ALAMEDA — The Raiders’ work didn’t stop after the seventh round of the 2019 NFL Draft concluded, as Mike Mayock and Jon Gruden signed several undrafted free agents to compete for roster spots this offseason. Below is a running list of those players. Wisconsin FB Alec Ingold – Ingold played for the Raiders-coached North team at the Senior Bowl UC Davis WR Keelan Doss – Doss is an Alameda native whose childhood home is five minutes from Raiders headquarters Preciate all the support from everyone! Things happen that’s out of my control but just know I’m more motivated now then ever. With that being said I’m happy to announce I’ll be signing with Raiders! Time to get to work! — ✨KeelanDoss✨ (@keelandoss) April 28, 2019 Alabama OG Lester Cotton Sr. – Cotton becomes the fifth player from the national title game to join the Raiders in the last three days, after Clemson’s Clelin Ferrell, Trayvon Mullen and Hunter Renfrow, and Alabama’s Josh Jacobs Notre Dame LB Te’von Coney – Coney registered 313 total tackles, 23 tackles for loss, seven sacks and an interception in his Notre Dame career and played for the Raiders-coached team at the Senior Bowl Raiders here I come ☠️ — TC4️⃣ (@TevonConey) April 27, 2019 Fordham CB Dylan Mabin – Mabin started all nine games he was healthy for last season and recorded a team-high 10 passes defensed with 48 total tackles and an interception Fordham CB Dylan Mabin just informed @HEROSportsFCS he has decided on the Oakland Raiders and this is a free agent signing. Mabin was considered a 7th round to HPFA type prospect coming into today. Ran 4.40 official at his Pro Day #RaidersDraft #RaidersNation @raiderfans — Brian McLaughlin (@BrianMacWriter) April 27, 2019 UCLA OT Andre James – James replaced Raiders 2018 first-rounder Kolton Miller as UCLA’s left tackle last season More UDFA news: Colorado State WR Preston Williams, a non-Combine invite, is signing with the #Dolphins. … #UNC DE Malik Carney to the #Lions … McNeese State LB BJ Blunt to the #Redskins … #UCF CB Rashard Causey to the #Falcons … #UCLA OL Andre James to the #Raiders. — Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 27, 2019 Penn State LB Koa Farmer – Farmer recorded 128 total tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss and four sacks in his Penn State career I'm going going, back back, to Cali Cali ! Thank you @Raiders for giving me a blessed opportunity! I’m coming home! #RaiderNation — koa (@koafarmer) April 28, 2019 South Carolina CB Keisean Nixon – Tallied 63 tackles and nine pass breakups his senior year for the Gamecocks<doc-sep>In a couple days, the Raiders rookies and tryout players will take the field for the team’s rookie minicamp practice. That will go down on Friday. But before then, they had some business to take care of. Namely the signing of the group of undrafted free agent rookies. With those addition, the team often has to clear up space on the offseason roster. While they have yet to officially announce which undrafted free agents they have signed, we have a list of them right here in our tracker. Ahead of that official announcement, the team has made some cuts. The players let go today were as follows: RB James Butler LB Cayson Collins WR Rashard Davis G/C Cameron Hunt WE De’Mornay Pierson-El Butler, Collins, and Davis all spent time on the Raiders practice squad last season. Butler was an undrafted rookie for the Raiders last year and was signed to the practice squad where he spent the majority of the season. Collins was on and off the Raiders’ practice squad several times last season. Davis was signed to the Raiders’ practice squad ahead of Week 11 of last season. Hunt was originally an undrafted free agent by the Denver Broncos out of Oregon in 2017. He joined the Raiders last offseason and was active for the team’s final three games last season. Pierson-El was signed out of the defunct AAF. Prior to that he had a short stint in the CFL with the Montreal Alouettes. We will know the initial undrafted free agent signees soon, definitely within the next couple days.