In a word, XFL fantasy football has been fun so far. Sure, we’re only two weeks in, but the league has produced an entertaining product. It isn’t the NFL, but it doesn’t have to be for us to have a good time playing some more fantasy football.
Heading into Week 3, we’re still operating on limited information, but we’ll use what we learned to produce an initial set of rankings and projections. Don’t forget to check back on Friday for our final projections and rankings for the week.
QUARTERBACK
| Pos | Player | Pos | Tm | Op | Yds | TD | RuAtt | RuYds | RuTD | Pts |
| 1 | Phillip Walker | QB | HOU | TB | 293.0 | 1.5 | 4.3 | 25.7 | 0.2 | 19.2 |
| 2 | Cardale Jones | QB | DC | LOS | 255.4 | 1.8 | 4.7 | 16.2 | 0.1 | 18.7 |
| 3 | Jordan Ta'amu | QB | SL | NY | 203.0 | 1.1 | 6.0 | 32.7 | 0.2 | 16.5 |
| 4 | Josh Johnson | QB | LOS | DC | 260.3 | 1.6 | 3.9 | 11.5 | 0.1 | 16.0 |
| 5 | Landry Jones | QB | DAL | SEA | 250.5 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 12.2 |
| 6 | Aaron Murray | QB | TB | HOU | 185.4 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.2 |
| 7 | Brandon Silvers | QB | SEA | DAL | 180.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.9 |
| 8 | Matt McGloin | QB | NY | SL | 156.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 6.8 |
| 9 | Marquise Williams | QB | NY | SL | 67.5 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 7.4 | 0.1 | 4.4 |
| 10 | Quinton Flowers | QB | TB | HOU | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 15.6 | 0.1 | 2.2 |
P.J. Walker and Cardale Jones remain the top two options after repeating solid outings in Week 2. However, the No. 1 scorer at the position is now Jordan Ta’amu after his massive performance last week. The St. Louis signal caller tossed three scores through the air to go along with 295 yards. He also had another good day on the ground with 32 rushing yards and a score.
Landry Jones and Josh Johnson didn’t exactly have the best debuts last week, but each performed well enough to deserve consideration this week. After that, we have a few question marks, as Aaron Murray missed last week with an injury and Matt McGloin was benched for Marquise Williams.
Check back on Friday, as we’ll have more clarity for the final projections in my XFL weekly preview article.
FLEX
| Pos | Player | Pos | Tm | Op | Att | RuYds | RuTD | Rec | ReYds | ReTD | PPR |
| 1 | Nelson Spruce | WR | LOS | DC | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 94.2 | 0.7 | 20.0 |
| 2 | Cam Phillips | WR | HOU | TB | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.6 | 97.8 | 0.6 | 20.0 |
| 1 | Cameron Artis-Payne | RB | DAL | SEA | 9.2 | 61.5 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 29.0 | 0.1 | 15.9 |
| 1 | Donald Parham | TE | DAL | SEA | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 74.3 | 0.4 | 14.8 |
| 2 | Donnel Pumphrey | RB | DC | LOS | 10.5 | 47.8 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 24.1 | 0.2 | 12.8 |
| 3 | De'Mornay Pierson-El | WR | SL | NY | 0.7 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 63.8 | 0.4 | 15.7 |
| 4 | Eli Rogers | WR | DC | LOS | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 69.5 | 0.5 | 15.1 |
| 5 | Mekale McKay | WR | NY | SL | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 79.6 | 0.4 | 14.8 |
| 3 | Matt Jones | RB | SL | NY | 13.7 | 64.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 10.0 |
| 4 | Nick Holley | RB | HOU | TB | 0.8 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 44.3 | 0.3 | 9.7 |
| 5 | Jacques Patrick | RB | TB | HOU | 10.7 | 66.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 9.7 |
| 6 | Kahlil Lewis | WR | HOU | TB | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 57.6 | 0.3 | 13.4 |
| 7 | Keenan Reynolds | WR | SEA | DAL | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 67.7 | 0.2 | 13.0 |
| 6 | Tim Cook | RB | NY | SL | 8.9 | 39.4 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 12.6 | 0.0 | 9.1 |
| 8 | DeAndre Thompkins | WR | DC | LOS | 0.9 | 8.4 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 55.0 | 0.4 | 12.7 |
| 7 | Lance Dunbar | RB | DAL | SEA | 4.0 | 19.3 | 0.1 | 3.2 | 22.7 | 0.1 | 8.7 |
| 8 | Kenneth Farrow | RB | SEA | DAL | 7.7 | 34.8 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 10.1 | 0.0 | 7.8 |
