9 USFL Day 1 draft picks who used to play in the NFL, including Paxton Lynch

Some names you might recognize!

The USFL is back! And after we got a look at the eight teams’ uniforms and helmets, the franchises in the rebooted United States Football League, those squads are getting a roster.

Day 1 of the USFL draft is done, and there were a few recognizable names on the list for NFL fans — as you saw in the headline, Paxton Lynch (the former first-round QB taken out of Memphis by the Denver Broncos in 2016) is on a roster. He’s now a member of the Michigan Panthers, who made him the last pick of Round 12, which was all quarterbacks.

Who else might you recognize? Here you go: