
Ashton Jeanty knew he was going to be joining the Las Vegas Raiders long before he stepped onto the draft stage to hold up a silver-and-black jersey after hearing his name called in the first round on Thursday night. And the hint Jeanty received came from an unlikely source: Raiders general manager John Spytek's son.
A month before the draft, Spytek, during a March appearance on SiriusXM Radio, joked that his oldest son gave him an ultimatum to draft Jeanty, and even went so far as to involve Raiders owner Mark Davis.