| 9 | Jhurell Pressley | RB | DC | LOS | 7.0 | 35.7 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 10.4 | 0.1 | 7.8 |
| 10 | De'Veon Smith | RB | TB | HOU | 7.1 | 35.2 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 7.7 |
| 11 | Elijah Hood | RB | LOS | DC | 9.5 | 43.2 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 7.4 |
| 12 | James Butler | RB | HOU | TB | 6.7 | 29.7 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 8.7 | 0.0 | 6.9 |
| 9 | Jordan Smallwood | WR | LOS | DC | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 53.2 | 0.3 | 10.8 |
| 10 | Reece Horn | WR | TB | HOU | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 48.7 | 0.2 | 10.5 |
| 11 | Alonzo Russell | WR | SL | NY | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 50.7 | 0.3 | 10.5 |
| 13 | Trey Williams | RB | SEA | DAL | 9.2 | 44.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.4 |
| 12 | L'Damian Washington | WR | SL | NY | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 43.1 | 0.2 | 10.0 |
| 13 | Rashad Ross | WR | DC | LOS | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 45.9 | 0.4 | 9.1 |
| 14 | Ja'Quan Gardner | RB | SEA | DAL | 5.5 | 19.1 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 4.7 |
| 14 | Jeff Badet | WR | DAL | SEA | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 39.1 | 0.1 | 8.4 |
| 2 | Jake Powell | TE | NY | SL | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 26.3 | 0.1 | 6.1 |
| 15 | Christine Michael | RB | SL | NY | 8.1 | 20.2 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 4.4 |
| 15 | Daniel Williams | WR | TB | HOU | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 38.3 | 0.2 | 7.9 |
| 16 | Sammie Coates | WR | HOU | TB | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 40.3 | 0.1 | 7.7 |
| 17 | Austin Proehl | WR | SEA | DAL | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 36.9 | 0.1 | 7.7 |
| 16 | Austin Walter | RB | DAL | SEA | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 12.1 | 0.0 | 3.5 |
| 3 | Nick Truesdell | TE | TB | HOU | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 21.5 | 0.1 | 5.0 |
| 17 | Matt Colburn II | RB | NY | SL | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 16.7 | 0.1 | 3.4 |
| 18 | Joe Horn Jr. | WR | NY | SL | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 35.1 | 0.1 | 6.9 |
| 18 | Larry Rose III | RB | LOS | DC | 2.5 | 12.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| 19 | Darius Victor | RB | NY | SL | 4.0 | 22.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 |
| 19 | Adonis Jennings | WR | LOS | DC | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 35.0 | 0.2 | 6.5 |
| 20 | Khalid Abdullah | RB | DC | LOS | 3.6 | 10.6 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 2.5 |
| 21 | Andre Williams | RB | HOU | TB | 3.1 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 2.3 |
| 4 | Sean Price | TE | DAL | SEA | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 17.6 | 0.0 | 3.7 |
| 5 | Brandon Barnes | TE | LOS | DC | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 16.0 | 0.1 | 3.4 |
| 20 | Jalen Tolliver | WR | TB | HOU | 0.7 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 25.8 | 0.1 | 5.5 |
| 21 | Marcus Lucas | WR | SL | NY | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 22.2 | 0.1 | 5.3 |
| 22 | Teo Redding | WR | NY | SL | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 27.8 | 0.1 | 5.1 |
| 23 | Kermit Whitfield | WR | LOS | DC | 1.2 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 20.8 | 0.1 | 5.1 |
| 22 | Lenard Tillery | RB | SL | NY | 2.1 | 7.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| 6 | Ben Johnson | TE | SEA | DAL | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 10.2 | 0.0 | 2.6 |
| 23 | Marquis Young | RB | DAL | SEA | 2.3 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| 7 | Donnie Ernsberger | TE | DC | LOS | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 10.5 | 0.1 | 2.1 |
| 24 | Blake Jackson | WR | HOU | TB | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 20.6 | 0.1 | 4.4 |
| 25 | Dontez Byrd | WR | SEA | DAL | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 25.4 | 0.1 | 4.3 |
| 26 | Flynn Nagel | WR | DAL | SEA | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 17.2 | 0.1 | 4.3 |
