With their final selection in the 2022 NFL draft, Las Vegas went with UCLA running back, Brittain Brown.
For me, this was the one pick I didn’t agree with. It’s not that I don’t believe in Brown, but he was far from my highest-graded player available, at a position that really didn’t need any more added to it. I go back to my earlier point of every running back on the roster (before the draft) being a free agent next season, though, and I can see why the position wasn’t done being added to.
Brown does have some interesting analytical numbers to take note of. In comparison to other Pac-12 rushers, the Raiders’ final pick ranked eighth in yards per game, and first in yards per carry. While he didn’t make the All-Pac-12 team, Brown was an honorable mention.
Over the last two seasons, Brown has recorded 1,158 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns on the ground; You can add 213 yards and a score through the air.
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It really isn’t that I believe Brown can’t get the job done at the next level as much as it is the combination of higher-rated players (per myself) and bigger needs. Considering both of these things, I have to go lower on the grade than I want to. All the same, I’m wishing Brown the best and hoping he shows me Ziegler got this one right.
- Grade: C