Raiders' first-rounder Clelin Ferrell: Don't call him 'rookie'

NAPA, Calif. -- No, it would not make late comedian George Carlin's list of seven dirty words. Not even close.

But to Clelin Ferrell, the Oakland Raiders' first-round draft pick taken at No. 4 overall, "rookie" is a bad word.

"They ain't bring us in here to be no rookies," Ferrell said recently. "Rookies can kind of get a connotation of sitting in the back, wait your turn, you don't got to step out in front and show that you really want to play.

"I consider myself just a first-year player. ... I just want to come out and compete and earn everything that we got. To do that in this defense you got to communicate, you got to be physical, you got to be a guy that wants to set the tone, set the…