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Troy's Brynden Trawick joining Daren Bates in beefing up Oakland Raiders' special teams

Two days after signing one of the top special-teams players in the NFL as a free agent, the Oakland Raiders added another of the most active special-teamers in the league on Wednesday.

The Raiders announced on Wednesday afternoon that they had signed safety Brynden Trawick to a one-year contract.

An All-Sun Belt selection as the conference's leading tackler in 2012 for Troy, Trawick had spent his three NFL seasons with the Baltimore Ravens before becoming a free agent last week.

On Monday, Oakland signed former Auburn linebacker Daren Bates, who served as the St.