Last Updated: March 12th at 9:17 am ET
Jump to Quarterback, Running Back, Wide Receiver, Tight End positions.
Head Coach
| HC | Winston Moss First-time head coach. Spent 2007-18 with Mike McCarthy as linebackers coach and assistant head coach for Packers. |
Offensive Coordinator
| OC | Norm Chow Been coaching offense in college and NFL since 1970. Most successfully as Pete Carroll’s OC at Southern Cal from 2001-04, when he had Carson Palmer and Matt Leinart. Typically operates a pass-centric scheme. |
Quarterback
| QB1 | Josh Johnson Has started 12 NFL games. In 597 career NFL snaps, has rushed 67-394-1. Best 40-yard dash (4.53) and vertical jump of any QB in 2008 combine. Has been very aggressive throwing vertically in XFL, averaging a league-best 8.1 yards per attempt. Hamstring looked healthier in Week 5 as he rushed seven times for 19 yards. We suspect better rushing lines are ahead. |
| QB2 | Charles Kanoff Played at Princeton from 2013-17. Traded from New York to Los Angeles for Luis Perez on Jan. 19. Started in place of Josh Johnson (hamstring) in Week 1 and was competent, going 21-of-40 for 214 yards with one TD, one INT and a 10-yard rushing TD. |
| QB3 | Jalan McClendon Wasn’t among top-80 picks in XFL Draft. Big red flag that he fell behind Charles Kanoff even though Kanoff was only with the team for a couple of weeks before Week 1. |
Running Back
| RB1 | Martez Carter Selected 7th round, 56th overall in XFL Draft. Has most juice in LA’s crowded backfield, but oddly got just five carries and two targets while playing on 17-of-68 snaps in Week 5. Limited in practice (hip) on Wednesday for Week 6. |
| RB2 | DuJuan Harris Harris has been on nine different NFL teams since 2011. Now 31 years old. Very little juice, but still led backfield in Week 5 by playing on 29-of-68 snaps. Limited in practice (ankle) on Wednesday for Week 6. |
| RB3 | Larry Rose III Rose was selected 5th round, 40th overall in XFL Draft. Caught eye-opening 133 balls at New Mexico State from 2014-17. But role in LA is poor as he hasn’t topped six touches in a game all year |
| RB4 | Winston Dimel Dimel was added to active roster on Feb. 25. Played 12 snaps in Week 5, adding to a 4-man committee. Limited in practice (hip) on Wednesday for Week 6. |
| RB5 | Elijah Hood Selected 1st round, 8th overall in XFL Draft. Averaged 6.0 YPC on 430 carries at North Carolina from 2014-16. Was the clear feature back in Week 1, playing on 70% of the snaps and handling 63% of the RB touches. In Week 2 Hood played on 64% of the snaps and handled 68% of the RB touches. Role has devolved since then sharp. Was a healthy scratch in Week 5. |
| RB6 | Terrell Alex Added with roster expansions on March 9th. |
Wide Receiver
| WR1 | Nelson Spruce Selected 3rd round, 24th overall in XFL Draft. Weak athletic measurables, but torched the Pac-12 for 195 catches in his final two seasons at Colorado (2014-15). Spruce was also among the AAF’s best wideouts last spring, ranking 2nd in catches and fifth in yards. Was XFL’s best WR through first three weeks. Missed Weeks 4 and 5 with a knee injury. Upgraded to limited in practice on Wednesday for Week 6. |
| WR2 | Tre McBride Selected 2nd round, 16th overall in XFL Draft by DC. Was traded to Los Angeles for Rashad Ross on January 12. A favorite of the Draftnik community in 2015, McBride ran a 4.41 at 6’0/210 at his Combine. Made his XFL debut in Week 3 and went off for 5-109-2 on just 16 snaps and 11 routes. With Nelson Spruce (knee) out in Week 4, McBride played on 60-of-62 snaps and went off again — this time 8-127-1. In Week 5, McBride missed time with a rib issue but still went 3-35-1 and added a 2-point conversion. Limited in practice (rib) on Wednesday for Week 6. |
| WR3 | Jordan Smallwood NFL-style frame at 6’2/219, ran 4.53 at his Oklahoma Pro Day in 2018. With Nelson Spruce (knee) inactive last two weeks, Smallwood has played on 92-of-130 snaps (70.7%) and seen 13 targets. DNP in practice (ankle) on Wednesday for Week 6. |
| WR4 | Saeed Blacknall Wasn’t among top-80 picks in XFL Draft. Disappointed at Penn State, where he finished his four-year career with just 50 catches. Moved ahead of Adonis Jennings in Week 5, playing on 55-of-68 snaps and leading the team with a 18.9% target share. LImited in practice (thigh) on Wednesday for Week 6. |
| WR5 | Adonis Jennings Wasn’t among top-80 picks in XFL Draft. 6’2/203 out of Temple, where he went 42-742-7 as a senior in 2017. Was solid in AAF last spring, posting 17-210-0 in eight games for the Salt Lake Stallions. Even with Nelson Spruce (knee) out and Kermit Whitfield cut, Jennings’ poor play sunk him to just eight snaps played in Week 5. |
| WR6 | Jalen Greene Came off the bench for 15 snaps in Week 5. |
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Tight End
| TE1 | De’Quan Hampton With Brandon Barnes lost for season in Week 5, Hampton takes over as primary tight end. |
| TE2 | Ryan O’Malley Added with roster expansions on March 9th |
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Injury Report
| IR | Brandon Barnes (TE) Selected 4th round, 25th overall in XFL Draft. Caught 29 balls in 38 college games for Alabama State. Went 9-75-0 for the Memphis Express in AAF last spring. Was lost for season in Week 5. |
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