UPDATE (Sept. 19): The Alliance of American Football is just getting started in building its rosters for the new eight-team spring league, and already nearly 60 FCS players are on board — most being players who were in the FCS just last fall.
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Five HERO Sports All-Americans from 2017 are already signed up — Furman's Matthew Schmidt, Incarnate Word's Joe Zema, Lehigh's Troy Pelletier and North Dakota State's Tre Dempsey and James Fisher. Nearly 40 are on board (see full list below). The AAF will crank up its inaugural season next spring — starting one week after the NFL's Super Bowl and wrapping before May NFL camps begin following the NFL Draft. The league openly embraces giving players 
another shot to prove themselves to the NFL, and the schedule is catered to fit that.
Each player will receive a three-year, $250,000 contract with medical benefits and an "out clause" to go to the NFL. There are several other rule differences, such as no kickoffs. The season will be 10 weeks long, the rosters will have 50 players, and below are the franchises, their stadiums and their head coaches:
| FRANCHISE | STADIUM | CAP. | COACH |
| Atlanta, Georgia | Georgia St. Stadium | 24,333 | Brad Childress |
| Birmingham, Alabama | Legion Field | 71,594 | Tim Lewis |
| Memphis, Tennessee | Liberty Bowl | 58,207 | Mike Singletary |
| Orlando, Florida | Spectrum Stadium | 44,206 | Steve Spurrier |
| Tempe, Arizona | Sun Devil Stadium | 57,078 | Rick Neuheisel |
| Salt Lake City, Utah | Rice–Eccles Stadium | 45,807 | Dennis Erickson |
| San Antonio, Texas | Alamodome | 64,000 | Mike Riley |
| San Diego, California | SDCCU Stadium | 70,561 | Mike Martz |
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THE PLAYERS
| FCS PROGRAM | PLAYER | POS | AAF TEAM |
| Abilene Christian | Carl Whitley | WR | San Antonio |
| Abilene Christian | Daryl Richardson | RB | San Antonio |
| Alabama State | Brandon Barnes | TE | Birmingham |
| Alcorn State | John Gibbs | QB | Birmingham |
| Alcorn State | Tim Gardner | OL | San Antonio |
| Campbell | Carlos Merritt | DB | Atlanta |
| Chattanooga | Alejandro Bennifield | QB | Memphis |
| Chattanooga | Dale Warren | LB | Memphis |
| Chattanooga | Davis Tull | LB | Memphis |
| Chattanooga | Josh Cardiello | OL | Memphis |
| Columbia | Cameron Nizialek | P | Orlando |
| Columbia | Lord Hyemang | DT | Salt Lake City |
| Dartmouth | Jack Heneghan | QB | signed – team TBD |
| Duquesne | Wayne Capers | WR | San Diego |
| FAMU | Brian Tyms | WR | Orlando |
| Furman | Matthew Schmidt | OL | Atlanta |
| Hampton | Justin Williams | DB | San Diego |
| Holy Cross | Nick McBeath | LB | Orlando |
| Idaho | Alfonso Onunwor | WR | Salt Lake City |
| Idaho | Austin Rehkow | P | Salt Lake City |
| Idaho | Matt Linehan | QB | signed – team TBD |
| Illinois State | Marshaun Coprich | RB | Birmingham |
| Incarnate Word | Jamari Gilbert | DB | San Antonio |
| Incarnate Word | Joe Zema | P | San Antonio |
| Jacksonville State | Eli Jenkins | QB | Birmingham |
| Jacksonville State | Josh Barge | WR | Birmingham |
| Jacksonville State | Max Shortell | QB | Birmingham |
| James Madison | Andrew Ankrah | DL | Orlando |
| James Madison | Ishmael Hyman | WR | Orlando |
| Lehigh | Matt Cohen | OL | San Diego |
| Lehigh | Troy Pelletier | WR | Atlanta |
| Maine | Jason Matovu | DB | San Diego |
| Missouri State | Malik Earl | WR | San Antonio |
| Montana | Ryan McKinley | DB | Memphis |
| Murray State | Jordan Gandy | WR | San Diego |
| Murray State | K.D. Humphries | QB | Orlando |
| North Dakota State | James Fisher | LS | Phoenix |
| North Dakota State | John Crockett | RB | Arizona |
| North Dakota State | Tre Dempsey | DB | Orlando |
| Penn | Alek Torgersen | QB | Phoenix |
| Portland State | Khalil Bass | LB | Atlanta |
| Portland State | Tyler Foreman | DB | Memphis |
| Rhode Island | Jose Duncan | DL | San Diego |
| SE Louisiana | Chris Briggs | WR | Memphis |
| SEMO | Jess Hosket | QB | Memphis |
| Southern Illinois | Deondre Barnett | LB | Orlando |
| Southern U. | Arthur Miley | DL | San Antonio |
| Southern U. | Willie Quinn | WR | Orlando |
| Southern Utah | Steve Wroblenski | TE | Salt Lake City |
| Tennessee State | Anthony Morris | OL | Memphis |
| Tennessee State | Patrick Smith | WR | Memphis |
| Tennessee State | Robert Myers | OL | Memphis |
| Tennessee State | Terrell Bonds | DB | Memphis |
| Tennessee State | Ty Allen | OL | Memphis |
| Tennessee-Martin | Abou Toure | RB | Memphis |
| Tennessee-Martin | Brett Thompson | TE | Memphis |
| Tennessee-Martin | Troy Cook | QB | Memphis |
| Villanova | Ed Shockley | LB | San Antonio |
| William & Mary | Andrew Caskin | TE | Atlanta |
