Ranking Las Vegas Raiders Draft Picks Since 2022
I was scrolling twitter, and saw a post about ranking every first round pick since 2020, and that gave me a fun idea. The Raiders have made essentially an entire roster full of selections since 2022, taking 42 players with HALF of those coming in rounds 2, 3, and 4. Las Vegas has struggled recently, and a large part of that has been their inability to find talent in the draft, or to properly develop that talent. This list isn’t for the faint of heart, and there’s some very painful picks scattered about. Recent trends indicate that Las Vegas may be back on track, but they will need to continue this stretch to consistently become a perennial winning franchise year after year and avoid their ways from 2018 (yes even 2019) – 2023, which was disappointing to say the least. Brock Bowers – Round 1, 13th Overall, 2024 The two 2x Pro Bowler & 1x All-Pro already has 1875 yards in his career, and looks to be the focal point of the Raiders offense for the next decade or more. Bowers has the potential to be a multi time OPOY caliber of player, especially under Klint Kubiak. I won’t rank him, but Drake Thomas would slot himself in right here (which I don’t know says more about Thomas or the Raiders draft picks but a UDFA who’s played over 1100 snaps of near All-Pro caliber LB play is an elite value player). Jackson Powers-Johnson – Round 2, 44th Overall, 2024 While Powers-Johnson has been injured, he remained a projected 1st rounder who fell due to injuries. The 2nd rounder has had his ups and downs, but when healthy has played as a top 25 caliber guard and has room to continue growing in his potential. This ranking is more of a potential based ranking. Ashton Jeanty – Round 1, 6th Overall, 2025 I really like Ashton Jeanty, the fact still stands that Las Vegas took a RB 6th overall over Tet McMillian, Armand Membou , Kelvin Banks , and others. Jeanty is an elite talent, but the lack of overall positional value prevents me from putting him at 2nd overall. Fernando Mendoza – Round 1, 1st Overall, 2026 Mendoza can very easily be the 1st option when this is all said and done, at the moment he’s not played and likely won’t play much of his rookie season which keeps him at 4 over three other proven picks. Mendoza, like JPJ, is a projection pick. Tre Tucker – Round 3, 100th Overall, 2023 Tucker has put together a strong NFL career with 1566 yards, 10 touchdowns, and 123 receptions while starting 32 games as a former 3rd rounder. He has room to continue to grow in 2026 and is just 25 years old. DJ Glaze – Round 3, 77th Overall, 2024 Glaze has logged nearly 2000 career snaps at RT since coming into the NFL as a third rounder, he’s seen his ups and downs but is still young, raw, and has a ton of upside to develop into the player he shows flashes of. If Glaze can reach his potential he has the opportunity to end up a top three pick on this list. Dylan Parham – Round 3, 90th Overall, 2022 While Parham’s career was filled of inconsistencies both on field, with his coaching, with his position, and more he did carve out a good NFL career for Las Vegas starting 63 games in four seasons. Parham is a starting guard in the NFL, and he will be for likely a long time. Hard to ask for much more out of a third rounder, despite him never reaching a consistent plateau. Darien Porter – Round 3, 68th Overall, 2025 Porter had a good rookie season adapting to CB in the NFL, he logged 5 PBU, allowed a sub 85 QBR, and showed flashes of being a potential long term starting CB for the Raiders. He’s still raw, inexperienced, and growing into the position but there’s a lot of room for Porter to skyrocket up this list and on field. 8.5 – DT Jonah Laulu , 2024 Waiver Claim While not fully a draft pick, I need some hope here. Laulu was claimed by Las Vegas after the Colts waived him and the former 7th rounder has consistently played for Las Vegas including 700 snaps last year. Laulu isn’t a starting caliber DT, and he’s struggled to put things together consist [... truncated ...]