The rebooted XFL has already lost one draftee.

Former Tennessee DL Corey Vereen has announced that he will not be playing in the league. A statement posted by the Logan Brown Sports agency indicates Vereen’s primary reason for dropping out of the league is a salary lower than expected.

“The salary schedule did not come close to matching what was talked about rampantly throughout the XFL combine workouts and was discussed online by many different sources,” the statement reads. “The base salary is $27,040 with per-game active bonuses of $1,685 and weekly win bonuses of $2,222.

The statement was accompanied by a tweet from the agency:

After careful consideration, @meanvereen has decided to forgo his @xfl2020 opportunity. Corey has stayed in great shape for his next football opportunity. Unfortunately that opportunity will not be in the XFL with the current pay scale. We wish the @XFLWildcats the best of luck!

Vereen played at Tennessee from 2013-16. After leaving UT, he briefly joined the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent in the 2017 offseason. From June to September of 2017, Vereen was cut, re-signed to be placed on Injured Reserved and cut again. Vereen played for the Memphis Express of the Alliance of American Football earlier this year.

Vereen was selected by the Los Angeles Wildcats in the eighth round of phase three of the recent XFL draft for the 2020 season.