Three more former Alabama players have signed with the Birmingham franchise of the Alliance of American Football. The new league announced its second wave of signings on Friday, with 105 more players joining the AAF.

The AAF is an eight-team football league that plans to begin play in February.

As reported by Matt Zenitz of AL.com on Tuesday, former Crimson Tide quarterback Blake Sims is among the new Birmingham players. Joining Sims in signing with Birmingham are former Alabama teammates Dominick Jackson, an offensive tackle, and Bradley Sylve, a defensive back.

Other players who signed with Birmingham are offensive tackle Darrell Brown, defensive end Allen Edwards, defensive back Jacob Hagen, offensive tackle Tyler Howell, defensive end Jake Payne, defensive back Max Redfield and linebacker Deontae Skinner.

The AAF does not have a player draft. Each AAF team controls players from a set of assigned colleges. Along with the Alabama players, Brown of Louisiana Tech, Howell of Missouri and Skinner of Mississippi State came from colleges in Birmingham's feeder system.

Among the other players signing in the AAF this week was former Blount High School standout Wilson Bell, who joined the Orlando franchise. Bell finished his collegiate career with a season at Auburn in 2017 after he transferred from Florida State, where he spent four years. Auburn is assigned to Birmingham and Florida State is affiliated with the Orlando team in the AAF allocation process.

For players from unaffiliated colleges, the allocation process moves to Phase 2, which assigns players based on their most recent NFL or Canadian Football League team. Hagen was on the Cleveland Browns' practice squad last season.

After players have passed through the first two claiming phases, they become free agents, allowing Birmingham to sign Edwards of Pittsburgh, Payne of Shenandoah and Redfield of Indiana (Pa.).

Birmingham's initial group of signees, announced earlier this month, included wide receiver Chris Black from Alabama, running back Marquell Beckwith, a former Lee-Montgomery prep standout who played at Troy and Alabama State, and linebacker Beniquez Brown, a Florence High School standout who played at Mississippi State.

Other players in Birmingham's first group were defensive end Nelson Adams, defensive tackle Josh Boyd, running back Marshaun Coprich, center Aaron Cox, quarterback John Gibbs, running back Ty Isaac, linebacker Shane Johnson, guard Sam Lee, kicker Nick Novak, defensive end Dante Sawyer, defensive end Nick Seither and guard Garrison Wright.

AAF players sign non-guaranteed contracts worth $250,000 over three years. They'll have the opportunity to earn more through a variety of bonuses tied to performance, statistics and fan engagement. Players who complete one season in the league will earn an educational stipend.

Sims set Crimson Tide single-season records for total offense and passing yards in the 2014 season, and he's spent time on rosters of the Toronto Argonauts and the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Canadian Football League and has been a member of the practice squads of the Atlanta Falcons and Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL. Sims has been out of football since being waived by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Aug. 28, 2017.

Sylve played at Alabama from 2012 through 2015. He suffered a torn left Achilles tendon on March 7, 2016 -- one day before he was to participate in Alabama's annual Pro Day.

After a year of rehab and recovery, Sylve signed with the Buffalo Bills on April 7, 2017, and spent the offseason program, training camp and the preseason with the team. The Bills released Sylve when they reduced their 90-player preseason roster to the regular-season limit of 53. Sylve joined the Saints' practice squad on Sept. 20 and stayed on the team until Oct. 10. He rejoined the Saints in January, but was released on May 14.

Jackson joined Alabama from College of San Mateo and played as a reserve in 2014 before starting at right offensive tackle for the Crimson Tide's BCS national-championship team in 2015. Jackson was bypassed in the 2016 NFL Draft and signed with the Washington Redskins. But he was released after rookie minicamp in May. The Detroit Lions picked up Jackson, but at the end of their offseason program in June, he was released and was out of football in 2017.

The Birmingham franchise is led by general manager Joe Pendry and coach Tim Lewis.

Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @AMarkG1.