2021 NFL Draft: Las Vegas Raiders add elite LB in full first-round mock
By Nick Ellis
2021 NFL Draft: Las Vegas Raiders add elite LB in full first-round mock
Las Vegas Raiders. Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah. 17. player. 28. . LB
The Las Vegas Raiders finally get their fast, reliable linebacker in Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah and absolute star for the University of Notre Dame football team. Owusu-Koramoah is a player the Raiders will be able to move all over the field, as he is fast enough to cover tight ends and receivers, but a good enough tackler to bring down running backs.
Gus Bradley would love to start his career with the Raiders off with a hybrid player like Owusu-Koramoah to base his defense around. The Raiders still have Nick Kwiatkowski and Cory Littleton, but the linebacker group was still an issue last season even with these additions, although the entire defense was an issue in itself.
Nicholas Morrow returns in 2021, and the Raiders do have a solid core of players at linebacker heading into this draft, but JOK could be too good to pass up here at No. 17. Sure, they need help elsewhere, but this is a kid who could be the anchor of this defense for years to come.