As you know, Erik Moses is Team President of the XFL DC franchise. Today we’re learning that he has now been chosen to be part of the Washington Business Journal Leadership Trust.

The Washington Business Journal has invited some of the cities top executives to join a group of leaders to share their experience and insight as they grow the city’s culture of collaboration and innovation.

As we’ve stated before, it’s not just about what happens on the field, but off as well. With this appointment, Moses is showing that he is going to be a leader for the team and the city.

Here is what The Washington Business Journal had to say about Moses:

Erik Moses, Team President, XFL

This year Erik Moses became president of the XFL’s DC team. The team will be one of eight initial franchises in the XFL, a professional football league that will launch in 2020, with home games will be at Audi Field.

Erik comes from a deep background in the sports and events management industry. He spent the last decade as senior vice president and managing director at Events DC, where he worked to attract major events to its facilities, including the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, the DC Armory and more.

With the XFL, Erik will be responsible for the team’s fan engagement and business operations.

Erik is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s School of Continuing Studies, where he teaches about the sports industry management. In another life, Erik was an attorney.

He serves on the board of directors for the DC Jazz Festival, the Military Bowl Foundation, and the US Tennis Association – Mid-Atlantic Section.

This Week in the XFL we look at what’s next for the league now that the Summer Showcase has concluded, discuss the potential practice facilities for XFL DC and lastly we go over the XFL Houston Q&A with Team President Brian Michael Cooper.

The XFL Summer Showcase concluded over the weekend, and it seems that XFL DC Head Coach Pep Hamilton is hitting the ground running. Hamilton and SVP of Football Operations, Doug Whaley have been out looking at potential practice facilities for the DC franchise.

First we learned that Hamilton and Whaley were visiting Bowie State University via the official Twitter account of XFL DC. Bulldogs Stadium, home for the Bowie State football program, features a synthetic turf playing surface and has a seating capacity of 2,964. The stadium opened a new stadium field house in Spring 2015 and features two locker rooms and shower facilities.

Scenes from today’s potential practice facility visits!

📍 @BowieState pic.twitter.com/WnmGEZKxq9

— XFL Washington DC (@XFLDC) July 16, 2019

We then learned that the next stop was at the facilities of University of Maryland. Capitol One Field  at Maryland Stadium is the home of the Maryland Terrapins football and men’s lacrosse teams, which compete in the Big Ten Conference.

The facility was formerly named Byrd Stadium after Harry “Curley” Byrd. Byrd was a multi-sport athlete, football coach, and university president in the first half of the 20th century. In 2006, naming rights were sold to Chase Bank, which was subsequently acquired by Capital One. In 2015, the Byrd Stadium name was removed, with the stadium being renamed Maryland Stadium

Stop No. 2️⃣: @UofMaryland pic.twitter.com/gswqLKCJvj

— XFL Washington DC (@XFLDC) July 16, 2019

Either of these facilities would be grate choices for the league. That being said, we are slightly leaning towards the franchise choosing the facilities located at UofMaryland.

The XFL Summer Showcase events have been pretty standard so far. 100 players; 50 offensive and 50 defensive. Recently we reported that the XFL Los Angeles was the first Showcase to have kickers and punters in attendance.

Well, now XFL DC Personnel Director, Greg Gabriel, has noted that the XFL Tampa Bay Summer Showcase will be the largest so far. This weekends event will host nearly 150 players. This is what I like to see, keep the momentum going and ramp up on the scouting.

Tomorrow I leave for Tampa for the XFL Tampa Bay Showcase on Saturday. It will be the largest Showcase to date with close to 150 players working out for XFL coaches and scouts

— Greg Gabriel (@greggabe) June 27, 2019

Last week the Summer Showcase kicked off in Dallas and Houston, yesterday saw New York’s time in the spotlight. Today is for DC. We now have officially received the full roster for today’s event, which you can see below:

Offense

• Darrien Howard – DT – West Virginia
• Corey Marshall – DT – Virginia Texh
• Johnny Maxey – DT – Mars Hill
• Scott Pagano – DT – Clemson
• Trenton Thompson – DT – Georgia
• Trevon Brown – WR – East Corolina
• Amba Etaa-Tawo – WR – Syracuse
• Jacoby Ford – WR – Clemson
• Chris Hubert – WR – Fayetteville State
• Taivon Jacobs – WR – Maryland
• Adonis Jennings – WR – Temple
• Wrokep Kofa – WR – UNC Charlotte
• Terrence Lee-Alls – WR – James Madison
• Jailin Marshall – WR – Ohio State
• Freddie Martino – WE – North Greenville
• Sam Mobley – WR – Catawba
• Trobais Palmer – WR – North Carolina State
• Vinny Papale – WR – Delaware
• Joe Walker – WR – Delaware
• Khalis Abdullah – RB – James Madison
• Rachid Ibrahim – RB – Pittsburgh
• Isaiah Johnson – RB – Eastern Illinois
• DeShawn Jones – RB – Campbell
• Bernard Pierce – RB – Temple
• Jhurell Pressley – RB – New Mexico
• Devine Redding – RB – Indiana
• Sam Castranova – QB – Bethal
• Vad Lee – QB – James Madison
• Greg McGhee – QB – Howard
• Philip Nelson – QB – East Carolina
• Marquise Williams – QB – North Carolina
• Rory Anderson – TE – South Carolina
• Kyle Carter – TE – Penn State
• Derrick Hayward – TE – Maryland
• Garrett Hudson – TE – Richmond
• Khari Lee – TE – Bowie State
• Scott Orndoff – TE – Pittsburgh
• Javoni Robinson – TE – NC State
• Cameron Serigne – TE – Wake Forest
• Lawrence Keys – OC – UNC-Pembroke
• Matt Schmidt – OC – Furman
• John Yarbrough – OC – Richmond
• Toree Boyd – OG – Howard
• Kyle Chung – OG – Virginia Tech
• Will Corbin – OG – Appalachian State
• WillDancy = OG – East Carolina
• Isaiah Hardy – OG – West Virginia
• Marquis Lucas – OG – West Virginia
• Noah Beh – OT – Delaware
• Cody Gibson – OT – South Carolina
• Joe Gore – OT – Clemson
• Randall Harris – OT – Towson
• Voghens Larrieux – OT – Coastal Carolina

