2036 INDUCTEES

QB Eliseo Towne
Providence (8)
Los Angeles (4)
Houston (1)
KC (2)
15 seasons

Towne was the 1st overall pick in XFL history when Providence selected him in the leagues allocation draft out of division II program Delta State. He played the first 8 seasons of his 15 year career with Providence where he still holds Team Records for yards (24,371) and TD passes (104). He spent the next 7 season bouncing from Los Angeles to Houston and finally Kansas City always as the starter. In his career, he made 218 starts (2nd Alltime), threw for 49,945 yards (4th Alltime) and had 214 TD passes (12th Alltime) to 188 interceptions (9th Alltime). He was sacked 333 times in his career (2nd Alltime) and had 8 seasons where he was sacked at least 20 times. He finished with a QBR of 79.48. He is ranked 4th Alltime in career attempts and completions and is ranked 7th Alltime in a game when he tossed 8 TD passes when he was with Los Angeles and they hosted Seattle in 2027. He only made the playoffs one time in 2022 with Providence where he played some of his best football. In the postseason, he completed 83.6% of his passes, threw for 549 yards with a 5/1 TD/INT ratio. His postseason QBR is 115.13 which is the highest ever for QBs attempting at least 70 passes. He was elected to the Hall of Fame on his 4th year on the ballot and is the 6th QB to enter the Hall.

RB Martin Gomez
Montana (10)
Atlanta (2)
12 seasons

Montana drafted Martin Gomez with the 17th pick of the 1st round in 2020 out of the Air Force academy. His draft stock had dropped because of questions about when he would be eligible to play in the XFL because of his military service requirement but Montana and the Air Force came to an agreement which allowed Gomez to play immediately. Gomez went on to become the XFLs Alltime rushing leader with 9,586 yards including 8,959 yards with Montana. He also has 43 rushing TDs (6th Alltime), 715 receptions (4th Alltime), 4,930 yards receiving (8th Alltime among RB) and 22 TD receptions. He rushed the ball 2,265 times in his career (3rd Alltime) and average 4.2 per attempt which is the best Alltime among the 9 backs that rushed at least 2,000 times. He finished with 14,870 total yards which ranks him 9th Alltime. He had four 1,000 yard rushing seasons and nine 1,000 yards from scrimmage seasons. He was elected to the Hall of Fame on his 1st year on the ballot and he becomes the 5th RB to enter the Hall.

C Eugene Jones
Houston (13)
Denver/Indiana (1)
Michigan (2)
16 seasons

Jones was drafted in the 10th round of the XFL's allocation draft by Houston out of Arizona. He spent 13 seasons as the starting Center for Houston before spending 3 more seasons between Denver and Michigan. For his career, he had 8,383 pass blocks (5th Alltime) where he allowed just 8 sacks and 7,481 run blocks (2nd Alltime) where he gave up 405 tackles. In 16 seasons, he had 10 seasons where he gave up zero sacks and 10 seasons where he gave up less than 30 tackles. During his rookie season he played 1,000 snaps and never was called for a penalty. He was known for his durability as he had 10 seasons with at least 1,000 snaps. He becomes the 3rd Center to enter the Hall when he was finally elected on his 3rd year on the ballot.

LDE Gerald Gonzales
Indiana (Denver) (9)
Vancouver (1)
Toronto (2)
12 seasons
2019 & 2029 ALLPRO

This Penn State alum was drafted by Denver in the 3rd round of the XFL's allocation draft. He spent the first 9 seasons of his 12 year career with Denver and became known as "Sack Daddy" when he had 19 sacks his rookie season which tied him for 9th Alltime in a season. He had seasons of 63 & 60 pressures which ranks 8th & 9th Alltime in a season. For his career, he finished with 81 sacks which is a League Record and 201 pressures which is 4th Alltime. He recorded 3 seasons with double digit sacks and 5 seasons with double digit pressures. His early success was a part of the reason that the league changed the rules pertaining to blitzing. The true sign of his dominance was that he was selected to the 2019 ALLPRO team with Denver and 11 seasons later was selected to the 2029 ALLPRO team with Toronto. He was elected to the Hall of Fame on his first year on the ballot and became the 5th DE elected into the Hall.

CB Avon Barksdale
Gem City Gangsters
10 seasons
2026 NXC Conference Champion
2027 XFL Champion

Barksdale was drafted in the 3rd round of the 2025 draft by Gem City out of Rutgers. He is only the 4th non-kicker to make the Hall of Fame from as late as the 3rd round in a standard draft (non-allocation). He spent his entire 10 year career with Gem City where he was known for his incredible catch allowed percentage (37.8 regular season/38.1 postseason) on over 800 passes defended in the regular season (only 38 players have defended 800 or more passes).  He had 8 seasons with a catch allowed percentage below 40% plus 8 seasons where he defended at least 70 passes. He was a key component on the 2026 & 2027 Gem City teams that won a Conference and XFL Championship and  his 3 postseason fumbles ranks him 2nd Alltime. He was elected to the Hall of Fame on his 2nd year on the ballot and becomes the 6th CB and 9th DB to get into the Hall.