Former UNLV receiver Ricky White III is enjoying his first taste of the NFL — as he should after all the work he put in to make his goal a reality.
NFL Draft
Add Raiders running back Ashton Jeanty to the growing list of players who got prank-called on NFL draft weekend.
The Raiders became the second team since 2018 to take a running back in the top 10 of the draft this year. Here’s how recent picks have fared in the NFL.
Former UNLV linebacker Jackson Woodard is beginning his NFL journey with the Seahawks, along with another former Rebels standout.
Here is a look at what national outlets are saying about the Raiders’ first draft under general manager John Spytek and coach Pete Carroll, including final grades.
The Raiders added explosiveness and deepened the competition at several positions with their 11-player NFL draft class over the past three days.
The global pandemic that is the coronavirus has gripped Southern Nevada in a most relentless manner, its harsh realities being felt from one side of town to the next.
Rates for hotel rooms during the upcoming NFL draft were already sliding last week as Las Vegas and other cities shut down to contain the spreading coronavirus.
Local leaders won’t speculate on a future NFL draft here, but what’s known for sure is that thousands of people and millions of dollars won’t be coming in April.
The NFL has canceled plans to hold its draft in Las Vegas this year because of concerns over the spread of coronavirus.
The Redskins shake up the top 10 by selecting a quarterback just a year after spending a first-round selection on the same position.
Sometimes the quarterbacks selected in the later rounds of the NFL draft may become the best of the bunch.
The chances that the draft in Las Vegas will be staged as originally palnned are the same of those of local pharmacies having a surplus of hand sanitizer.
Las Vegas owner Mark Days says of the upcoming NFL Draft: “I guarantee that the league and the leaders here will come up with the right plan. There is a dialogue between everybody in the public sphere. You have to have that.”
The Las Vegas Monorail plans to be carrying a lot of locals and visitors to the Caesars Forum for the NFL Draft, with train frequency approximately every 4 minutes.
The first case of coronavirus in Southern Nevada was confirmed Thursday, calling into question what major events might be canceled or postponed across Las Vegas.