ALAMEDA — Before he even officially became a Raider, Johnathan Abram told his head coach he’d “light his a** up.”
Jon Gruden called Abram Thursday night to inform him he’d be the newest Raider with the 27th overall pick, and said in a video posted by the team, “I’m gonna be calling plays against you this spring and I can’t wait to get after your a**, man.”
“Imma light your a** up, coach,” Abram responded.
And who knows, with the way Abram plays, he just might lay the wood on Gruden during practice.
The Raiders already had Karl Joseph, Lamarcus Joyner, Erik Harris and Curtis Riley at safety, but they used their final first-round pick on the hard-hitting Mississippi State product to further strengthen their revamped secondary.