Raiders breakdown: The skinny on all 53 players on roster

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Quarterbacks (3)

No. 4 Derek Carr

The unquestioned starter is coming disconnected 1 of his champion seasons and looks much and much comfy successful Jon Gruden’s strategy each day.

No. 8 Marcus Mariota

One of the champion backup quarterbacks successful the league, Mariota restructured his woody to instrumentality astir for different season.

No. 3 Nathan Peterman

Gruden continues to consciousness precise comfy with the erstwhile Bills bust arsenic his exigency option.

Running Backs (4)

No. 28 Josh Jacobs

The erstwhile first-round prime retired of Alabama has eclipsed 1,000 yards connected the crushed successful each of his 2 pro seasons.

No. 23 Kenyan Drake

A proven playmaker with the shot successful his hands, Drake was brought successful to beryllium a origin successful some the tally and passing crippled arsenic good arsenic supply different red-zone option.

No. 45 Alec Ingold

The erstwhile undrafted escaped cause has emerged arsenic 1 of the game’s apical fullbacks and an invaluable subordinate of the offense.

Wide receivers (6)

No. 11 Henry Ruggs

The squad expects a breakout sophomore run from past year’s first-round prime who was plagued by wounded and inconsistency arsenic a rookie.

No. 89 Bryan Edwards

Another second-year wideout primed to instrumentality a large measurement guardant aft an outstanding grooming campy that saw him consistently marque bully usage of his size and strength.

No. 13 Hunter Renfrow

The erstwhile Clemson standout has go Carr’s go-to enactment connected 3rd down arsenic helium ever seems to beryllium open.

No. 15 John Brown

A seasoned speedster who is expected to measurement into the relation vacated by past year’s starring receiver, Nelson Agholor.

No. 7 Zay Jones

If this was a make-or-break grooming campy for Jones, helium near nary uncertainty astir his aboriginal with the squad by making plays astir each day.

No. 17 Willie Snead

Another seasoned beingness successful the receiving corps, helium brings 275 catches and 16 receiving touchdowns successful six pro seasons with him to the Raiders.

Tight ends (3)

No. 83 Darren Waller

One of the champion choky ends successful the league and the champion subordinate connected the team, helium is seeking his 3rd consecutive 1,100-yard season.

No. 87 Foster Moreau

The talented LSU merchandise got a accidental to retrieve from a large genu wounded portion learning nether aboriginal Hall of Famer Jason Witten past play and appears poised to instrumentality connected a overmuch bigger role.

No. 85 Derek Carrier

A coagulated blocker who tin beryllium an occasional limb successful the passing game, but holds his existent worth arsenic a cardinal peculiar teamer.

Offensive linemen (9)

No. 74 Kolton Miller

A dependable beingness astatine near tackle, helium has started 46 of the 48 games the Raiders person played since drafting him retired of UCLA.

No. 64 Richie Incognito

The 38-year-old returns to commencement astatine near defender aft missing astir each of past play with an Achilles’ injury.

No. 68 Andre James

The Raiders gambled connected their content James was acceptable to instrumentality implicit arsenic the starting halfway by trading distant seasoned stalwart Rodney Hudson.

No. 71 Denzelle Good

He proved helium was acceptable for a much expanded relation by making 14 starts past play and volition present descent into the spot vacated erstwhile Gabe Jackson was traded.

No. 70 Alex Leatherwood

The rookie from Alabama was drafted to beryllium the starting close tackle, a determination that allowed the Raiders to escaped themselves of Trent Brown and his contract.

No. 66 Nick Martin

He has made 62 starts astatine halfway successful 4 years with the Texans and provides an security argumentation successful lawsuit James isn’t ready.

No. 76 John Simpson

One of the strongest players connected the team, the Raiders anticipation his enactment successful the value country volition construe to betterment connected the field.

Defensive linemen (10)

No. 91 Yannick Ngakoue

One of the league’s apical walk rushers, helium was brought successful to reunite with antiaircraft coordinator Gus Bradley and get to opposing quarterbacks.

No. 98 Maxx Crosby

The team’s sack person his archetypal 2 seasons successful the NFL, Crosby whitethorn beryllium adjacent much effectual with less snaps successful a deeper group.

No. 90 Johnathan Hankins

An anchor successful the mediate of the enactment of scrimmage, Hankins has been a disruptive unit passim grooming camp.

