The 2025 Major League Rugby Collegiate Draft will be the 6th draft in MLR history. Details on the format and structure of the 2025 Draft will be added here as and when the information becomes available.
As with previous drafts, the draft order will be determined by the reverse finishing order during the 2025 season, including placements earned during the 2025 Championship Series. In situations where teams are eliminated at the same stage of the Championship Series, the lower ranked team during the regular season will pick before the higher ranked. For the 2025 draft, college athletes from sports other than rugby were eligible for the MLR Draft. This is the first time that crossover athletes have been eligible to be drafted into Major League Rugby.
The 2025 MLR Collegiate Draft was held on August 21st, 2025 following the conclusion of the playing season in late June. The below table highlights the current draft picks that each MLR team has for the 2025 Draft:
Current Draft Pick Landscape – 2025 MLR Collegiate Draft
Team | 1st Rd | 2nd Rd | 3rd Rd |
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Anthem RC | ![]() ![]() | – | ![]() |
California Legion | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Chicago Hounds | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Houston SaberCats | – | ![]() | ![]() |
New England Free Jacks | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Old Glory DC | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Seattle Seawolves | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Utah Warriors | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
The California Legion retained the drafting spots of Rugby FC LA. They also retain Houston’s 1st Rd Pick which RFCLA had traded for, giving the Legion 4 picks in the 2025 Draft.
As with every previous MLR Collegiate Draft to date, 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 will show the complete 2025 MLR Collegiate Draft Class, including their draft number, name, position, and school:
Complete 2025 MLR Collegiate Draft
The below tables show how many picks each MLR team had during the 2025 draft, and which Colleges had the most draftees selected:
Number of Draft Picks Per Team & Number of Successful Draftees by School
College | Logo | No. Of Draftees |
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Life University | ![]() | 4 |
Central Washington University | ![]() | 3 |
Lindenwood University | ![]() | 2 |
UC – Berkeley | ![]() | 2 |
UCLA | ![]() | 2 |
Walsh University | ![]() | 2 |
American International College | ![]() | 1 |
Brock University | ![]() ![]() | 1 |
Dartmouth College | ![]() | 1 |
Mount St. Mary’s University | ![]() | 1 |
Penn State | ![]() | 1 |
University of Guelph | ![]() ![]() | 1 |
St. Mary’s College | ![]() | 1 |
University of Arizona | ![]() | 1 |
University of South Florida | ![]() | 1 |
University of Vermont | ![]() | 1 |
University of Victoria | ![]() ![]() | 1 |
them with 4 draftees in 2025, the most of any school. Perennial
heavyweights Lindenwood are T-3rd with two.