Draft history
The Raiders Research Project presents:
The Oakland Raiders’ draft history, 1998-2010
This look at the Raiders’ draft history includes the years 1998 through 2010, a time period that covers all players on the Raiders roster as of July 1, 2010, and more. The years players were on the Raiders’ 53-man roster serve as a kind of bar chart showing how long each draft pick contributed to the team. Also included for comparison are select undrafted free agents who made the Opening Day roster as rookies.
Years are the seasons the player was on the 53-man roster for at least one game. Bold indicates a starter for at least half the season. “IA” before a year indicates a player was on the roster but did not play; “IR” indicates a player missed the entire season on some form of injury reserve; “PS” indicates he was on the practice squad for at least a portion of the season, but not the active roster; “PL” indicates a player was on the roster for the playoffs only.
Note 2012 status estimated as of 1/12/12.
Class of 2011
| 2. | Stefen Wisniewski, C/G, Penn State | 11 | 12 |
| 3a. | DeMarcus Van Dyke, CB, Miami | 11 | 12 |
| 3b. | Joe Barksdale, OT, LSU | 11 | 12 |
| 4a. | Chimdi Chekwa, CB, Ohio State | 11 | 12 |
| 4b. | Taiwan Jones, RB/KR, E. Washington | 11 | 12 |
| 5. | Denarius Moore, WR, Tennessee | 11 | 12 |
| 6. | Richard Gordon, TE, Miami | 11 | 12 |
| 7. | David Ausberry, WR/TE, Southern Cal | 11 | 12 |
| SD3. | Terrelle Pryor, QB, Ohio State | 11 | 12 |
Class of 2010
| 1. | Rolando McClain, MLB, Alabama | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 2. | Lamarr Houston, DT, Texas | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 3. | Jared Veldheer, OT, Hillsdale | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 4a. | Bruce Campbell, OT, Maryland | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 4b. | Jacoby Ford, WR/KR, Clemson | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 5. | Walter McFadden, CB, Auburn | 10 | ||
| 6. | Travis Goethel, LB, Arizona State | 10 | IR | 12 |
| 7a. | Jeremy Ware, CB, Michigan State | 10 | ||
| 7b. | Stevie Brown, S/LB, Michigan | 10 |
Class of 2009
| 1. | Darrius Heyward-Bey, WR, Maryland |
09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 2. | Mike Mitchell, S, Ohio |
09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 3. | Matt Shaughnessy, DE, Wisconsin | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 4a. | Louis Murphy, WR, Florida | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 4b. | Slade Norris, LB, Oregon State | 09 | PS | ||
| 6a. | Stryker Sulak, DE/LB, Missouri | ||||
| 6b. | Brandon Myers, TE, Iowa | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| OFA | Desmond Bryant, DL, Harvard | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| OFA | Nick Miller, WR/KR, Southern Utah | IA | 10 | 11 |
Class of 2008
| 1. | Darren McFadden, RB/KR, Arkansas |
08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 4a. | Tyvon Branch, DB/KR, Connecticut |
08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 4b. | Arman Shields, WR, Richmond |
IR | ||||
| 6. | Trevor Scott, DE, Buffalo |
08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 7. | Chaz Schilens, WR, San Diego State |
08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
Class of 2007
| 1. | JaMarcus Russell, QB, Louisiana State |
07 | 08 | 09 | |||
| 2. | Zach Miller, TE, Arizona State |
07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | ||
| 3a. | Quentin Moses, DE, Georgia |
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| 3b. | Mario Henderson, OT, Florida State |
07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | ||
| 3c. | Johnnie Lee Higgins, WR/KR, Texas-El Paso |
07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | ||
| 4a. | Michael Bush, RB, Louisville |
IR | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 4b. | John Bowie, CB, Cincinnati |
07 | IR | 09 | |||
| 5a. | Jay Richardson, DE, Ohio State |
07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | ||
| 5b. | Eric Frampton, S, Washington State |
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| 6. | Oren O’Neal, FB, Arkansas State |
07 | IR | 09 | |||
| 7. | Johnathan Holland, WR, Louisiana Tech |
IR | 08 | 09 |
Class of 2006
| 1. | Michael Huff, DB, Texas |
06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 2. | Thomas Howard, LB, Texas-El Paso |
06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | ||
| 3. | Paul McQuistan, OL, Weber State |
06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | |||
| 4. | Darnell Bing, S/LB, Southern Cal |
IR | ||||||
| 6. | Kevin Boothe, OL, Cornell |
06 | ||||||
| 7a. | Chris Morris, OL, Michigan State |
06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | |||
| 7b. | Kevin McMahan, WR, Maine |
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| OFA | John Madsen, WR/TE, Utah |
06 | 07 | 08 |
Class of 2005
| 1. | Fabian Washington, CB, Nebraska |
05 | 06 | 07 | |||||
| 2. | Stanford Routt, CB, Houston |
05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 3a. | Andrew Walter, QB, Arizona State |
05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | ||||
| 3b. | Kirk Morrison, LB, San Diego State |
05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | |||
| 6a. | Anttaj Hawthorne, DT, Wisconsin |
05 | 06 | ||||||
| 6b. | Ryan Riddle, DE/LB, California |
05 | |||||||
| 6c. | Pete McMahon, OL, Iowa |
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| OFA | Chris Carr, DB/KR, Boise State |
05 | 06 | 07 |
Class of 2004
