Raiders draftee Clelin Ferrell explains why he hates being called ‘rookie’

ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA – MAY 3: Oakland Raiders defensive end Clelin Ferrell speaks to the media before the rookies mini camp practice at the Raiders practice facility in Alameda, Calif., on Friday, May 3, 2019. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)The Raiders surprised some people by taking Clelin Ferrell at No. 4 in the NFL Draft.

Not that the Ted Hendricks Award winner wasn’t a great player for national champion Clemson. It’s just that most people pegged him as a mid-to-late first-round pick since Khalil Mack, for example, had gone No. 5 overall.

Ferrell, the youngest of nine kids, sat down to discuss the term “rookie,” criticism over how high he was drafted and the pressure to live up to Mack’s…