The 2024 Major League Rugby Collegiate Draft was held on August 28th, 2024 and was the 5th draft in MLR history. It followed the now-standard format of the 2022 & 2023 drafts, consisting of 3 rounds of 12 picks each, with 36 picks in total. This is down from the 39 picks (3×13) made in the drafts from 2021-2023.

As with 2023, the draft order was determined by the reverse finishing order during the 2024 season, including placements earned during the 2024 Championship Series. In situations where teams were eliminated at the same stage of the Championship Series, the lower ranked team during the regular season picked before the higher ranked.

The below table highlights the current draft picks that each MLR team has for the 2024 draft:

Current Draft Pick Landscape – 2024 Collegiate Draft

Team	1st Rd Pick	2nd Rd Pick	3rd Rd Pick
Anthem RC
Chicago Hounds
Dallas Jackals		–	–
Houston SaberCats		–
Miami Sharks		–
New England Free Jacks
NOLA Gold			–
Old Glory DC
Rugby FC LA	–
San Diego Legion
Seattle Seawolves
Utah Warriors	–

There was some confusion regarding NOLA Gold‘s 3rd Rd Pick in 2024. On 11th August 2023, the Gold traded their 2024 3rd Rd Pick to the Utah Warriors as part of a deal for the Gold to acquire Utah‘s 1st Rd pick in 2023 (used to select Cian Darling). On 9th February 2024, the Gold trade another 2024 3rd Rd pick labelled as theirs to the New England Free Jacks as part of the deal to acquire Taniela Filimone. With the Gold not acquiring a second 2024 3rd Rd pick prior to this, it was unclear where NOLA’s second 3rd Rd pick came from, but this was cleared up when MLR published the initial draft order on 8th August 2024, and the Utah Warriors still hold the NOLA Gold 3rd Rd Pick, 30th overall, and the New England Free Jacks acquired NOLA‘s 3rd Rd pick in the following draft, 2025.

As with previous drafts, teams are free to trade draft picks like other trade assets, and any traded picks have been specified in the ‘Notes’ column. The below table shows the complete 2024 MLR Collegiate Draft Class, including their draft number, name, position, and school:

Complete 2024 MLR Collegiate Draft

Rd	Overall Pick #	Team	Player Name	Position	College	Notes
1	1		Erich Storti	Center	St. Mary’s College
1	2		Neil Trainor	Hooker	Queen’s University	Pick Acquired via Trade with LA Highest Drafted Canadian in MLR History
1	3		Calvin Ihrig	Flanker	Lindenwood University
1	4		Kaipono Kayoshi	Flanker	St. Mary’s College	Pick Acquired via Trade with Utah
1	5		Jeron Pantor	Fullback	Life University	Pick Acquired via Trade with DC
1	6		Aidan King	Flanker	Penn State
1	7		Inoke Waqavesi	Fly-half	St. Mary’s College
1	8		Alex Aguero	Flanker	UC Berkeley
1	9		Darius Law	Center	Life University
1	10		Peyton Wall	Center	Indiana University
1	11		Calvin Liulamaga	Center	Central Washington
1	12		Ray Santiago	Lock	Rensselaer Polytechnic	Pick Acquired via Trade with Anthem, via trade with New England
2	13		EJ Freeman	Center	University of Arizona
2	14		Matt Carrion	Flanker	Life University	Pick Acquired via Trade with LA
2	15		Aidan Ridgway	Scrumhalf	Arkansas State	Pick Acquired via Trade with Miami
2	16		Ammon Tielu Sagala	Wing	Brigham Young	Pick Traded to NE Jan 17, 2024. Utah still used it. Unclear.
2	17		Aaron Juma	Flanker	Wheeling University
2	18		Dalton Musselman	Fly-half	Penn State
2	19		Hunter Chuhlansteff	Prop	St. Mary’s College
2	20		Jake Negrete	Wing	St. Mary’s College
2	21		Josh Schwartz	Hooker	Queen’s University of Charlotte	Pick Acquired via Trade with Dallas
2	22		Jake Kinneeveauk	Lock	University of Utah
2	23		Connor Williams	Prop	University of Ottawa
2	24		LeDonn Mathis	Lock / Flanker	Lindenwood University	Pick Acquired via Trade with New England
3	25		Ashawnty Staples	Wing	Notre Dame College
3	26		Patrick Beattie	Prop	Cal State – Long Beach
3	27		Lautaro Soto Ansay	Center	Lindenwood University
3	28		Cole Semu	Center	Brigham Young
3	29		Sebastian Schefermann	Fullback / Center	Mary Washington
3	30		Nicholas Andiarena	Flanker	Adrian College	Pick Acquired via Trade with NOLA
3	31		Daniel Bray	Prop	UC – Santa Barbara
3	32		Caleb Tomasin	Scrumhalf	UC – Berkeley
3	33		Lleyton Delzell	Flanker	St. Mary’s College	Pick Acquired via Trade with Dallas
3	34		Alex Hernandez	Prop	Marian University
3	35		Jamie Armstrong	Fly-half / Fullback	University of Ottawa
3	36		Emanuel Lai	Scrumhalf	Santa Clara University

The below tables show how many picks each MLR team had during the 2024 draft, and which Colleges had the most draftees selected:

Number of Draft Picks Per Team & Number of Successful Draftees by School

Team	Draft Picks
	6
	4
	4
	3
	3
	3
	3
	3
	2
	2
	2
	1

College	Logo	No. of Draftees
St. Mary’s College		6
Life University		3
Lindenwood University		3
Brigham Young		2
Penn State		2
UC – Berkeley		2
University of Ottawa		2
Adrian College		1
Arkansas State		1
Cal State – Long Beach		1
Central Washington		1
Indiana University		1
Marian University		1
Mary Washington University		1
Notre Dame College		1
Queen’s University		1
Queen’s University of Charlotte		1
Rensselaer Polytechnic		1
Santa Clara University		1
UC – Santa Barbara		1
University of Arizona		1
University of Utah		1
Wheeling University		1