The player sat out the 2024 season after spending his first five seasons with the Raiders, including a Pro Bowl appearance.
Adam Hill
Sports Columnist/Reporter
Email: ahill@reviewjournal.com
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After serving as sports editor of both the Silverado Star and UNLV Rebel Yell, the Detroit native remained in Las Vegas and embarked on his professional journalism career at the Review-Journal in 2002. He has covered MMA, prep sports, Raiders and Golden Knights while helping coordinate digital coverage for nearly every major sporting event to come through the valley.
The Raiders aren’t going to make national headlines with their draft class, but it was clear they had a plan and executed it by identifying versatility and elite traits.
Here are the 11 players selected by the Raiders in the NFL draft, with analysis, grades and potential roles for each one during his rookie season.
Raiders general manager John Spytek, when asked Friday about drafting a quarterback, said: “So far, it hasn’t fallen our way with the evaluations we’ve had.”
Running back Ashton Jeanty arrived in Las Vegas on Friday for the first time as a member of the Raiders, who took him with the sixth pick in the NFL draft.
Ashton Jeanty is a phenomenal player whose character might be more impressive than the highlight reels he created at Boise State. But none of that means he was the right pick for the Raiders on Thursday.
Here’s the Review-Journal’s final first-round mock draft before the action gets underway Thursday in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
The Raiders, who pick sixth overall in the 2025 NFL draft, have selected multiple Hall of Famers in the top 10 before. But they’ve also had some notable misses.
The Raiders have found some key performers and even a few stars in recent drafts, but overall their classes have been disappointing.
The Raiders haven’t been doing much to quiet talk that drafting running back Ashton Jeanty is a foregone conclusion — and that could all be part of the plan.
WWE president Nick Khan insists he’s the same person who worked WrestleMania 9 as an usher in 1993 as the one in charge of WrestleMania 41 at Allegiant Stadium.
The Raiders are likely to address the cornerback situation in the NFL draft after releasing a starter this offseason and losing another one in free agency.
Veteran oddsmaker Vinny Magliulo joked that he won’t be posting odds on WrestleMania’s return to Las Vegas after the chaotic days before WrestleMania 9 in 1993.
The Review-Journal looks at how the NFL draft could go if the betting markets and recent line moves are ahead of the traditional prognosticators.
The Raiders have Maxx Crosby, one of the NFL’s best defensive ends who recently signed a massive contract extension, but they should be looking for help at the position.