XFL fantasy football rankings and projections for Week 2

We’re one week in and XFL fantasy football has been pretty fun so far. Sure, the league didn’t give us NFL-caliber football in its debut, but the product was very fun to watch. Better yet, we have the ability to play DFS on both FanDuel and DraftKings. So let’s use what we learned from Week 1 to break down XFL fantasy football rankings and projections for Week 2.

Quarterback

Rk	Player	Tm	Op	Yds	TD	RuAtt	RuYds	RuTD	Pts
1	Cardale Jones	DC	NY	225.1	1.6	9.7	33.4	0.3	19.9
2	Phillip Walker	HOU	SL	292.7	1.7	4.0	18.9	0.1	18.8
3	Josh Johnson	LOS	DAL	268.8	1.3	5.6	21.3	0.1	17.7
4	Landry Jones	DAL	LOS	295.9	1.3	1.1	3.7	0.0	14.3
5	Matt McGloin	NY	DC	233.9	1.3	3.2	13.6	0.1	14.1
6	Jordan Ta'amu	SL	HOU	160.3	0.7	6.4	25.0	0.1	11.6
7	Aaron Murray	TB	SEA	229.7	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.9
8	Brandon Silvers	SEA	TB	230.0	0.6	1.6	3.1	0.0	9.5
9	Quinton Flowers	TB	SEA	0.0	0.0	3.7	12.9	0.1	1.8

P.J. Walker and Cardale Jones paced the position in Week 1 and top this week’s list. However, we should also see Josh Johnson and Landry Jones on the field this week, giving us some added depth at the position. Keep an eye on both of their statuses heading into this week’s contests, as neither are locks to play. Jordan Ta’amu didn’t do much as a passer in Week 1, but he showed promise with his legs. Brandon Silvers did toss three scores through the air in Week 1, but he's clearly the worst of the eight starters, grading out at a lowly 36.6. And we did include Quinton Flowers among the quarterbacks in his “Taysom Hill role” for the Vipers, but don’t expect him to throw much, if at all, this season.

