Oakland Raiders Home Base: Draft Edition

Welcome to the Oakland Raiders Home Base! This is our third installlment of the '07 series and we have the Draft Edition. This edition will be focusing entirely on the draft and if you've read our 2007 edition you should be up to date on the focuses of the draft for the Silver and Black. We will have a mock draft as well as some brief news about where the Raiders stand.

The 2007 draft looks something like this:

Offense

Quarterback

1. *JaMarcus Russell, LSU
2. Brady Quinn, Notre Dame
3. Troy Smith, Ohio State
4. Drew Stanton, Michigan
5. Trent Edwards, Stanford 
6. Kevin  Kolb, Houston
7. Jordan Palmer, UTEP
8. Tyler Palko, Pittsburgh
9. Chris Leak, Florida
10. John Beck, BYU

Halfback

1.*Adrian Peterson, Oklahoma
2. Marshawn Lynch, California
3. Kenny Irons, Auburn
4. Michael Bush, Louisville
5. *Antonio Pittman, Ohio
6. Kenneth Darby, Alabama
7. Lorenzo Booker, Florida State
8. Tony Hunt, Penn State
9. Tyrone Moss, Miami
10. Selvin Young, Texas

Fullback

1. Brian Leonard, Rutgers
2. Cory Anderson, Tennessee
3. LeRon McClain, Alabama
4. Jason Snelling, Virginia
5. Bryson Davis, Mississipi State

Wide Receiver

1. *Calvin Johnson, Georgia Tech
2. *Ted Ginn Jr., Ohio State
3. Dwayne Jarrett, USC
4. Jeff Samardzija, Notre Dame
5. *Robert Meachem, Tennessee 
6. *Sidney Rice, South Carolina
7. *Anthony Gonzalez, Ohio State
8. Dwayne Bowe, LSU
9. Aundrae Allison, East Carolina
10. Craig Davis, LSU

Tight End

1. Zach Miller, Arizona State
2. *Greg Olsen, Miami
3. Matt Spaeh
4. Clark Harris, Rutgers
5. Jonny Harline, BYU 
6. Scott Chandler, Iowa
7. Joe Newton, Oregon State
8. Tyler Ecker, Michigan
9. Ben Patrick, Delaware
10. Matrez Miller, Georgia

Offensive Tackle

1. Joe Thomas, Wisconsin 
2. Levi Brown, Penn State
3. Tony Ugoh, Arkansas
4. Joe Staley, Central Michigan
5. Ryan Harris, Notre Dame
6. Arron Sears, Tennessee
7. Marshal Yanda, Iowa
8. James Marten, Boston College
9. Julius Wilson, UAB
10. Chase Johnson, Wyoming

Offensive Guard

1. Justin Blaylock, Texas
2. Ben Grubbs, Auburn
3. Josh Beekman, Boston College
4. Tala Esera, Hawaii
5. Tim Duckworth, Auburn
6. Mike Jones, Iowa
7. Andy Alleman, Akron
8. Erik Robertson, California
9. Derrick Markray, Bowling Green
10. Brian Daniels, Colorado

Center

1. Samson Satele, Hawaii
2. Ryan Kalil, USC
3. Lyle Sendlein, Texas
4. Kyle Young, Fresno State
5. Enoka Lucas, Oregon
6. Leroy Harris, North Carolina State
7. Ucha Nwaneri, Purdue
8. Dustin Fry, Clemson
9. Mark Fenton, Colorado
10. Darnell Stapleton, Rutgers

Defense

Defensive End

1. *Jamaal Anderson, Arkansas
2. Gaines Adams, Clemson
3. Charles Johnson, Georgia
4. Quentin Moses, Georgia
5. LaMarr Woodley, Michigan
6. Anthony Spencer, Purdue
7. Adam Carriker, Nebraska
8. Tim Crowder, Texas
9. Ikaika Alama-Francis, Hawaii
10. Victor Abiamiri

Defensive Tackle

1. *Alan Branch, Michigan
2. Amobe Okoye, Louisville
3. DeMarcus Tyler, North Carolina State
4. Quinn Pitcock, Ohio State
5. Marcus Thomas, Florida
6. Baraka Atkins, Miami
7. Justin Harrell, Tennessee
8. Ryan McBean, Oklahoma
9. Turk McBride, Tennessee
10. Kareem Brown, Miami

Inside Linebacker

1. Patrick Willis, Mississippi
2. H.B. Blades, Pittsburgh
3. Buster Davis, Florida State
4. Justin Durant, Hampton
5. David Harris, Michigan
6. *Brandon Silver, Florida
7. Zach Diles, Kansas State
8. Earl Everett, Florida
9. *Rory Johnson, Mississippi
10. *Jon Abbate, Wake Forest

Outside Linebacker

1. Paul Posluszny, Penn State
2. *Lawrence Timmins, Florida State
3. *Jon Beason, Miami
4. Rufus Alexander, Oklahoma
5. Juwan Simpson, Alabama
6. Michael Okwo, Stanford
7. Earl Everett, Florida
8. Stewart Bradley, Nebraska
9. Clint Session, Pitt
10. Sam Olajubutu, Arkansas

Safety

1. LaRon Landry, LSU
2. *Reggie Nelson, Florida
3. Brandon Meriweather, Miami
4. Eric Weddle, Utah
5. Michael Griffin, Texas
6. Aaron Rouse, Virginia Tech
7. Michael Johnson, Arizona
8. Tom Zbikowski, Notre Dame
9. John Wendling, Wyoming
10. Kevin Payne, Louisiana-Monroe

Cornerback

1. Leon Hall, Michigan
2. Marcus McCauley, Fresno State
3. *Darrelle Revis, Pittsburgh
4. Daymeoin Hughes, California
5. Tanard Jackson, Syracuse
6. Zackary Bowman, Nebraska
7. Aaron Ross, Texas
8. *Eric Wright, UNLV
9. Josh Wilson, Maryland
10. Tony Franklin, Virginia

Kicker

1. Mason Crosby, Colorado
2. Justin Medlock, UCLA
3. Brian Wingert, Northern Iowa
4. Nick Folk, Arizona
5. Andrew Mellock, Eastern Michigan

Punter

1. Adam Podlesh, Maryland
2. Daniel Sepulveda, Baylor
3. Kody Bliss, Auburn
4. Adam Graessle, Pittsburgh
5. Brendan Carney, Syracuse

So there you have it! Took me a while but worth it. The Raiders are looking for a starting QB and Brady Quinn and JaMarcus Russell are their targets. Their Offensive Line needs a new look and Joe Thomas is being kept an eye on, on the WR side Randy Moss and Porter may have played their last games for the Raiders so Calvin Johnson is a maybe for No 1. pick as well. Stay tuned Raider fans because when the '07 season starts the Raider Home Base team will be piling on the news.

Stay tuned! Oakland Raiders Home Base.

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The BeastAAA-er

1076 days ago

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For any team in need of a no-nonsense wide receiver. He runs his route hard and gets open. He isn't the fastest, the quickest, or the best jumper, but he has a great pair of hands and just makes plays. He would just make plays for any QB even the Raiders QB.

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