DJ Hayden’s practice snaps are monitored with an eagle eye. The 2013 first round pick was thought to be the Raiders’ top cornerback following an offseason without veteran reinforcements, but Hayden’s shuttled back and forth between the first and second units, from outside corner into the slot.
Information has been siphoned from these movements in an attempt to figure where he sits in a cornerback hierarchy that also includes TJ Carrie and Keith McGill.
Hayden is the No. 12 overall pick from 2013. McGill was No. 116 in 2014. Carrie was No. 219 that same year.
Draft status suggests Hayden should be on top.