While the early returns on first-round pick Alex Leatherwood weren’t great, the Raiders strike gold with another early selection in the 2021 NFL Draft.
In Round 2, the Raiders traded up for safety Trevon Moehrig and that move couldn’t have worked out better. Moehrig was one of the best safeties in the NFL last season. He played over 1,100 snaps on defense for the Raiders, totaling 55 tackles and six pass deflections.
In a recent article by Nick Shook of NFL.com, he named a player from each team that could make the first Pro Bowl of their career during the 2022 season. For the Raiders, that was none other than Moehrig. Here is what Shook had to say about the second-year safety from TCU:
