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Raiders RB Ameer Abdullah to Play "James White Role" on Offense

According to NFL reporter Albert Breer, Las Vegas Raiders running back Ameer Abdullah has been a “revelation” at training camp and is expected to play the “James White role” in head coach Josh McDaniels’s offense.

3) Camp revelation: Journeyman Ameer Abdullah. Raiders have depth at RB. But Abdullah's carving out a real role—the "James White" spot in McD's O.

4) Kolton Miller's rock solid at LT. Elsewhere on the OL? Lester Cotton's a sleeper. RT (Leatherwood, Eluemonor, Munford) a big ?.

— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) August 12, 2022

Abdullah spent four seasons in the Motor City, a former second-round pick of the Detroit Lions in 2015, followed by stops in Minnesota and, most recently, Carolina.