Jon Gruden is doing all he can to bring in as many of his guys as possible. On Tuesday, the Oakland Raiders traded for quarterback Christian Hackenberg via the New York Jets.
Before the 2016 NFL draft, Gruden wrote five takeaways about each major quarterback prospect entering the draft including Hackenberg. In this ESPN article, Gruden mentions that he would be “shocked if Hackenberg is not a first-round pick.”
Here is what Gruden had to say on Hackenberg’s draft status.
“The biggest surprise to me on Hackenberg is that no one is really talking about him in the first round.