, and Harvin became the 10th Gator picked by the Vikings. Ciatrick Fason was the last UF player drafted by Minnesota in the fourth round of the 2005 NFL Draft. “Well, I mentioned certainly the return g
