ALAMEDA — The Raiders made their most eye-opening pick of the entire draft on Day 3, grabbing Michigan defensive tackle Maurice Hurst in the fifth round.
Hurst, a clear-cut Round 1 prospect based on talent alone, plummeted due to a heart condition that forced him to leave the NFL Combine early. Shortly after the Raiders traded up 19 spots to take Hurst with the 140th pick, the former Wolverine emphasized on a conference call with Bay Area media that his health shouldn’t be a concern in the future.
“I was a little surprised just because I was cleared through Harvard and Michigan, but every team can’t bring you in and do their own tests and formalize their own opinion.