Defense

• Eliijah Battle – CB – West Virginia
• Bryce Canady – CB – Virginia
• RaVon Davis – CB – Maryland
• Victor Hampton – CB – South Carolina
• Tyrin Holloway – CB – Western Illinois
• Dexter McDougie – CB – Maryland
• C.J. Moore – CB – North Carolina Central
• Brandon Napoleon – CB – West Virginia
• Ayo Ogunniyi – CB – Richmond
• Ayodeji Olatoye – CB – Noth Carolina A&T
• Arbraham Wallace – CB – West Alabama
• Leroy Alexander – SAF – Youngstown State
• Dashawn Benton – SAF – East Carolina
• Marsean Diggs – SAF – UAB
• K.J. Dillon – SAF – West Virginia
• Branden Dozier – SAF – UNC Charlotte
• Alex Gray – SAF – Appalachian State
• Montre Gregory – SAF – Bowling Green
• Donnie Miles- SAF – North Carolina
• Robert Sands – SAF – West Virginia
• Van Smith – SAF – Clemson
• Jeremy Taylor – SAF – North Carolina A&T
• Jeremy Taylor – SAF – West Virginia
• Andrew Robinson – LS – Michigan
• Colton Taylor – LS – Virginia Tech
• Alex Briones – LB – Central Michigan
• Matt Conroy – LB – Salve Regina
• Terrence Garvin – LB – West Virginia
• Quentin Gause – LB – Rutgers
• Kennen Johnson – LB – Appalachian State
• Kerron Johnson – LB – Coastal Carolina
• Michael Omotayo – LB – International
• Edmond Robinson – LB – Newberry
• Kiante Anderson – DE – East Carolina
• Tavaris Barnes – DE – Clemson
• Akheem Barton – DE – Prarie View A&M
• Jeremiah Clarke – DE – North Carolina
• Ryan Delaire – DE – Towson
• Richard Johnson – DE – Howard
• Ulric Jones – DE – South Carolina
• Owen Obasuyo – DE – Hampton
• Bunmi Rotimi – DE – Old Dominion
• Adam Taiaat – DE – Galludett
• Demetris Anderson – DT – UCF
• Christian Brown – DT – West Virginia
• David Dean – DT – Virginia
• BJ Bubose – DT – Luisville
• Roderick Henderson – DT – Alabama State
• Darrien Howard – DT – West Virginia
• Corey Marshall – DT – Virginia Tech
• Johnny Maxey – DT – Mars Hill
• Scott Pagano – DT – Clemson
• Trenton Thompson – DT – Georgia

Yesterday XFL New York gave everyone a chance to attend this Friday’s Summer Showcase, now XFL DC is doing the same. Moments ago on Twitter @XFLDC Tweeted that you could win, and all you need to do is retweet the Tweet below.

We were lucky enough to attend in Dallas and Houston over the weekend, and we recommend everyone should go if they have the chance.

Want to attend our Summer Showcase?

RT this by 4 pm ET Thursday for a chance to attend the next #XFLShowcase, taking place this Saturday at St. James Sports Complex!

20 random winners will be selected to attend with a guest. #XFL2020 #Sweepstakes pic.twitter.com/zEPyrk0l3u

— XFL Washington DC (@XFLDC) June 12, 2019

Yesterday we learned that Dynomite Kuhn would be joining XFL Houston as Director of Football Operations, today DC has some news for us. According to Brad Briggs of the Chicago Tribune, Greg Gabriel will be joining the Washington DC franchise as Personnel Director.

A 28-year veteran in pro personnel, Gabriel worked 16 seasons in the New York Giants scouting department, one with national scouting, and two more years part-time with the Buffalo Bills, and most recently College Scouting Director for the Chicago Bears.

With Gabriel leading the college scouting, the Bears hit on several players, including Pro Bowlers Lance Briggs, Tommie Harris, Devin Hester, Johnny Knox and Nathan Vasher. During Gabriel’s first seven drafts with Chicago, the Bears selected 16 players who started at least one game for the Bears in 2008.

Stay up to date with all the latest hires with the XFL2k Staff Tracker.

NFL source says belief is former #Bears college scouting director Greg Gabriel will be hired as the personnel director of the Washington XFL franchise. Former Bears QB coach Pep Hamilton has already been named head coach of the team.

— Brad Biggs (@BradBiggs) June 11, 2019