#41: CB Amik Robertson – LB Phil Villapiano
It’s usually not a good sign when a CB wears a number in the 40s as that’s usually reserved for lumbering safeties or LBs that think they’re a bit too svelte for a number in the 50s. In the case of Amik Robertson he may have chosen number 41 because even though he is an undersized corner at 5’8” 180, he hits like a 210lb strong safety.
Robertson is already being heralded as one of the steals of the 2020 NFL Draft but it will take a long and storied career to pass up Phil Villapiano.
Villapiano is one of the Raiders legendary players from the 1970s and embodied everything about those ferocious defenses that terrified opponents. Villapiano started 121 games over a nine year career with the Raiders and was one of the league’s best linebackers, earning four Pro Bowl nods, and a Super Bowl ring in 1977.
He is one of the all-time greats in the history of the Silver and Black and Robertson would do well to follow in his footsteps.