
Raiders 2022 NFL Draft: Who are the top players at each position?
Cornerbacks
- Sauce Gardner (Cincinnati)
- Derek Stingley Jr. (LSU)
- Trent McDuffie (Washington)
- Roger McCreary (Auburn)
- Kaiir Elam (Florida)
- Andrew Booth Jr. (Clemson)
- Coby Bryant (Cincinnati)
- Kyler Gordon (Washington)
- Marcus Jones (Houston)
- Tariq Woolen (UTSA)
- Derion Kendrick (Georgia)
Safeties
- Kyle Hamilton (Notre Dame)
- Lewis Cine (Georgia)
- Jaquan Brisker (Penn State)
- Daxton Hill (Michigan)
- Jalen Pitre (Baylor)
- Bryan Cook (Cincinnati)
- Smoke Monday (Auburn)
- Verone McKinley (Oregon)
- Leon O’Neal (Texas A&M)
- Bubba Bolden (Miami)
In my opinion, the deepest position in this year’s draft is cornerback. I would have no problem seeing all of the top six guys listed to go in the first round. Furthermore, both Gardner and Stingley project as superstar caliber players at the next level. The sleeper of the group appears to be Florida’s, Kaiir Elam. One of the more underrated players in the draft, he has CB1 potential.
Once again, safety is another deep group. While I only have first-round grades on Hamilton and Cine, both Brisker and Hill are going to be incredible players as well if they go to the right team. While the biggest worry with Hamilton currently is his athletic testing, he didn’t show any reason for concern at Notre Dame.

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Cine is a hammer in the run game who, while I wouldn’t want him to act as the deep safety on my defense, can have a lot of value near the line of scrimmage.