| 1. | Robert Gallery, OT, Iowa |
04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | ||
| 2. | Jake Grove, C/G, Virginia Tech |
04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | ||||
| 3. | Stuart Schweigert, S, Purdue |
04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | |||||
| 4. | Carlos Francis, WR, Texas Tech |
04 | IR | IA | ||||||
| 5. | Johnnie Morant, WR, Syracuse |
04 | 05 | 06 | ||||||
| 6a. | Shawn Johnson, DE, Delaware |
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| 6b. | Cody Spencer, LB, North Texas |
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| 7a. | Courtney Anderson, TE, San Jose State |
04 | 05 | 06 | ||||||
| 7b. | Andre Sommersell, LB, Colorado State |
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| OFA | Tommy Kelly, DL, Oklahoma State |
04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
Class of 2003
| 1a. | Nnamdi Asomugha, DB, California |
03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | ||
| 1b. | Tyler Brayton, DE, Colorado |
03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | |||||
| 2. | Teyo Johnson, TE, Stanford |
03 | 04 | ||||||||
| 3a. | Sam Williams, LB/DE, Fresno State |
03 | 04 | IR | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | ||
| 3b. | Justin Fargas, RB, Southern Cal |
03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | |||
| 4. | Shurron Pierson, LB/DE, South Florida |
03 | |||||||||
| 5. | Doug Gabriel, WR, Central Florida |
03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | ||||||
| 6. | Dustin Rykert, OT, Brigham Young |
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| 7a. | Siddeeq Shabazz, S, New Mexico State |
03 | |||||||||
| 7b. | Ryan Hoag, WR, Gustavus Adolphus |
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| OFA | Akbar Gbaja-Biamila, DL, San Diego State |
03 | 04 |
Class of 2002
| 1a. | Phillip Buchanon, CB/KR, Miami (Fla.) |
02 | 03 | 04 | ||||||||
| 1b. | Napoleon Harris, LB, Northwestern |
02 | 03 | 04 | ||||||||
| 2a. | Langston Walker, OT, California |
02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 09 | 10 | ||||
| 2b. | Doug Jolley, TE, Brigham Young |
02 | 03 | 04 | ||||||||
| 5. | Kenyon Coleman, DE, UCLA |
02 | ||||||||||
| 6a. | Keyon Nash, DB, Albany State (Ga.) |
PS | IR | 04 | ||||||||
| 6b. | Larry Ned, RB, San Diego State |
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| 7. | Ronald Curry, QB/ath., North Carolina |
02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 |
Class of 2001
| 1. | Derrick Gibson, S, Florida State |
01 | 02 | 03 | IR | 05 | 06 | ||||||
| 2. | Marques Tuiasosopo, QB, Washington |
01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 08 | |||||
| 3. | DeLawrence Grant, DE, Oregon State |
01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | |||||||
| 5. | Raymond Perryman, S, Northern Arizona |
IA | |||||||||||
| 6. | Chris Cooper, DL, Nebraska-Omaha |
01 | 02 | 03 | |||||||||
| 7a. | Derek Combs, RB, Ohio State |
PS | 02 | ||||||||||
| 7b. | Ken-Yon Rambo, WR, Ohio State |
Class of 2000
| 1. | Sebastian Janikowski, K, Fla. St. |
00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 2. | Jerry Porter, WR, W. Virginia |
00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | |||||
| 4. | Junior Ioane, DT, Arizona St. |
IA | 01 | 02 | ||||||||||
| 5. | Shane Lechler, P, Texas A&M |
00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 7a. | Mondriel Fulcher, TE, Miami (Fla.) |
00 | 01 | 02 | ||||||||||
| 7b. | Cliffton Black, S, SW Tex. St. |
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| OFA | B. Jennings, DB, Texas A&M |
00 | 01 | 02 | ||||||||||
| OFA | E. Johnson, DB/LB, Nebraska |
00 | 01 | 02 | 03 |
Class of 1999
| 1. | Matt Stinchcomb, OT, Georgia |
IR | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | |||||||||
| 2. | Tony Bryant, DE, Florida State |
99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | ||||||||||
| 4. | Dameane Douglas, WR, California |
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| 5a. | Eric Barton, LB, Maryland |
99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | |||||||||
| 5b. | Roderick Coleman, LB/DL, East Carolina |
99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | |||||||||
| 6. | Daren Yancy, DT, Brigham Young |
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| 7. | JoJuan Armour, S, Miami (Ohio) |
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| OFA | Scott Dreisbach, QB, Michigan |
IA | IR | ||||||||||||
| OFA | Marcus Ray, S, Michigan |
99 | |||||||||||||
| OFA | Sam Sword, LB, Michigan |
99 |
Class of 1998
| 1a. | Charles Woodson, CB, Michigan |
98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | ||||||
| 1b. | Mo Collins, OT, Florida | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | |||||||||
| 2. | Leon Bender*, DT, Washington State | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Jon Ritchie, FB, Stanford | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | ||||||||||
| 4. | Gennaro DiNapoli, OG, Virginia Tech | IA | 99 | |||||||||||||
| 5a. | Jeremy Brigham, TE, Washington | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | PL | ||||||||||
| 5b. | Travian Smith, LB, Oklahoma | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | ||||||||
| 7a. | Vince Amey, DL, Arizona State | 98 | ||||||||||||||
| 7b. | David Sanders, DL, Arkansas | |||||||||||||||
| OFA | Rodney Williams, WR, Arizona | 98 | 99 |
* = Leon Bender, chosen in the 1998 NFL Draft, died during May 1998 at age 22.
Sources: Raiders media guide, Raiders.com, NFL.com
