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AFL holds dispersal draft

Friday October 14, 2016

Teams Add to Rosters For 2017 Season

LAS VEGAS (October 14, 2016) – The Arena Football League held a Dispersal Draft today with current teams selecting players from the rosters of the Jacksonville Sharks, Los Angeles KISS, Orlando Predators and Portland Steel.  Teams were allowed up to two minutes to make a selection in each round.  The process continued until all teams passed on a selection.  The expansion Washington Valor had the first five picks (in the first round only), then followed by teams in reverse order of the 2016 postseason results.  Below are the results from that process.  

2016 OFFSEASON ASSIGNMENT PROCESS
 
SELECTION PLAYER
  
ROUND ONE   
Washington QB Tommy Grady   
Washington OL Moqut Ruffins   
Washington WR Greg Carr   
Tampa Bay (via trade WAS) QB Pete Thomas   
Tampa Bay (via trade WAS )QB Randy Hippeard   
Washington (via trade TAM) QB Nathan Stanley   
Cleveland DL Derrick Summers   
Arizona OL Jordan McCray   
Philadelphia OL John Martinez   
 
ROUND TWO   
Washington OL John Collins   
Tampa Bay OL Justin McCray   
Cleveland WR Paul Browning   
Arizona OL Cornelius Lewis   
Philadelphia WR Andrew Robustelli
  
ROUND THREE   
Washington OL Adam Shead   
Tampa Bay DL Monte Lewis   
Cleveland DL Keith Bowers   
Arizona QB Chase Cartwright   
Philadelphia PASS  
 
ROUND FOUR   
Washington DL Laith Wallschleger   
Tampa Bay DB Trey Wolfe   
Cleveland WR Rashaad Carter   
Arizona OL Ian Joseph   
Philadelphia PASS   
 
ROUND FIVE   
Washington WR Fred Williams   
Tampa Bay DL Caesar Rayford   
Cleveland LB Alvin Ray Jackson   
Arizona WR Nick Truesdell   
Philadelphia PASS
  
ROUND SIX   
Washington OL Visesio Salt Jr   
Tampa Bay DB Emmanuel Cook   
Cleveland OL Zach Anderson   
Arizona WR Justin Wilson   
Philadelphia PASS
  
ROUND SEVEN   
Washington QB Bernard Morris   
Tampa Bay OL J.J. Unga   
Cleveland DL Kalafitoni Pole   
Arizona DL Dontay Moch   
Philadelphia PASS
  
ROUND EIGHT   
Washington WR Jeremy Gallon   
Tampa Bay DL Marcus Pittman   
Cleveland PASS   
Arizona DB Shaine Boyle   
Philadelphia PASS  
 
ROUND NINE   
Washington DL Reggie Wilson   
Tampa Bay PASS   
Cleveland PASS   
Arizona PASS   
Philadelphia PASS
 
ROUND TEN   
Washington PASS   
Tampa Bay PASS   
Cleveland PASS   
Arizona PASS   
Philadelphia PASS 
  
 
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