No. 99 Clelin Ferrell

Despite his lofty draught presumption successful the apical five, Ferrell has been much of a quiet, dependable subordinate than an explosive force. He volition play some wrong and retired connected the line.

No. 61 Gerald McCoy

The Raiders solidified the interior of the enactment by signing 1 of the game’s apical antiaircraft tackles of the past decade.

No. 97 Quinton Jefferson

Another large beingness successful the mediate who is apt to beryllium atop a rotation of bodies.

No. 96 Darius Philon

He is looking to marque a comeback aft missing the past 2 seasons and showed capable successful grooming campy to beryllium portion of the rotation.

No. 94 Carl Nassib

A seasoned antiaircraft extremity who should get much than capable situational opportunities to marque his beingness felt connected the edge.

No. 51 Malcolm Koonce

A rookie retired of Buffalo who could beryllium a axenic situational walk rusher, astatine slightest aboriginal successful his career.

No. 92 Solomon Thomas

The erstwhile No. 3 wide prime is looking to bounce backmost from a genu wounded that brought an unceremonious extremity to his clip with the 49ers.

Linebackers (5)

No. 50 Nicholas Morrow

The squad decided to bring him backmost aft helium played retired his declaration past play arsenic 1 of the Raiders’ most-improved players.

No. 42 Cory Littleton

He got bigger successful the offseason and is afloat steadfast arsenic helium looks to bounce backmost from a disappointing archetypal play successful Las Vegas.

No. 55 Tanner Muse

After missing each of past play with a ft injury, the converted assemblage information has been taking immoderate reps with the starters, but figures to beryllium astir impactful connected peculiar teams.

No. 44 Nick Kwiatkoski

It was a disappointing campy for a subordinate who astir apt didn’t expect to beryllium a backup erstwhile helium signed a large free-agent woody with the Raiders earlier past season.

No. 49 Divine Deablo

It hasn’t been a creaseless commencement to his rookie play and his modulation to linebacker arsenic helium missed the archetypal respective weeks of campy with an injury.

Defensive backs (10)

No. 27 Trayvon Mullen

The team’s champion returning starter successful the secondary, Mullen inactive needs to instrumentality different measurement guardant for the defence to beryllium successful.

No. 29 Casey Hayward

Very acquainted with Bradley’s defense, helium looks to person won a starting occupation aft helium was signed to beryllium a seasoned beingness for a young cornerback crew.

No. 25 Tre’von Moehrig

A ball-hawking heavy information who volition play close distant aft helium was picked successful the 2nd circular of the draft.

No. 24 Johnathan Abram

Perhaps nary different subordinate volition payment arsenic overmuch from the power to Bradley’s defense, which has a relation for a subordinate with Abram’s skillset.

No. 20 Damon Arnette

He came into campy bigger and stronger, but volition request to amusement much connected the tract successful bid to summation his playing time.

No. 22 Keisean Nixon

The Raiders anticipation helium tin instrumentality different measurement guardant successful his improvement aft seeing lone constricted enactment past season.

No. 39 Nate Hobbs

Coaches person raved astir the rookie’s physicality from the infinitesimal the Raiders drafted him retired of Illinois.

No. 21 Amik Robertson

Allowed 5 receptions connected conscionable six targets arsenic a rookie, according to Pro Football Focus.

No. 43 Karl Joseph

The Raiders brought him backmost aft 1 play successful Cleveland to supply a seasoned beingness to an inexperienced information group.

No. 37 Tyree Gillespie

The fourth-round prime retired of Missouri volition look to person an contiguous interaction arsenic a rookie.

Specialists (3)

No. 6 A.J. Cole

Enters his 3rd play having enactment 53 punts wrong the 20-yard enactment with conscionable 8 touchbacks.

No. 2 Daniel Carlson

Tied for the league pb successful points past play with 144, portion missing conscionable 2 field-goal attempts each year.

No. 47 Trent Sieg

Colorado State alum was fixed a three-year declaration this offseason aft 3 dependable seasons arsenic the long-snapper.

Suspended

No. 26 Nevin Lawson

Cornerback volition service a two-game suspension for a usurpation of the league’s performance-enhancing cause argumentation and doesn’t number arsenic a roster spot.

Adam Hill Las Vegas Review-Journal

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