The2023 XFL draft was the player selection process to fill the rosters of the eight teams for the2023 XFL season, and the second draft in the rebooted version of theXFL history, following the2020 draft.

The draft was held on November 15–17, 2022, with results released through the XFL's social media channels.^[1]

The XFL 2023 draft pool consists of 1,700 players that are eligible.^[2][3] Of those, 528 players will advance to the preseason rosters.^[4][5]

XFL personnel have evaluated nearly 6,000 players^[6] in seven XFL showcases:^[7][8][9]Washington, D.C. (College Park, MD),^[10]HBCU (Jackson, MS),^[11]Florida (Bradenton, FL),^[12]Arizona (Tempe, AZ),^[13]Hawaii (Honolulu, HI),^[14]Texas (Arlington, TX) and "supplemental showcase" for players on the "XFL waitlist" inSan Diego, CA, which was run byAmerican National Combines (ANC).^[15] The league also held a separate "Specialist Showcase" run byNick Novak's Novak Kicking & Consulting.^[16]

Selected players who participated in XFL showcases were given a "Player Pool Invitation" which was an official invitation to the 2023 draft.^[17] XFL personnel also evaluated and invited players from NFL training camps and tryouts.^[18] Players from2020 XFL season were giving an automatic entry into the league's draft pool.^[19] International players were excluded, since the league was ineligible to seekP visas for players from outside the United States.^[20]

The 2023 XFL Draft followed the same basic layout as the2020 XFL draft: startingquarterbacks will be allocated in a separate process and revealed November 15, while the remaining positions will be separated byposition.^[1][21] It followed a "snake" format, with each position phase following a random order set prior to the draft, and that order reversing between odd and even rounds of the phase.^[22][23]

• November 15
  • Phase 0:Quarterbacks—2 rounds
• November 16
  • Phase 1: offensiveskill positions (running backs,wide receivers, andtight ends)—11 rounds
  • Phase 2:defensive backs (cornerbacks andsafeties)—11 rounds
  • Phase 3: defensivefront seven players (defensive linemen andlinebackers)—11 rounds
  • Phase 4: offensive linemen (offensive tackles,guards, andcenters)—11 rounds
• November 17
  • Phase 5:special teams (kicking players,long snappers)—3 rounds
  • Phase 6: open draft (any position)—11 rounds

A supplemental draft was held on January 1, 2023 to allow players who were obligated to another league at the time of the November draft (this included players from the2022 USFL season who signed before a loophole in the league'sreserve clause was closed, as well as players onNational Football League practice squad) to join the league.^[4]

Teams did not have any reserve rights to any players they had employed in 2020, and thus all of the league's roster spots will be filled by way of the draft or the supplemental draft. Also, there were no territorial or college rights.

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The specialist draft consisted of three rounds with a total of 24 players selected. Each team selected a long snapper, a kicker and a punter.

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