Ranking Las Vegas Raiders Draft Picks Since 2022

I was scrolling twitter, and saw a post about ranking every first round pick since 2020, and that gave me a fun idea. The Raiders have made essentially an entire roster full of selections since 2022, taking 42 players with HALF of those coming in rounds 2, 3, and 4. Las Vegas has struggled recently, and a large part of that has been their inability to find talent in the draft, or to properly develop that talent. This list isn’t for the faint of heart, and there’s some very painful picks scattered about. Recent trends indicate that Las Vegas may be back on track, but they will need to continue this stretch to consistently become a perennial winning franchise year after year and avoid their ways from 2018 (yes even 2019) – 2023, which was disappointing to say the least.

1. Brock Bowers – Round 1, 13th Overall, 2024

   • The two 2x Pro Bowler & 1x All-Pro already has 1875 yards in his career, and looks to be the focal point of the Raiders offense for the next decade or more. Bowers has the potential to be a multi time OPOY caliber of player, especially under Klint Kubiak.

     I won’t rank him, but Drake Thomas would slot himself in right here (which I don’t know says more about Thomas or the Raiders draft picks but a UDFA who’s played over 1100 snaps of near All-Pro caliber LB play is an elite value player).

2. Jackson Powers-Johnson – Round 2, 44th Overall, 2024
   • While Powers-Johnson has been injured, he remained a projected 1st rounder who fell due to injuries. The 2nd rounder has had his ups and downs, but when healthy has played as a top 25 caliber guard and has room to continue growing in his potential. This ranking is more of a potential based ranking.
3. Ashton Jeanty – Round 1, 6th Overall, 2025
   • I really like Ashton Jeanty, the fact still stands that Las Vegas took a RB 6th overall over Tet McMillian, Armand Membou, Kelvin Banks, and others. Jeanty is an elite talent, but the lack of overall positional value prevents me from putting him at 2nd overall.
4. Fernando Mendoza – Round 1, 1st Overall, 2026
   • Mendoza can very easily be the 1st option when this is all said and done, at the moment he’s not played and likely won’t play much of his rookie season which keeps him at 4 over three other proven picks. Mendoza, like JPJ, is a projection pick.
5. Tre Tucker – Round 3, 100th Overall, 2023
   • Tucker has put together a strong NFL career with 1566 yards, 10 touchdowns, and 123 receptions while starting 32 games as a former 3rd rounder. He has room to continue to grow in 2026 and is just 25 years old.
6. DJ Glaze – Round 3, 77th Overall, 2024
   • Glaze has logged nearly 2000 career snaps at RT since coming into the NFL as a third rounder, he’s...