By Eric Strauss, S&B Report Staff Columnist
The Raiders exchanged a couple of first-year players who are likely just camp bodies, waiving sixth-string quarterback Brian White, a rookie free agent out of Portland State, and signing fullback/tight end Tony Jackson.
Jackson, who played his college ball at Iowa, was on the Raiders’ practice squad for a few weeks during Art Shell’s second tenure in 2006.
White was buried on the depth chart behind veterans JaMarcus Russell, Andrew Walter and Marques Tuiasosopo, and fellow “camp arm” types Jeff Otis and Erik Meyer.
Jackson, who is 6-foot-2 and 255 pounds, will compete with Justin Griffith and Oren O’Neal at fullback, and – if he’s not considered too short for the position – Zack Miller, John Madsen, Tony Stewart and Fred Wakefield, plus rookies Darrell Strong and Chris Wagner at tight end.
He was originally the Seattle Seahawks’ sixth-round pick in the 2005 NFL Draft.
