Safety Obi Melifonwu didn’t have an ideal rookie season in 2017. It was quite tough for him, much like us fans trying to pronounce his last name for the first time without help. Coming out of the University of Connecticut, Melifonwu was given some very good praise. He was going to be the defense’s tight end eraser, which was music to my ears because the Raiders love to give opposing tight ends easy numbers.
It was a lot to ask for a rookie and it got even worse when he suffered an injury prior to the regular season.