Two former Wisconsin Badgers have been added to XFL rosters after safety Darius Hillary and wide receiver Tanner McEvoy were selected in the league’s supplemental draft on Friday.
McEvoy was selected by the Tampa Bay Vipers and Hillary went to the St. Louis Battlehawks.
We have added five new Vipers to our roster in the XFL Supplemental Draft.
#XFL2020 | #ReadyToStrike 🐍 pic.twitter.com/K64Yw5nRHB— Tampa Bay Vipers (@XFLVipers) November 22, 2019
New faces! 😆
Here are your 9⃣ new BattleHawks who were picked up in Friday's XFL Supplemental Draft!#ClearedToEngage pic.twitter.com/sCf3R4UEbP
— St. Louis BattleHawks (@XFLBattleHawks) November 22, 2019
McEvoy and Hillary join two other Badgers – Olive Sagapolu and Garret Dooley – on XFL rosters as the league looks to reboot in 2020, just after the conclusion of the NFL season.
McEvoy was perhaps the most interesting recent player in Badgers history, having played quarterback and safety while at Wisconsin. He completed 65 passes for 709 yards and five touchdowns in 2014, while also racking up 45 career tackles and seven interceptions as a defensive back.
He entered the NFL as a receiver however, and spent two seasons with the Seahawks and one with the Dolphins before finding his way to the XFL.
Hillary spent four years with the Badgers from 2012-2015, racking up 138 combined tackles with 18 passes defended and one interception. He went undrafted and bounced around multiple practice squads, appearing in one NFL game with the Browns in 2017.
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