STAMFORD, CONN., December 27, 2000 – The first XFL supplemental draft will be held Friday, December 29, via teleconference between league headquarters in Stamford, Conn., and all eight XFL teams.

The supplemental draft allows the XFL teams to add players who were not eligible when the league staged its Player Allocation Selection System (P.A.S.S.) draft last October. Through the October draft, XFL teams stocked their rosters with 70 players, including those taken during the draft’s open phase and acquired via territorial selection.

Recently, XFL teams have evaluated talent at two mini-camps, including one in November that featured quarterbacks, running backs, receivers and centers, and a second earlier this month that brought together full squads.

In the supplemental draft, which will have a pool of approximately 200 names, teams will be able to add an unlimited number of players. To be eligible, players must meet XFL eligibility criteria, including not being under contract to other football leagues and having executed an XFL contract. Players who were part of the league’s original draft pool are ineligible. Following Friday’s supplemental draft, which will begin at 9 a.m. (ET) and will be carried round-by-round on xfl.com, teams will have 24 hours to trim their rosters to 70 players. All eight XFL teams open pre-season training camps next week.

"Now that coaching staffs have had the opportunity to see the players in mini-camps, they have a much better idea of what their needs are," said Mike Keller, the XFL’s Vice President of Football Operations.

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