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UPDATED: Atlanta Falcons Vs. Denver Broncos, XFL Prospects To Watch

The NFL preseason is about to kick off tonight at 8 PM, meaning the official beginning of the football season is here. The Pro Football Hall Of Fame game tonight features the Atlanta Falcons and Denver Broncos.

From now until April 26th there will be football on every week. Except for the week before the Super Bowl but you do have the NFL’s Pro Bowl. We are of course including the upcoming XFL season which kicks off February 8th, a week after the Super Bowl.

For XFL fans the NFL preseason has more meaning than ever before. The NFL preseason is a chance to look at potential XFL prospects on national TV. Tonight’s game has a handful of players who could be part of the XFL draft if they get released on NFL cut down day August 31st. The XFL draft is supposed to take place in mid-October.

We are going to focus on offensive players only.

Atlanta Falcons Players To Watch

QB

# 6 Kurt Benkert – 1-year player (19/34 – 185 yards – 1 TD – 0 INT)

RB

# 25 Ito Smith – 2-year player (3 CAR – 6 yards – 0 TD )

# 23 Brian Hill – 3-year player (1 CAR – 57 yards – 0 TD )

# 38 Kenjon Barner – 6-year player (2 CAR – 1 yards – 0 TD )

# 32 Qadree Ollison – Rookie (5-Round Pick) (6 CAR – 2 yards – 0 TD )

# 46 Tony Brooks-James – Rookie (undrafted) (0 CAR – 0 yards – 0 TD )

WR

# 17 Olamide Zaccheaus – Rookie (undrafted) (2 REC – 31 yards – 0 TD )

# 16 Shawn Bane – Rookie (undrafted) (3 REC – 39 yards – 0 TD )

# 19 Kahlil Lewis – Rookie (undrafted) (2 REC – 14 yards – 0 TD )

# 3 Marcus Green – Rookie (6-Round Pick) (0 REC – 0 yards – 0 TD )

# 13 Christian Blake – 1-year player (5 REC – 46 yards – 0 TD )

# 7 C.J. Worton – Rookie (undrafted) (2 REC – 16 yards – 0 TD )

Denver Broncos Players To Watch

QB

# 4 Brett Rypien – Rookie (undrafted) (5/10 – 41 yards – 1 TD – 0 INT)

# 9 Kevin Hogan – 4-year player. Drew Lock was drafted in the 2nd round and playing for the backup role. Hogan is #2 on the depth chart.
(5/8 – 37 yards – 0 TD – 0 INT)

RB

23 Devontae Booker – 4-year player. The Broncos signed Theo Riddick from the Lions. Booker is #3 on the depth chart and could be the odd man out. (3 CAR – 6 yards – 0 TD )

# 33 Khalfani Muhammad – 1-year player (7 CAR – 50 yards – 1 TD )

# 48 Devontae Jackson – Rookie (undrafted) (12 CAR – 26 yards – 0 TD )

# 49 David Williams – 2-year player (5 CAR – 9 yards – 0 TD )

WR

# 2 Trinity Benson – Rookie (undrafted) (0 REC – 0 yards – 0 TD )

# 12 Brendan Langley – 3-year player (1 REC – 8 yards – 0 TD )

# 83 Jamarius Way – Rookie (undrafted) (0 REC – 0 yards – 0 TD )

# 86 Nick Williams – 6-year player (1 REC – 18 yards – 0 TD )

# 15 Juwann Winfree – Rookie (6-Round Pick) (1 REC – 15 yards – 1 TD )

# 16 Kelvin McKnight – Rookie (undrafted) (1 REC – 6 yards – 0 TD )

# 11 River Cracraft – 2-year player (0 REC – 0 yards – 0 TD )

# 13 Steven Dunbar Jr. – 1-year player (3 REC – 14 yards – 0 TD )

Post Game Recap

After watching the game, leave a comment on who you thought stood out. Who should XFL fans keep an eye on?

UPDATED: We added the player’s stats and here is a full recap of the game from NFL.com. The Broncos beat the Falcons 14 – 10.


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  1. Beasley Reese

    August 2, 2019 at 11:45 pm

    Rypin.

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