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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