Overwatch players Ryu "Kaiser" Sang-hoon, Daniel "Gods" Graeser, Cho "Guardian" Joon-hwan, Finley "Kyb" Adisi, Yoon "Butcher" Seong-won, and Adam "Adam" Eckel are among the 40 players expected to be part of seven Overwatch League Academy teams announced Thursday ahead of the next season of Contenders, sources close to the teams and players told ESPN. Blizzard and the teams will reveal the full rosters Thursday at 11 a.m. PT.

Players acquired for academy teams range from entire rosters, such as Those Guys to the London Spitfire, which features several British players who recently won the European Overwatch PIT Championship Season 2. Others have been picked up individually as free agents or with transfer fees. And some come from former South Korean Overwatch powerhouse teams, including Lunatic-Hai, Runaway, Kongdoo Panthera and Uncia, and Rox Orcas, as well as western organizations Cloud9, NRG, Reunited, Fnatic, Evil Geniuses and Luminosity.

The Philadelphia Fusion is not expected to have any additions to its Fusion University roster, and the Los Angeles Valiant, Seoul Dynasty, Dallas Fuel and Shanghai Dragons have elected not to have academy teams at this time.

Sources told ESPN of the following Academy teams and players. Not all players from all teams have been revealed, and additional acquisitions are expected to be made throughout the Contenders season. Blizzard did not respond to a request for comment.

New York Excelsior Contenders roster Name Role Hwang "Fl0w3R" Yeon-oh DPS Jeong "Nenne" Yeon Kwan DPS Adam "Adam" Eckel Support Mike "Midnight" Ryan Tank Anthony "Goliath" Pietro Support James "Cloneman16" D'Arcangelo Tank

London Spitfire Contenders roster Name Role Cameron "Fusions" Bosworth Tank Hafþór "Hafficool" Hákonarson Flex Finley "Kyb" Adisi DPS Phillip "Kragie" Krag DPS Ryan "CrusaDe" van Wegen Support Jakob "bock1" Kleveland Support daniel "FunnyAstro" Hathaway Support

Houston Outlaws Contenders roster Name Role Ryu "Kaiser" Sang-hoon Tank Luís "Greyy" Perestrelo Support Jae Yoon "Aid" Go Support Matthew "Voll" Wallace Tank Justin "Kellar" Kellar DPS Hugo "SharP" Sahlberg DPS Justin "RinaVX" Jeoh DPS Smurf Tank

Boston Uprising Contenders Roster Name Role Cho "Guardian" Joon-hwan Tank Son "Oge" Min-seok Tank Charlie "nero" Zwarg DPS Dalton "Dalton" Bennyhoff DPS Grant "Moth" Espe Support

Florida Mayhem Contenders Roster Name Role Michael "MikeyA" Adams DPS Derek "zza" Johnson Tank Carl "crems" Aspehult Flex Moop3y Tank Paintbrush Support Mohr Support

San Francisco Shock Contenders Roster Name Role Seong-won "Butcher" Yoon Tank Dae-min "Daemin" Kim DPS Robert "rob420" Garcia Support Riley "Fahzix" Taylor Support Eoghan "Smex" O'Neill Flex Ethan "Stratus" Yankel DPS