The Las Vegas Raiders volition bring 91 players to grooming campy this week and 53 to their regular-season opener Sept. 13 against the Miami Dolphins.
With six weeks of signifier and 3 accumulation games to settee who those 53 volition be, present is simply a pre-training campy projection — taxable to alteration passim the preseason:
Quarterbacks (3)
In: Kirk Cousins, Fernando Mendoza, Aiden O’Connell
Out: Jacob Clark
Cousins is the presumptive Week 1 starter portion Mendoza develops arsenic the No. 1 pick. O’Connell, hopeful to go a starter again, could beryllium the gameday backup (or a spot starter if Cousins, soon to crook 38, is injured oregon unavailable) aboriginal successful the play arsenic Mendoza readies – oregon traded if the aboriginal franchise backmost is up of schedule. Clark misses the chopped arsenic an undrafted rookie.
Running backs (4)
In: Ashton Jeanty, Mike Washington Jr., Dylan Laube, Connor Heyward
Out: Chris Collier, Roman Hemby
Jeanty returns arsenic the doorbell cattle backmost with Washington backing him up arsenic a rookie fourth-round draftee. Laube returns arsenic a change-of-pace scatback and Heyward plays fullback — a cardinal presumption successful manager Klint Kubiak’s violative ethos — arsenic a free-agent signee. Collier didn’t play an NFL crippled past play and Hemby is an undrafted rookie.
Receivers (6)
In: Tre Tucker, Jalen Nailor, Dont’e Thornton Jr., Jack Bech, Dareke Young, Malik Benson
Out: Phillip Dorsett II, Shedrick Jackson, Brandon Johnson, Chase Roberts, Deven Thompkins, E.J. Williams Jr.
Tucker is backmost arsenic the team’s starring receiver with Nailor acceptable to standard up his workload arsenic a free-agent signee from the Minnesota Vikings. Thornton and Bech are successful their 2nd seasons portion Young follows Kubiak to Las Vegas from Seattle, wherever helium was a cardinal peculiar teamer. Benson, too, could beryllium a peculiar teamer arsenic a sixth-round rookie draftee. Williams is an undrafted rookie who played astatine Indiana with Mendoza. Roberts is besides an undrafted rookie. A first-round draftee successful 2015, Dorsett hasn’t played an NFL crippled since 2023. Jackson played sparingly past play for the Raiders, who added Johnson, a journeyman, past period aft minicamp. Thompkins was signed Monday, having played 396 violative snaps the past 4 seasons.
Tight ends (3)
In: Brock Bowers, Michael Mayer, Carter Runyon
Out: Patrick Gurd, Albert Okwuegbunam Jr., Ian Thomas
Bowers bends defenses arsenic the team’s apical receiving menace and Mayer is coming disconnected his astir productive play (35 receptions, 328 receiving yards) to date. Runyon makes the chopped successful his 2nd twelvemonth aft serving past play arsenic a peculiar teamer. Thomas could propulsion Runyon arsenic a seasoned who played much discourtesy past season. Okwuegbunam played 1 crippled past twelvemonth for the Raiders. Gurd is an undrafted escaped agent.
Offensive linemen (9)
In: Kolton Miller, DJ Glaze, Charles Grant, Tyler Linderbaum, Jordan Meredith, Jackson Powers-Johnson, Caleb Rogers, Spencer Burford, Trey Zuhn III
Out: Will Putnam, Atonio Mafi, Justin Pickett, Niklas Henning, Isaiah Jatta, Kamar Missouri, Dalton Wagner
Miller mans his station arsenic the longtime near tackle. Glaze is backmost arsenic the starting close tackle. Grant works arsenic the plaything tackle successful his 2nd season. Linderbaum arrives from the Baltimore Ravens arsenic 1 of the NFL’s champion centers. Powers-Johnson, Rogers and Burford fig to conflict astatine defender with rookie Trey Zuhn III, a halfway past play (and formerly a near tackle) astatine Texas A&M. Meredith besides offers versatility aft repping astatine halfway and defender past season. Putnam and Mafi were backups past season, during which Wagner played 2 snaps. Henning, Jatta, Missouri and Pickett are undrafted escaped agents.
Defensive linemen/edge rushers (10)
In: Maxx Crosby, Kwity Paye, Malcolm Koonce, Keyron Crawford, Thomas Booker IV, Adam Butler, Tonka Hemingway, Benito Jones, Jonah Laulu, JJ Pegues
Out: Brandon Cleveland, Treven Ma’ae, Gary Smith III, Jahfari Harvey, Patrick Johnson, Cian Sloane
Crosby spearheads a walk unreserved that adds Paye via the Indianapolis Colts. Koonce adds extent arsenic a seasoned and Crawford adds extent arsenic a rookie. Laulu, Butler, Booker, Hemingway and Pegues made up the antiaircraft tackle rotation past year, adding Jones from the Miami Dolphins. Cleveland could propulsion for a spot arsenic a rookie seventh-rounder aft a coagulated offseason. Same for Sloane arsenic an undrafted escaped agent. Ma’ae didn’t log a drawback past season. Harvey played but sparingly arsenic a peculiar teamer. Johnson is an experienced peculiar teamer. Smith is an undrafted escaped agent.
Linebackers (5)
In: Nakobe Dean, Quay Walker, Cody Lindenberg, Tommy Eichenberg, Segun Olubi
Out: Brennan Jackson, Cameron McGrone, Buddy Johnson, Xavier Sorey Jr.
Dean (Philadelphia Eagles) and Walker (Green Bay Packers) are big-ticket free-agent acquisitions who fig to mostly antheral the middle. Eichenberg was a rotational linebacker past play portion Lindenberg had a beardown offseason. Olubi offers extent arsenic a peculiar teams standout. McGrone played for 3 teams and Johnson played for 2 past year, during which Jackson was a peculiar teamer. Sorey and Thomas are undrafted rookies.
Defensive backs (10)
In: Eric Stokes, Darien Porter, Jermod McCoy, Hezekiah Masses, Taron Johnson, Decamerion Richardson, Jeremy Chinn, Isaiah Pola-Mao, Treydan Stukes, Dalton Johnson
Out: Chigozie Anusiem, Caleb Offord, Greedy Vance, Devin Lafayette, Tristin McCollum, Devyn Perkins, Tanner Wall
Stokes serves arsenic the team’s apical country and Porter played other him past season. McCoy (fourth-round) and Masses (fifth round) could situation for playing clip arsenic rookie draftees. Johnson is simply a seasoned nickel. Richardson was a peculiar teamer past twelvemonth aft starting portion clip defensively successful 2024 arsenic a rookie. Chinn and Pola-Moa are incumbent starters astatine safety, though Stukes could situation for playing clip (and play the nickel) arsenic a rookie second-rounder. Johnson, a fifth-round rookie, adds depth. McCollum was a backup and peculiar teamer past year. Anusiem has played 4 games successful 2 seasons. Vance played sparingly arsenic an undrafted rookie. Offord, Perkins and Walls are undrafted rookies.
Specialists (3)
In: AJ Cole, Matt Gay, Tyler Duzansky
Out: Kansei Matsuzawa, Alex Ward
Cole is 1 of the NFL’s champion punters. Gay has acquisition astatine kicker. Duzansky is simply a well-regarded undrafted rookie. Matsuzawa, an All-American kicker past year, could situation Gay during grooming camp. Same for Ward with regards to Duzansky.
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