It supplemented its collegiate draft and included players from the NFL and CFL.
Although it was expected that most of the NFL players drafted would have no intention of signing with the new league, the WFL still wanted to have the prominent NFL players future rights assigned, preventing WFL teams from competing in the signing for the same players.
[1] On March 19, 1974, the WFL had a second pro draft to select the rights to players cut by National Football League teams.
Each WFL team selected 2 NFL franchises to secure the rights to players not previously selected in the first day 40 rounds pro draft.
In 1975, because of the uncertainties surrounding the league, only a pro draft of entire NFL and CFL teams was done at its league meetings in Birmingham, Alabama.