Raiders move up and take Ford in 4th round: Trade Morrison
NEW YORK – The Oakland Raiders continued to make moves in the draft, trading up to the 108th overall selection and selecting Jacoby Ford, a wide receiver/return specialist out of the University of Clemson.
The speedster was a NCAA 2008-09 60-meters indoor champion and had a streak of 18 straight victories in 60 and 100-meter races as a collegiate.
Oakland traded linebacker Kirk Morrison and their 5th round selection (153rd overall) to the Jacksonville Jaguars to select Ford.
Ford started 27-of-48 games at Clemson, catching 143 passes for 1,986 yards and sixteen touchdowns. He also carried the ball 58 times for 494 yards and two scores. The return specialist also tallied 479-yards and two touchdowns in 49 punt return attempts.
Morrison was on the trading block well before the draft, as Oakland finally parted ways with their starting middle linebacker in recent years after choosing Rolando McClain in the first round on Friday.
The local product was deemed expendable and the Raiders used him as bait to slide up the draft board to take a player they feel will add pop to their special teams and can potentially stretch the field with his speed.
