Joe Adams was drafted by a start-up football league Wednesday.
The former Arkansas wide receiver and all-American return specialist was the first overall pick in the inaugural Major League Football Franchise Player Draft.
The league, which is a publicly traded corporation and will be comprised of eight teams, is scheduled to play its first season this spring.
While the team locations haven't been announced, the league previously released a "tentative" list that included Little Rock, according to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. The other cities listed were Orlando; Norfolk, Virginia; Birmingham, Alabama; Oklahoma City; Eugene, Oregon; Missouri City, Texas; and Akron, Ohio.
According to its website, MLFB hopes to "fill the void in the professional football landscape" by playing a 10-game season and four-team playoff in the time between the Super Bowl and the start of the NFL's regular season in August.
Adams' team will be led by Dave Campo, who coached the Dallas Cowboys from 2000-2002 and was a longtime college and pro assistant.
Each team had one pick in Wednesday's "Franchise Player Draft," but MLFB said on Twitter that there will be more players selected Thursday and Friday.
Adams played nine games with the Carolina Panthers as a rookie in 2012, but was released after fumbling four times on returns.
He caught one pass for seven yards, had three carries for 13 yards and returned 20 total kicks for 335 yards.
The Houston Texas signed him in 2014, but he was released during the preseason after having another fumble.
All 40 regular-season MLFB games will be televised by the American Sports Network, a regional network that typically airs college sporting events, including FCS football and mid-major basketball games.
Another one of MLFB's goals is to become a "complementary, non-conflicting or competitive league to the established NFL." Instead, the league wants to give players another opportunity to be seen by NFL teams.