After operating separately in 2023, the USFL and XFL decided to merge, creating the United Football League (UFL), which will consist of eight teams, all of which were in either of the two aforementioned leagues.
Those eight teams include the Arlington Renegades, Birmingham Stallions, D.C. Defenders, Houston Roughnecks, Memphis Showboats, Michigan Panthers, San Antonio Brahmas and St. Louis Battlehawks.
Here’s how the teams were put together, per TheUFL.com:
Each team will protect 42 players from its 2023 roster and select up to 20 players from the rosters of teams that will not be moving forward in 2024 from their previous league.
Players not protected or selected on Friday will be available for all UFL teams to choose from, regardless of previous league. That process will take place during a second dispersal draft on Jan. 15.
With the second dispersal draft in the books, players who were not selected became free agents as of Jan. 16.
UFL teams will have to lock in their 75-man training camp rosters by Feb. 14, 10 days before training camps begin on Feb. 24. Rosters will be cut down to 50 prior to the start of the season, which is March 30.
After perusing the rosters of each UFL team, we found plenty of former Titans. Here’s the list:
Arlington Renegades
OLB Vic Beasley
LB B.J. Bello
WR Deontay Burnett
DB Jamal Carter
DB Steven Jones
LB Tuzar Skipper
Birmingham Stallions
DB Chris Jackson
CB Terrell Bonds
OT Christian DiLauro
OT Derwin Gray
OG Zack Johnson
D.C. Defenders
OLB Derick Roberson
TE Briley Moore-McKinney
DL Niles Scott
Houston Roughnecks
OT Paul Adams
OT Avery Gennesy
TE Ryan Izzo
WR Anthony Ratliff-Williams
Memphis Showboats
CB Tye Smith
WR Rashard Davis
CB Quenton Meeks
Michigan Panthers
CB Nate Brooks
San Antonio Brahmas
OLB Wyatt Ray
St. Louis Battlehawks
DL Freedom Akinmoladun
