Perhaps more than any other third-round pick in this year’s NFL Draft class, former Memphis offensive lineman Dylan Parham faces some high expectations in year one.
Parham was the 90th player off the board and the Las Vegas Raiders’ first selection of the three-day extravaganza, and now he’s expected to help turnaround one of the worst offensive lines in the NFL last season.
As a whole, Las Vegas earned a 55.2 run-blocking grade from PFF which ranked 29th out of the league’s 32 teams. Unsurprisingly, they also had the fifth-fewest rushing yards (1,617) and the sixth-lowest yards per carry (3.