FLEX

Pos	Player	Pos	Tm	Op	RuAtt	RuYds	RuTD	Rec	ReYds	ReTD	PPR
1	Nelson Spruce	WR	LOS	DAL	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.5	95.5	0.6	20.6
2	Eli Rogers	WR	DC	NY	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.5	83.7	0.7	18.9
3	Lance Dunbar	RB	DAL	LOS	5.3	19.1	0.1	5.0	37.4	0.2	12.8
4	Jhurell Pressley	RB	DC	NY	11.6	47.7	0.3	2.9	19.2	0.2	12.6
5	Darius Victor	RB	NY	DC	10.6	49.1	0.3	2.9	21.9	0.2	12.5
6	Daniel Williams	WR	TB	SEA	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.5	82.4	0.4	17.0
7	Austin Proehl	WR	SEA	TB	0.8	1.8	0.0	6.2	68.7	0.2	14.8
8	Cam Phillips	WR	HOU	SL	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.8	73.3	0.4	14.7
9	Joe Horn Jr.	WR	NY	DC	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.9	67.3	0.3	14.7
10	Matt Jones	RB	SL	HOU	15.7	65.8	0.4	0.4	2.0	0.0	9.7
11	Kenneth Farrow	RB	SEA	TB	5.5	20.3	0.2	3.5	21.9	0.1	9.1
12	Cameron Artis-Payne	RB	DAL	LOS	3.2	13.2	0.1	3.9	24.7	0.1	8.9
13	Sammie Coates	WR	HOU	SL	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5	67.9	0.3	13.3
14	Marquis Young	RB	DAL	LOS	3.2	12.2	0.1	3.4	23.7	0.1	8.2
15	Nick Holley	RB	HOU	SL	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	37.7	0.2	8.1
16	Elijah Hood	RB	LOS	DAL	10.8	45.3	0.3	1.1	6.2	0.0	7.9
17	De'Veon Smith	RB	TB	SEA	11.8	44.8	0.2	0.7	5.2	0.0	7.0
18	Nick Truesdell	TE	TB	SEA	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.8	41.8	0.1	8.8
19	Kahlil Lewis	WR	HOU	SL	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.7	48.5	0.4	11.7
20	Donald Parham	TE	DAL	LOS	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.9	38.2	0.1	8.5
21	James Butler	RB	HOU	SL	7.3	25.6	0.2	1.5	8.5	0.1	6.4
22	Jalen Tolliver	WR	TB	SEA	0.7	2.2	0.0	4.3	54.2	0.2	11.0
23	Trey Williams	RB	SEA	TB	2.3	12.2	0.1	2.6	14.7	0.0	6.0
24	Mekale McKay	WR	NY	DC	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.7	50.9	0.3	10.6
25	De'Mornay Pierson-El	WR	SL	HOU	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.3	39.9	0.2	10.6
26	Jake Powell	TE	NY	DC	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	30.2	0.2	7.5
27	Donnel Pumphrey	RB	DC	NY	4.8	17.5	0.1	1.5	12.7	0.1	5.7
28	Keenan Reynolds	WR	SEA	TB	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.1	48.6	0.1	10.4
29	Jacques Patrick	RB	TB	SEA	5.9	20.9	0.1	1.5	5.8	0.0	5.0
30	Tim Cook	RB	NY	DC	6.4	21.8	0.2	0.9	4.8	0.0	4.6
31	Sean Price	TE	DAL	LOS	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.6	30.2	0.1	6.3
32	Flynn Nagel	WR	DAL	LOS	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.8	36.7	0.2	8.6
33	Saeed Blacknall	WR	LOS	DAL	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.4	44.6	0.1	8.5
34	Reece Horn	WR	TB	SEA	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.6	39.0	0.2	8.4
35	Ja'Quan Gardner	RB	SEA	TB	7.0	24.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.5
36	L'Damian Washington	WR	SL	HOU	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.2	31.6	0.1	7.9
37	Brandon Barnes	TE	LOS	DAL	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9	22.6	0.1	4.8
38	Colby Pearson	WR	NY	DC	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.3	40.9	0.2	7.7
39	Larry Rose III	RB	LOS	DAL	2.4	10.1	0.1	0.6	5.2	0.0	2.6
40	Alonzo Russell	WR	SL	HOU	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	38.1	0.2	7.4
41	DuJuan Harris	RB	LOS	DAL	2.4	11.3	0.1	0.6	2.8	0.0	2.5
42	Jeff Badet	WR	DAL	LOS	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.9	27.9	0.1	7.1
43	Andre Williams	RB	HOU	SL	2.4	5.1	0.0	0.7	4.7	0.0	2.2
44	Austin Walter	RB	DAL	LOS	2.1	5.7	0.0	0.7	4.5	0.0	2.1
45	Christine Michael	RB	SL	HOU	5.7	6.7	0.0	0.7	2.2	0.0	1.9
46	Jordan Smallwood	WR	LOS	DAL	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.2	33.5	0.2	6.6
47	Malachi Dupre	WR	DC	NY	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.6	31.4	0.1	6.6
48	Kasen Williams	WR	SEA	TB	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	32.6	0.1	6.6
49	Keith Ford	RB	SL	HOU	2.9	13.6	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7
50	Rashad Ross	WR	DC	NY	1.0	5.0	0.0	1.3	28.7	0.2	6.2
51	Adonis Jennings	WR	LOS	DAL	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	30.9	0.1	6.2
52	Donnie Ernsberger	TE	DC	NY	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	15.1	0.1	3.2
53	Blake Jackson	WR	HOU	SL	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	30.1	0.1	6.1
54	Marcus Lucas	WR	SL	HOU	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.7	23.2	0.1	5.6
55	Khari Lee	TE	DC	NY	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	13.4	0.1	2.6
56	Jerrod Heard	WR	DAL	LOS	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	32.5	0.1	5.6
57	Evan Rodriguez	TE	SEA	TB	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	9.5	0.0	2.3
58	De'Angelo Henderson Sr.	RB	HOU	SL	0.8	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2
59	Colin Jeter	TE	SEA	TB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	8.4	0.0	1.8
60	Freddie Martino	WR	DAL	LOS	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	24.2	0.1	4.8
61	Kermit Whitfield	WR	LOS	DAL	0.5	1.3	0.0	1.8	21.8	0.1	4.8
62	Jazz Ferguson	WR	DAL	LOS	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	24.0	0.1	4.8
63	Alonzo Moore	WR	SEA	TB	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	22.9	0.0	4.3
64	Wes Saxton Jr.	TE	SL	HOU	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	3.6	0.0	1.1
65	Cole Hunt	TE	SL	HOU	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	5.8	0.0	1.0
66	Connor Hamlett	TE	SEA	TB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	2.8	0.0	0.9
67	Derrick Hayward	TE	DC	NY	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.9	0.0	0.8
68	Colin Thompson	TE	TB	SEA	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.4	0.0	0.7
69	E.J. Bibbs	TE	NY	DC	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.6	8.7	0.0	2.7
70	Simmie Cobbs	WR	DC	NY	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	18.0	0.1	3.7
71	Jalen Greene	WR	LOS	DAL	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	16.6	0.0	3.4
72	Ryheem Malone	WR	HOU	SL	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	11.6	0.1	3.0
73	Sam Mobley	WR	HOU	SL	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	10.4	0.1	1.8
74	Brandon Reilly	WR	SL	HOU	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	8.5	0.0	1.8
75	Teo Redding	WR	NY	DC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	9.2	0.0	1.7
76	Keith Mumphery	WR	SL	HOU	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	5.6	0.0	1.2

Like last week, we listed all non-quarterback players together in a set of overall flex rankings. If you want rankings broken down by position, you can check out our XFL fantasy football rankings page. Since we were operating on limited information in Week 1, there were a number of surprises across the league’s depth charts. However, Nelson Spruce’s big performance was not one of them. Spruce led the league with a whopping 15 targets in Week 1 and is this week’s top play. Along with Spruce, Austin Proehl was the only other receiver to see double-digit targets.

Former NFL wideout Eli Rogers showed a good connection with Cardale Jones in Week 1 with seven catches on seven targets for 73 yards. While Sammie Coates did see nine balls thrown his way, he managed to catch just two. Cam Phillips actually looks like the more appealing fantasy wideout in Houston, but we did still expect plenty of looks for Coates in a Houston offense that dropped back to pass on 77% of their Week 1 snaps.

At running back, Lance Dunbar lived up to expectation as the top receiving back in Week 1, and it’s tough not to like him as an elite option this week. Jhurell Pressley wasn’t efficient in the opener, but he did see a healthy 14 touches. New York running back Darius Victor led all running backs in PFF grading in Week 1, and surprisingly out-carried Tim Cook 9-4. But that wasn’t as big of a surprise as Matt Jones. The former NFL back racked up a massive 21 carries for 85 yards, both of which paced the league. Jones was clearly ahead of Christine Michael, who carried the ball eight times for zero yards.

There’s very little tight end depth in this league, but there are some options who are worth flex consideration. Donald Parham and Nick Truesdell led the league with six targets in Week 1. Both should continue to be involved moving forward. Jake Powell was right behind them with five targets. It’s important to note that E.J. Bibbs was not targeted in Week 1, so there’s a chance this could be a one-week blip on the radar for Powell.