It’s not often that a team with a Pro Bowl safety would consider drafting another player in the first round to replace him. But in the case of the Oakland Raiders, they may do just that with 33-year-old Reggie Nelson.
The 2017 NFL Draft class features a solid secondary group, with plenty of exceptional safeties. Here is a case for the Raiders drafting former Washington Huskies safety Budda Baker with the no. 24 pick.
The two-time All-Pac-12 safety (2015 and 2016) is a ballhawk and a bruiser all-in-one. Think Nelson, with better angles and vision.
Baker possesses exceptional speed (4.