Someone is starting to listen.
More teams were looking for tight five players but also taking a sht at a young, American flyhalf in the MLR draft.
Here is the list of first round picks:
| Pick | Team | Player | Position | College |
| 1 | Miami | Rick Rose | Lock | St. Bonaventure |
| 2 | Houston | Max Schumacher | Flyhalf/Fullback | Cal |
| 3 | Dallas | Marques Fuala'au | Flanker | Central Washington |
| 4 | Chicago | Noah Brown | Flanker | Indiana |
| 5 | Los Angeles | Matthew Anticev | Flyhalf | Dartmouth |
| 6 | NOLA | Julian Roberts | Flyhalf/Back | Life |
| 7 | NOLA | Cian Darling | Flanker | Lindenwood |
| 8 | New York | Nicholas Lapponese | No. 8 | Fairfield |
| 9 | Houston | Orrin Bizer | No. 8 | Life |
| 10 | San Diego | James Rivers | Lock | Arizona |
| 11 | NOLA | Gabriel Mahuinga | Hooker | BYU |
| 12 | San Diego | Tyren Al-Jiboori | Wing/Center | Lindenwood |
| 13 | New England | Gabriel Casey | Center | UVic |
