Top 5 NFL Stars That Should Play In The XFL

#1. Tim Tebow

LSU v Florida

Tim Tebow is one of the greatest college football players of all time. The 2007 Heisman winner led the Florida Gators to two BCS National Championships. Tebow's college success was the primary reason the Denver Broncos selected him with their first-round pick in the 2009 NFL Draft.

College success; however, doesn't always translate to NFL success. Tebow lacked the arm strength and accuracy necessary to make NFL throws and the Broncos offense did him no favors. It was hardly tailor-made to Tebow's style. Tebow is a running quarterback, a 6'3"235-pound bruiser who does best when defenders have to defend either run or pass. Still, with his options limited in Denver, Tebow was instrumental in the Broncos' 2011 playoff run.

Tebow threw for more than 300 yards and 2 touchdowns to eliminate the Pittsburgh Steelers from the NFL Playoffs. The following offseason, the Broncos signed NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning and Tebow's time in Denver was finished.

Tebow floundered in the league garnering unmemorable stints with the New York Jets, New England Patriots, and Philadelphia Eagles before finding himself out of the league entirely by 2015. With his NFL options eliminated, Tebow is now pursuing professional baseball and is in the New York Mets' minor league system.

Tebow has an ideal image. He is squeaky clean and has never been in trouble with the law. He goes to Church, practices the tenets of the Christian faith without hypocrisy, and commits to charitable events like how Vince McMahon commits to money. In fact, Tim Tebow is money. That is certainly how McMahon will see him.

Fans will tune in just to see the former Heisman winner play the game he loves again. If the XFL signs Kaepernick, for many, Tebow will be an appeasement, the babyface to Kaepernick's heel persona. Vince McMahon knows a thing or two about heels and babyfaces

The league also promises to be fast-paced and as Oliver Luck recently said, more like the college game, where quarterbacks run the option. That's exactly the style of offense that Tebow ran as a Florida Gator. One thing is certain, Tebow may get yet another chance to play professional football, something the NFL refused to grant him. He won't need the pinpoint accuracy required to throw in the NFL. The windows won't be nearly as tight in the XFL. With the XFL, Tebow can play the game he loves again and do it at an elite level.