# AAF quarterback draft

The AAF QB draft was the only draft for the Alliance of American Football (AAF), held in advance of the 2019 season. The draft was a four-round quarterback draft where clubs were allowed to "protect or pick" from the selection. It was held on November 27, 2018, at the HyperX Esports Arena at Luxor Las Vegas and broadcast on the CBS Sports Network.

## Draft rules

The draft lasted four rounds with a preset draft order. The first round included a "pick or protect" method, where if a team elected to protect a player, they selected their player before the teams electing to not protect a player from their region. The second round kept the original selection order with the third and fourth rounds being the reverse order selection.

### "Protect or pick" rules

Quarterbacks were allocated by region based on where they played college football or last played with an NFL or CFL team. If the player went to school outside of an Alliance team's area, the player was unallocated and eligible for selection by any team. Teams were given the option to "protect" any player from their area, and would become that team's first round selection. Teams electing not to "protect" a player would then "pick" from the entire pool of eligible quarterbacks based on draft order for their first round selection. Any quarterback that was already signed to an Alliance team was eligible to be selected in the draft.

## Player selections

| Rnd. | Pick # | AAF team | Player | College | Most recent pro team roster | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | San Diego Fleet | Josh Johnson | San Diego | Oakland Raiders | Protected |
| 1 | 2 | Atlanta Legends | Aaron Murray | Georgia | Los Angeles Rams | Protected |
| 1 | 3 | Memphis Express | Troy Cook | UT Martin | | Protected |
| 1 | 4 | San Antonio Commanders | Dustin Vaughan | West Texas A&M | Baltimore Ravens | Protected |
| 1 | 5 | Birmingham Iron | Luis Perez | Texas A&M–Commerce | Los Angeles Rams | |
| 1 | 6 | Arizona Hotshots | Trevor Knight | Texas A&M | Atlanta Falcons | |
| 1 | 7 | Orlando Apollos | Garrett Gilbert | SMU | Carolina Panthers | |
| 1 | 8 | Salt Lake Stallions | Josh Woodrum | Liberty | Baltimore Ravens | |
| 2 | 9 | San Diego Fleet | Mike Bercovici | Arizona State | Arizona Cardinals | |
| 2 | 10 | Birmingham Iron | Blake Sims | Alabama | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| 2 | 11 | Arizona Hotshots | John Wolford | Wake Forest | New York Jets | |
| 2 | 12 | Orlando Apollos | Stephen Morris | Miami (FL) | Houston Texans | |
| 2 | 13 | Atlanta Legends | Matt Simms | Tennessee | Atlanta Falcons | |
| 2 | 14 | Salt Lake Stallions | B. J. Daniels | South Florida | Saskatchewan Roughriders | |
| 2 | 15 | Memphis Express | Christian Hackenberg | Penn State | Cincinnati Bengals | |
| 2 | 16 | San Antonio Commanders | Marquise Williams | North Carolina | Saskatchewan Roughriders | |
| 3 | 17 | San Antonio Commanders | Logan Woodside | Toledo | Tennessee Titans | |
| 3 | 18 | Memphis Express | Brandon Silvers | Troy | | |
| 3 | 19 | Salt Lake Stallions | Austin Allen | Arkansas | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| 3 | 20 | Atlanta Legends | Peter Pujals | Holy Cross | Minnesota Vikings | |
| 3 | 21 | Orlando Apollos | Austin Appleby | Florida | Dallas Cowboys | |
| 3 | 22 | Arizona Hotshots | Quinn McQueary | Montana Tech | | |
| 3 | 23 | Birmingham Iron | Scott Tolzien | Wisconsin | Indianapolis Colts | |
| 3 | 24 | San Diego Fleet | Philip Nelson | East Carolina | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | |
| 4 | 25 | San Antonio Commanders | Dalton Sturm | UTSA | Dallas Cowboys | |
| 4 | 26 | Memphis Express | Zach Mettenberger | LSU | Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| 4 | 27 | Salt Lake Stallions | Matt Linehan | Idaho | | |
| 4 | 28 | Atlanta Legends | Justin Holman | UCF | Montreal Alouettes | |
| 4 | 29 | Orlando Apollos | Kevin Anderson | Fordham | | |
| 4 | 30 | Arizona Hotshots | Jack Heneghan | Dartmouth | San Francisco 49ers | |
| 4 | 31 | Birmingham Iron | Alek Torgersen | Penn | Arizona Cardinals | |
| 4 | 32 | San Diego Fleet | Alex Ross | Coastal Carolina | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | |
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