UFL Draft Notables Include Tons of Former Denver Broncos

This past week the UFL held its annual draft. Teams from Omaha, Hartford, Sacramento, Florida, and Las Vegas drafted former NFL and collegiate players.

Omaha held the first pick, as they are the expansion franchise in the league's second season.

I'm going to spare you a ton of time and Googling that you really don't want to do anyway (someone's got to do it.) Here are the notables that were drafted into the UFL this week.

You may recognize a few of these players. Or you may recognize none. I guess that's why it's the UFL.

Omaha selected the most NFL notables. In round two former Cardinals defensive end Chike Okeafor was drafted with the first pick by Omaha. Then former Eagles OT Shawn Andrews went in round three to Omaha too.

In round 5 Omaha selected another guy I recognize—Kenny Peterson, the former Broncos DE (and former high school teammate of coach Josh McDaniels!). Ronald Curry, the WR/QB out of UNC, went to Omaha just one round later.

They selected another former Bronco, Nate Webster, in the ninth round. To round out the draft Omaha selected former Bronco safety Nick Ferguson with the very last selection.

The only other notable player drafted was defensive back Tony Parrish, formerly of the 49ers. He went in the ninth round to Las Vegas.

It's interesting that no notable former NFL quarterbacks or running backs went in this draft. Maybe those guys feel as though they can get back into the league rather than settle for the UFL.

I'm personally glad to see many former Denver Broncos accept this opportunity to keep playing and I cannot wait to see team Omaha in action!