<doc-sep>The Telegraph Two of the surprise packages of this clay-court season have been British – initially Dan Evans, who made a deep run in Monte Carlo, and more lately Cameron Norrie, who played his second final in three weeks on Sunday. Unfortunately, Norrie wasn’t able to land a maiden ATP title in Lyon. But then he was up against Stefanos Tsitsipas, who has been the dominant force of 2021 outside the slams, and now stands at No 1 in the table of most rankings points gained since January 1. Nevertheless, it had been a hugely creditable effort for Norrie to go this far, especially when you consider that he took out top seed Dominic Thiem on Thursday, and then trounced big-hitting Russian Karen Khachanov in Saturday’s semi-final, losing only two games in the process. Norrie has come to clay late in his career, but it feels like this is developing into his favourite surface. He has one of the heaviest left-handed forehands in the game, loaded with top-spin, and uses it like a miniature version of Rafael Nadal. The result has been a tally of 14 wins and only four losses since he began his European clay-court swing in Barcelona. So while the French Open, which starts next Sunday, has traditionally been a graveyard of British hopes, there are reasons to hope that this year’s event could deliver some more positive results. Norrie’s previous final in Estoril had been a nervewracking affair which he eventually lost on a deciding-set tie-break to the more experienced Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas. Sunday was more straightforward for Tsitsipas, who needed only 69 minutes to hammer home a 6-3, 6-3 victory. It was Tsitsipas’ second title of the clay-court sequence, after he won Monte Carlo in mid-April, taking out Evans in the semi-final along the way. He has become a serious contender to upset the establishment – specifically Nadal and Novak Djokovic – at Roland Garros over the next few weeks. “I felt in good shape from the beginning of the tournament,” said Tsitsipas afterwards. “I am proud of today’s match, I knew it would be a difficult one against Cameron, who has been showing great tennis this week. He has been winning against good players and showing what the left hand can do on clay. “It was not an easy match today. I had to handle the nerves and I am proud of my performance and the way I stayed focused towards my goal.” On this year’s results, meanwhile, both Evans and Norrie stand among the world’s 20 most successful men. Evans is at No 16 and Norrie No 14. The next challenge for them both is to convert that ATP Tour form into a deep run at a major.<doc-sep>
With the 2019 NFL Draft in the rearview mirror, the Oakland Raiders will start to add pieces as undrafted free agents, and here is the list as they sign. The Oakland Raiders added nine quality players to their roster over the three-day 2019 NFL Draft, including shoring up a major issue on the edge. Of their nine selections, Oakland added three defensive ends, including their first pick at No. 4 overall, Clemson’s Clelin Ferrell. Joining Ferrell at the position group were Maxx Crosby from Eastern Michigan, as well as Quinton Bell, their final pick of the draft. These guys join a group headlined by 2018 third rounder Arden Key, giving the Raiders solid depth heading into next season. Overall, general manager Mike Mayock and head coach Jon Gruden addressed a lot of issues with the roster during the draft, but there is still a lot of work to do. Luckily for the Raiders, Gruden can get on the horn with some undrafted players right after the draft ends, and he is usually good at persuading players to become Raiders. As the undrafted guys sign, we will update our tracker below. Here is the list of UDFAs for the Oakland Raiders: Alex Ingold, FB, Wisconsin Lester Cotton, OG, Alabama Dylan Mabin, CB, Fordham Andre James, OT, UCLA Tevon Coney, LB, Notre Dame Keelan Doss, WR, UC Davis Koa Farmer, LB, Penn State Keisean Nixon, CB, South Carolina Ronald Ollie, DT, Nicholls State Lukayus McNeil, OL, Louisville Tyler Roemer, OT, San Diego State Cannon Smith, TE, Clemson After a successful 2019 NFL Draft, the combination of Mike Mayock and Jon Gruden definitely have their sights set on bringing in some quality undrafted rookie free agents. This is a Raiders team on the rise, and they seem to have the right two men steering the ship for the first time in a long time.