Oakland Raiders NFL Draft: Does Reggie have a type?

Players That Fit The Mold

Continuing on with McKenzie’s “type”, let’s take a look at the upcoming draft class and see which players might fit the mold.

We’ll mostly just focus on potential round one and two prospects, but the screenshot on the previous slide should provide a decent outline to follow when looking at later round prospects as well.

To quickly recap, we’re largely looking for seniors, preferably that were team captains, that also fit the size and athleticism thresholds that were listed at the end of the last slide.

Notable underclassmen from this draft class include: Vernon Hargreaves, Mackensie Alexander, Eli Apple, Andrew Billings, Corey Coleman, Jack Conklin, Su’a Cravens, Ezekiel Elliott, Leonard Floyd, Derrick Henry, Chris Jones, Shaq Lawson, Darron Lee, Keanu Neal, Noah Spence, Robert Nkemdiche, and Laquon Treadwell.

The full list of underclassmen can be found here.

That’s quite a list, with some very impressive prospects. It’ll be interesting to see if the talent of any of these players will trump the fact that they are underclassmen, as McKenzie felt was the case with Cooper, Edwards Jr. and Watson.

As far as some of the notable players that fit the typical mold of being a senior — a team captain if possible — and also hit the size and athleticism thresholds, let’s took a look at some of the options.

Highlighted in red is where a player doesn’t meet the minimum threshold for that particular category.

Quick note: Some of the players missed the threshold by one pound or by a fraction of a second, so please don’t interpret the list as the end-all-be-all. Again, this is just an outline of how McKenzie may be thinking based on his own draft history.

There are only two players who are 100% across the board – Reggie Ragland and Taylor Decker. Does that mean these are the final two choices? Of course not. But it’ll be interesting to note after the draft, who McKenzie picks, and how much the thresholds established from previous draft classes factor in.

Some other things I found interesting:

Hargreaves, a fan favorite if he falls, doesn’t fit the size threshold for McKenzie’s CB’s, is an underclassman, and was not a team captain. He is a phenomenal athlete, however, and had no problem meeting those thresholds.

Sheldon Rankins, William Jackson III, Eli Apple, Jason Spriggs, Ezekiel Elliott, Emmanuel Ogbah and Leonard Floyd are the prospects that reach the minimum thresholds in the majority of the categories.

Next: Reggie's EXOS Pipeline