This week, the Raiders had a whole slew of tryout players at their facility. From them, they signed two. They have added former Lions’ running back Theo Riddick, which had been reported earlier today, and former Chargers’ linebacker Kyle Emmanuel.
We have signed free agents RB Theo Riddick and LB Kyle Emanuel.
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— Las Vegas Raiders (@Raiders) August 23, 2020
The 6-3, 250-pounder was out of football last season. A former fifth-round pick started 32 games over four seasons for the Chargers. Upon the completion of his four-year rookie contract, he abruptly retired.
Now more than a year later, the 29-year-old wants back in. So, he worked out for the Raiders and has been signed to a deal.
Emanuel’s best seasons came in 2016 and 2017 when he started 11 games each season. In 2016 he put up a career-best 58 combined tackles. In 2017 he had a career-best 3 pass breakups along with one interception and 1.5 sacks. He has just four career sacks and ten quarterback hits.
To make room, the team waived linebacker Bryce Hager who they had added early this month, just prior to the start of training camp. To make room for the addition of Theo Riddick, the team waived running back William Stanback.
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