| 8 | E.J. Bibbs | TE | NY | SL | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 8.4 | 0.0 | 1.9 |
| 27 | Seantavius Jones | WR | TB | HOU | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 21.8 | 0.1 | 4.1 |
| 9 | Khari Lee | TE | DC | LOS | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 9.2 | 0.0 | 1.8 |
| 10 | Wes Saxton Jr. | TE | SL | NY | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 1.6 |
| 28 | De'Quan Hampton | WR | LOS | DC | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 17.7 | 0.2 | 3.8 |
| 11 | Deandre Goolsby | TE | TB | HOU | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| 29 | Josh Crockett | WR | DAL | SEA | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 21.4 | 0.1 | 3.6 |
| 12 | Derrick Hayward | TE | DC | LOS | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 1.4 |
| 13 | Colin Jeter | TE | SEA | DAL | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| 14 | Evan Rodriguez | TE | SEA | DAL | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| 30 | Tyler Palka | WR | DC | LOS | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 10.4 | 0.0 | 2.9 |
| 31 | Alonzo Moore | WR | SEA | DAL | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 15.2 | 0.0 | 2.8 |
| 32 | Jalen Greene | WR | LOS | DC | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 13.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 |
| 33 | Ryheem Malone | WR | HOU | TB | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 9.8 | 0.1 | 2.3 |
| 34 | Malachi Dupre | WR | DC | LOS | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 10.9 | 0.1 | 2.3 |
| 35 | Freddie Martino | WR | DAL | SEA | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 12.1 | 0.0 | 2.3 |
| 36 | Tanner McEvoy | WR | TB | HOU | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 9.4 | 0.0 | 2.1 |
| 37 | Sam Mobley | WR | HOU | TB | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 9.6 | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| 38 | Colby Pearson | WR | NY | SL | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 9.2 | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| 39 | Keith Mumphery | WR | SL | NY | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 1.4 |
| 40 | Austin Duke | WR | NY | SL | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 8.4 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| 41 | Carlton Agudosi | WR | SL | NY | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| 42 | Jazz Ferguson | WR | DAL | SEA | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Like last week, we listed all non-quarterback players together in a set of overall flex rankings. (For rankings broken down by position, check out our XFL fantasy football rankings page.)
Since we are still operating on limited information, there are going to be surprises each week in the XFL. That being said, Nelson Spruce is really starting to separate himself from the pack as the top non-quarterback fantasy option in the league. Spruce leads the league in targets (24), catches (17) and receiving yards (181).
Houston wideout Cam Phillips actually leads all wideouts in fantasy scoring, but that’s largely due to the three scores he posted last week. Phillips isn’t as consistent as Spruce, but he has emerged as the top option in Houston and has one of the highest fantasy ceilings in the XFL. We wouldn’t say De’Mornay Pierson-El has a high ceiling, but he’s coming off a 12-target outing in Week 2 and should be one of the highest-volume receivers again this week.
Running back continues to be a tricky position. In the pass-happy XFL, touches are few and far between for the league’s backfields. However, Cameron Artis-Payne got big last week with 18 carries for 102 yards and two scores. It’s tough to not view him as the No. 1 option this week. Matt Jones split carries with Christine Michael last week, but he managed to score as a receiver and remains a top option at the position.
Most XFL leagues and DFS contests do not use a separate tight end position, and that looks to be a wise decision. Donald Parham has been the only tight end worth using so far — he has actually outscored all but three wide receivers, so we can keep firing him up as a flex option.
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