Let’s review how the Las Vegas Raiders’ 2024 drat class fared in the 2025 season:
Brock Bowers:
The star first-round pick missed five games due to a Week 1 knee injury. He ended up with 64 catches for 680
yards and seven touchdowns. As a rookie, of course, Bowers, broke basically every rookie receiving record as he finished with 112 catches for 1,194 yards and five touchdowns in all 17 games. So, he averaged 5.3 catches a game for 56.6 yards a game in 2025 compared to 6.5 grabs for 70.2 yards a game as a rookie. With his injury, those dips aren’t a big concern and he will can easily rise in those areas. However, whoever is running the Raiders’ offense in 2o26, they will need to get Bowers more involved. He was targeted 7.1 times in 2025 after being targeted nine times a game by the previous staff as a rookie. That trend needs to go up.
Jackson Powers-Johnson:
It was an odd, to say, the least, season for the second-round pick. He was expected to be the center all throughout the offseason. But when the offseason began, he almost immediately was replaced by Jordan Meredith and moved to guard. The Raiders’ staff didn’t seem to trust Powers-Johnson, but he did settle into a starting guard job. He had his up-and-down before seeing his season end in Week 10 with ankle injury at Denver. Jackson-Powers can still be a good player. Getting him back on track has to be a priority for the new staff.
D.J. Glaze
The third-round pick’s up-and-down season continued.
Decamarion Richardson:
The fourth-round pick played his first 13 snaps on defense this season. He played 70 percent of the defensive snaps in the final 12 games of the season. His fate is in the hands of the new staff. He could get another chance or he could be cut before the season
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Tommy Eichenberg:
The fifth-round pick from Ohio State played 89 snaps on defense in 17 games after playing 80 in 14games. He did make a big impact on special teams as he had 22 tackles on special teams this season, the third most in the NFL. It is also a Raiders’ team record. His is probably his role moving forward.
Dylan Laube:
The sixth-round pick was almost exclusively a returner and he was just average. He will be challenged to make the team in 2026.
Jonah Laulu:
Laulu, claimed last year off waivers from Indianapolis, continued to be a staple of the defense and one of the better players in the class for the team. He played 68 percent of the snaps and had an impressive eight tackles for loss. He should be part of the rebuild.
