Former West Virginia athletic director and NCAA administrator Oliver Luck is the commissioner of the XFL, which is slated to begin play in February 2020. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

While the Alliance of American Football has already come and gone before the completion of its first season, the XFL’s second coming is approaching on the horizon.

The AAF stocked its rosters with NFL castoffs, but the XFL has another approach in mind. It wants to become a landing spot for young football stars who have yet to satisfy the NFL’s requirements for draft eligibility.

The NFL requires players to be three years out of high school to be draft-eligible. That means three years of college football without compensation. The XFL is hoping its WWE-backed bankroll can entice some players to leave college for their version of the pro game.

One player who would be an ideal candidate for the XFL, Clemson receiver Justyn Ross, acknowledged in an interview with Bleacher Report that what the XFL could potentially offer would be tough for some players to turn down.

"There are guys right now in college football that would take that money and run,” Ross told B/R. "If [the XFL] is offering that kind of money, that's hard for an 18- or 19-year-old to turn down.”

It would be hard to argue that Ross, who, as a true freshman, dazzled with six catches for 153 yards in Clemson’s national championship victory over Alabama, is not pro-ready. But he still has two more years under the NCAA’s purview before he is eligible to play in the NFL.

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If the option to play in the XFL for a six-figure sum was on the table as a precursor to a more lucrative NFL career, Ross might have a legitimately tough decision to make. While Ross says he won’t be the first to make the jump, others will have to confront the choice head-on.

The AAF said it would pay players a base salary of $250,000 over three years. In an email sent to NFL agents, XFL commissioner Oliver Luck said “exceptional players” could earn “more than $200,000” per season. Like the AAF, the XFL has eight teams and will play a 10-week schedule with four teams reaching the postseason. Once the season ends, the XFL is expected to allow its players to pursue NFL contracts.

Of course, the fiery end of the AAF could give some players reservations about making such a leap to a new league. But it would only take a few well-known players to get the ball rolling for the XFL and, in turn, create a significant headache for the NCAA. If the XFL was already up and running, a player like Ross or Trevor Lawrence, Clemson’s stud freshman quarterback, could turn one strong college season into a year or two of XFL earnings before moving on to the NFL for an even bigger payday.

In college basketball, programs expect their top performers to move on to the NBA after one season. The XFL could bring a “one-and-done” variable to the world of college football.

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