There are plenty of players to choose from in Sunday's XFL DFS player pool. One of Sunday's games sees a rebirth, as St. Louis gets professional football again after a 1,529-day absence when the BattleHawks play their first home game against the New York Defenders at 3 p.m ET. The BattleHawks, who are led by dual-threat quarterback Jordan Ta'amu and running back Matt Jones, end the drought left by the Rams, who last played in St. Louis in Week 15 of the 2015 season.

The Defenders will counter with a stout defense that has only allowed three touchdowns, tied for the fewest in the league. Can you trust Ta'amu or Jones with your XFL DFS picks? Before finalizing any Week 3 XFL DFS strategy, be sure to see what SportsLine's Mike McClure has to say. He's won almost $2 million in his career as a daily Fantasy pro, and his top daily Fantasy football picks and XFL DFS advice can help you get an edge over the competition in Week 3. 

McClure has a proven track record of daily Fantasy football success. He crushed the 2018 NFL season, cashing in the top 5 percent of tournaments on FanDuel and DraftKings multiple times. His optimal lineups cashed as high as the top 0.1 percent on FanDuel and as high as the top 1 percent on DraftKings.

He rolled through the 2019 NFL season as well. Some of his highlights included his Week 5 optimal lineups finishing in the top 1 percent of tournament on DraftKings. In Week 9, his optimal lineups cashed for over 5x on FanDuel and DraftKings. His Week 13 main slate lineups returned at least 10x on DraftKings and produced returns as high as 40x in higher-stakes tournaments. He then continued his roll in the postseason, cashing on every single lineup he posted for the divisional round. 

Then in Week 1 of the XFL, his Saturday FanDuel lineup, which was built around Houston Roughnecks quarterback P.J. Walker (272 yards, 4 TDs), returned over 5x. Anybody who has followed him as seen huge returns. 

Now, he has turned his attention to the Week 3 XFL DFS player pool and locked in his top daily Fantasy football picks for Sunday. You can only see them here. 

Top XFL DFS picks for Week 3

One of McClure's top XFL DFS picks for Sunday is Defenders quarterback Cardale Jones. The former Ohio State quarterback with a huge arm only threw 11 passes in the NFL in 2016 with the Bills. Then, he was traded to the Chargers, where he spent two seasons as one of Philip Rivers' backups.

However, Jones' big arm has afforded him another chance to showcase his skill set in the XFL and he's performing well for DC. Jones leads the XFL with 511 passing yards through two weeks and has four touchdown passes against just one interception. And on Sunday, he has a dream matchup against a Wildcats defense that is allowing 289.5 passing yards and 31 points per game.

McClure's optimal XFL DFS strategy for Sunday also includes rostering Wildcats wide receiver Nelson Spruce. The former Colorado standout was undrafted out of college, but latched onto the Rams as a free agent in 2016 and made the 53-man roster. Spruce never appeared in an NFL game, though, despite signing with the Bears, Chiefs and Chargers in subsequent years. He played for the San Diego Fleet of the Alliance of American Football in 2019, finishing fifth in the AAF with 426 receiving yards and second with 38 receptions. 

Spruce was drafted in the third round of the 2020 XFL Draft and caught 11 passes for 103 yards in his XFL debut in a 37-17 loss to the Houston Roughnecks. He backed that up with a six-catch, 89-yard effort in Week 2 that included two touchdown receptions in a 25-18 loss to the Dallas Renegades.

How to set your Week 3 XFL DFS lineups

McClure is also targeting a player who could go off for massive numbers on Sunday in Week 3 because of a dream matchup. The stars are aligning for him to go for 30, even 40 points on FanDuel and DraftKings. This pick could be the difference between winning your tournaments or going home with nothing.

So who is DFS pro Mike McClure putting in his optimal XFL DFS lineups for Sunday? And which player could put up tournament-winning numbers? Visit SportsLine now to see the full optimal tournament and cash game lineups from a professional DFS player who has almost $2 million in career winnings, and find out.