XFL fantasy football rankings and projections for Week 3

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.