Pro Buffs: Abrams Jr. & Lewis selected in USFL Draft

Eight teams. Thirty-five rounds. Two hundred and eighty players.

36 years after the original league ceased operations, the USFL is making its return in 2022 and it all began with a two-day “player selection meeting” earlier this week. The 2022 USFL Draft saw two former Colorado Buffaloes selected, cornerback Delrick Abrams Jr. and outside Linebacker Drew Lewis.

The draft was broken into 35 position-specific rounds, with the first 12 rounds completed on Tuesday, February 22 and the final 23 rounds completed on Wednesday, February 23. Players were selected from a player pool of roughly 450-500 players. Selected by the Tampa Bay Bandits on day one, Abrams Jr. was the first of 32 cornerbacks…