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Raiders NFL Draft: 3 words to describe each 2021 picks rookie season

By Alexander Monfreda

CLEVELAND, OHIO - APRIL 29: Alex Leatherwood is selected 17th by the Las Vegas Raiders during round one of the 2021 NFL Draft at the Great Lakes Science Center on April 29, 2021 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
CLEVELAND, OHIO - APRIL 29: Alex Leatherwood is selected 17th by the Las Vegas Raiders during round one of the 2021 NFL Draft at the Great Lakes Science Center on April 29, 2021 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – OCTOBER 24: Dallas Goedert #88 of the Philadelphia Eagles is tackled by Trevon Moehrig #25 of the Las Vegas Raiders during the first half in the game at Allegiant Stadium on October 24, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Steve Marcus/Getty Images) /

Raiders: 3 words to describe each 2021 picks rookie season

Tre’Von Moehrig: Worth Trading Up

Following a second-round trade up, the Las Vegas Raiders drafted Tre’von Moehrig. The safety out of TCU was expected to be a first-rounder for months before the draft, but some last-minute injury concerns on Moehrig’s back made teams wary of the ’20 Jim Thorpe Award winner.

As it turned out, Moehrig would not only be available for each of the Raiders’ 17 contests, but would play all 1,152 defensive snaps.

Through his rookie year, the 43rd overall pick broke up 6 passes and put his first interception as a pro in the stat column. Through it all, Moehrig allowed a completion percentage south of 60, and helped the Raiders to allow the fifth-least 20+ yard passing plays.

For his efforts, the first-year safety was given plenty of recognition, including the honor of making the rookie-team for both PFF and PFWA. He would end the season with a PFF grade of 72.5, accompanied with a top-10 coverage grade among all safeties leaguewide.

Moehrig’s rookie campaign was as good as the Raiders could’ve hoped for, and trading up for the young stud proved to be worth the gamble.  Under Gus Bradley, Moehrig played the second-most snaps at free safety across the league. Now in a scheme that will ask much more of him, we’ll get to see more layers of the 25-year-old’s game.

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