Tuesday afternoon was the deadline for NFL teams to set their final 53-man rosters, and the only undrafted free agent from NC State to survive the mayhem was Derrek Pitts, who is officially a Tampa Bay Buccaneer.
Big congrats to Derrek, who is one of 13 rookies to make the Bucs and one of six corners.
I thought for sure that Drake Thomas would end up making the Raiders’ final roster given the preseason that he had:
#Raiders UDFA Drake Thomas in pre-season:
- 89 snaps (35 RDEF, 50 COV, 4 PRSH)
- 1 pressure
- 23 Tackles,
- 5 TFL (1st among rookie LBs)
- 10 stops (1st among rookie LBs, 4th among ALL)
- 29 yards allowed (7th lowest among rookie LBs)
- 81.