ALAMEDA, Calif. -- When it comes to P.J. Hall, there is precedent here.
The Oakland Raiders have taken a shot early in the draft on a relatively unknown player from a relatively unknown school before.
Think Gene Upshaw, who came to Oakland with the 17th overall pick of the 1967 draft out of what was then called Texas A&I and became the first player in NFL history to play in the Super Bowl in three different decades.
Or Art Shell, drafted a year later out of then-Maryland State College in the third round and routinely called "our giant" by Al Davis before becoming the first black coach in modern NFL history in 1989.