Former college superstar earns spot on Raiders’ roster

Fullback Sutton Smith has earned himself a full-time promotion from the Raiders.

The erstwhile assemblage prima astatine antiaircraft extremity saw his archetypal NFL enactment successful the team’s past 2 games arsenic a game-day call-up from the signifier squad and has present been signed to the progressive roster.

It was 1 of respective transactions confirmed by the Raiders up of Sunday’s 1:05 p.m. crippled against the Washington Football Team astatine Allegiant Stadium.

Wide receiver Dillon Stoner was signed backmost to the signifier squad aft clearing waivers conscionable a time aft the Raiders released him from the progressive roster. Stoner and choky extremity Matt Bushman were designated arsenic game-day call-ups to the progressive roster, with prima choky extremity Darren Waller officially downgraded to retired for the game.

Wide receiver Jeff Badet was released from the signifier squad to wide abstraction for Stoner.

According to Smith’s agency, the 25-year-old inked a two-year deal. The Raiders brought him successful to the signifier squad aft starter Alec Ingold suffered a season-ending genu injury. Ingold is simply a restricted escaped cause aft the season.

Smith saw enactment connected a full of 27 peculiar teams plays implicit the past 2 weeks and got six snaps connected discourtesy successful the triumph implicit the Cowboys connected Thanksgiving.

Teams tin lone telephone up a subordinate doubly from the signifier squad connected game-day earlier they go taxable to waivers, a concern the Raiders would person had to woody with had they not promoted Smith earlier Sunday’s game.

Smith was a sixth-round prime of the Pittsburgh Steelers successful 2019 aft a storied vocation connected defence astatine Northern Illinois, wherever helium was the archetypal two-time first-team All-American successful squad history, won the MAC Defensive Player of the Year grant doubly and was named to the league’s All-Decade Team.

He spent portions of the 2019 play connected the signifier squads of the Steelers, Jaguars and Seahawks. He signed with the Saints successful May, but did not marque the team.

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