Former BYU football quarterback Kedon Slovis heard his name called in the 2024 UFL draft. At USC Kedon Slovis replaced J.T. Daniels his freshman season but then was sidelined by an injury and was replaced by Jaxson Dart. Clay Helton was fired in 2021. Then Lincoln Riley was brought in with Caleb Williams in the 2021-2022 offseason. Slovis then transferred to Pitt and eventually BYU.
Slovis threw for 11,689 yards in his five years as a college quarterback at USC, Pitt, and BYU.
Last year at BYU, Slovis passed for 1,716 yards in eight starts before missing the final four games due to injury.
Slovis was the third quarterback selected in the UFL draft and was the 12th overall pick. The first two quarterbacks in front of him were Jason Bean of Kansas, who went No. 1, and UCF’s John Rhys Plumlee, who went third overall.
Slovis was signed by the Indianapolis Colts this past April as an undrafted rookie following the 2024 NFL draft.
The UFL celebrated its inaugural season this past spring after the USFL and XFL merged. The draft pool available to UFL teams included only undrafted players from the 2024 class.
With the 12th pick of the 2024 UFL College Draft, we’ve selected QB Kedon Slovis! 👏 pic.twitter.com/hQkndDIgdc
— D.C. Defenders (@XFLDefenders) July 17, 2024
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