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Raiders Rookie minicamp roster

There are 32 roster players in attendance at the Raiders Rookie minicamp this weekend. Here are all 32 players.

14	QB	Carter Bradley	UDFA
23	RB	Dylan Laube	D-6
80	WR	Jeff Foreman	UDFA
82	WR	Ramel Keyton	UDFA
81	WR	Lideatrick Griffin	UDFA
32	WR	Tyreik McAllister	1st Yr
89	TE	Brock Bowers	D-1
86	TE	John Samuel Shenker	1st Yr
71	T	DJ Glaze	D-3
73	T	Andrew Coker	UDFA
54	T	Jalen McKenzie	1st Yr
70	G	Jackson Powers-Johnson	D-2
64	G	Clark Barrington	UDFA
63	G	Jake Johanning	UDFA
67	C	Will Putnam	UDFA
60	DT	Tomari Fox	UDFA
62	DT	Noah Shannon	UDFA
55	DE	David Agoha	IPP
57	DE	TJ Franklin	UDFA
76	DE	Ron Stone Jr	UDFA
49	DE	Charles Snowden	1st Yr
45	LB	Tommy Eichenberg	D-5
53	LB	Amari Gainer	UDFA
48	LB	Fred Thompkins	UDFA
25	CB	Decamerion Richardson	D-4
26	CB	MJ Devonshire	D-7
44	CB	Demarcus Governor	UDFA
36	CB	Rayshad Williams	UDFA
46	CB	JaQuann Sheppard	UDFA
40	S	Jaydon Grant	1st Yr
37	S	Trey Taylor	D-7
42	S	Phalen Sanford	UDFA

That’s eight drafted rookies, 18 undrafted rookies, and six first year players.

Jackson Powers-Johnson lining up at left guard in Raiders rookie minicamp

Raiders 2nd round pick OL Jackson Powers-Johnson starts rookie minicamp at left guard

With the 44th overall pick in this year’s draft, the Raiders selected the nation’s top center Jackson Powers-Johnson. The reigning Rimington Award Winner was announced as a guard because that’s where the Raiders will be playing him. At least initially.

The question was which guard position. Most assumed right guard because the Raiders have Dylan Parham on the left side. That may end up being that case because there’s a long time until the start of the season, but day one it was left guard where the rookie saw his first snaps in a Raiders uniform.

“It felt great. I haven’t played left guard in a bit, but it’s a new challenge and that’s exciting,” said Powers-Johnson. “When you kind of get to step out of your comfort zone or do something that you haven’t done as much that’s fun for me. That’s what football is all about, that’s what life’s all about. You’re not going to just do everything the same every day, and now I get to do something new. And yeah, it’s been pretty seamless, but there’s stuff I need to work on and that’s really exciting to me.”

Last season was Powers-Johnson’s first as a full time starter, playing every snap at center. But prior to that, he lined primarily at right guard, having started just one game at left guard as a freshman in 2021. He also had a start at right guard and defensive tackle.

This alignment could be a sign of things to come, or it could just be something the Raiders are trying out for rookie minicamp. We’ll know more about the Raiders’ plans for Powers-Johnson when he is joined by the rest of his teammates in OTA’s and minicamp.

Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce sees rookie minicamp as ‘elementary school’ for young players

Antonio Pierce first rookie minicamp as Raiders head coach ‘elementary school’ for young players

Friday the Raiders rookies, both drafted and undrafted, hit the field for the first time since signing with the team. And so too does first year head coach Antonio Pierce. All of whom are probably some mixture of eager, anxious, excited, and nervous for their journey to begin.

Piece spoke to the media prior to practice about what he expects from his newest young players this weekend.

“Learning. We’re in Elementary School,” said Pierce. “How we do things the Raider way, Raider culture, mindset, how we play football, how we practice, how we study. They’re doing that now in the classroom. They’re bright eyed. I asked them to be here five minutes early, they’re here about 20 minutes early. They’re sitting around in the room by themselves, I looked around and thought there was a meeting going on and they’re just ready to go. Bunch of eager players and I think for me just to get to know one another. We talked about trust, accountability, and process with these guys yesterday. Have to continue to grow accustomed to not only the coaches, but the players on our roster.”

For all the learning that will be happening over the next few days for these young players, many of them will also be fighting for a spot on this team. Pierce knows that experience as a former undrafted free agent himself who had to break onto an NFL roster to begin his career.

“We got 32 Raiders here. I don’t care if you’re the 13th pick or the guy that’s trying out. You got a Raider uniform on, we’re gonna treat you accordingly. They earn the right to stay here, they earn the right to get more reps. Just excited to get them here. Just good to get a full roster. 90 guys on the roster now we can kind of like put this thing together, right? Start to build this team into what we want it to look [like] for the ‘24 season.”

The Raiders drafted eight players and signed 17 undrafted free agents. There are also six first year players (were here last year, but don’t have an accrued season in the NFL) and UNLV LB Fred Thompkins.

In most cases, there will be at least a handful of players who are trying out for the team, but those players will not be listed on the official roster. Should they impress and make the team based on their play over this rookie minicamp, they will bump one of the current players off the roster. That’s where this becomes more than just a learning exercise and a fight for some of these players’ NFL lives.

Raiders officially sign 10 undrafted free agents ahead of rookie camp

Here are the 11 newest UDFAs and IPP player headed to Raiders rookie camp.

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Raiders rookie camp starts today. And just before those players hit the field, the team has made the signings of their undrafted rookies official.

Here are the 10 additions along with their International Pathway Program offseason invitation:

Player	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	College
David Agoha	DL	6-4	252	NFL I.P.P
McClendon Curtis	G	6-6	325	Chattanooga
Jaydon Grant	S	6-0	190	Oregon State
Azizi Hearn	CB	6-1	204	UCLA
Brock Martin	DE	6-2	240	Oklahoma State
Jordan Perryman	CB	6-0	198	Washington
Adam Plant	DE	6-5	263	UNLV
John Shenker	TE	6-3	242	Auburn
George Tarlas	DE	6-3	253	Boise State
Drake Thomas	LB	5-11	223	N.C. State
Dalton Wagner	T	6-8	320	Arkansas

Agoha: A native of Abia State, Nigera, he was Allocated to the Raiders from the NFL International Player Pathway program.

Curtis: P Started 38 games over the past four seasons at Tennessee-Chattanooga, including 30 starts at right guard where he was a three-time First-team All-SoCon selection.

Grant: A Second-team All-Pac-12 player in 2022 as a sixth year senior. He has career totals of nine interceptions, and 28 pass breakups for the Beavers.

Hearn: Transferred to UCLA as a senior following three years at Wyoming and a season at University of Arizona. In total, he had 37 starts over five collegiate seasons.

Martin: The edge rusher put up 16 sacks and 40 tackles for loss over 34 starts at Oklahoma State and was named Second-team All-Big 12 as senior.

Perryman: A two-time First-team All-Big Sky performer at UC Davis in 2021, he transferred to Washington where he started 10 games with one interception and 12 pass breakups.

Plant: The UNLV product, set career highs last season with 62 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, eight sacks and three forced fumbles.

Shenker: Played Finished his five-year career at as the school’s all-time leader in receptions for a tight end (68) and second in receiving yards (779).

Tarlas: Played Transferred to Boise State after four years at Weber State where his 19 sacks and 25 tackles for loss earned him All-Big Sky honors thrice.

Thomas: Played A two-time First-team All-ACC performer at NC State with 19 career sacks, 46 tackles for loss, four interceptions, and 13 pass breakups.

Wagner: Started 40 games at Arkansa and was twice named All-SEC.