Forgive Raiders fans if they recoil a little bit at the suggestion that the team might a draft a cornerback out of the University of Houston on Thursday night.
William Jackson III may have a lot going for him — size, speed, game tape — but it’s the III part … Oakland has already drafted two cornerbacks out of Houston in the last 11 years.
Three years ago, the Raiders selected DJ Hayden 12th in the draft, and the undersized corner is fighting to make the roster, forget for a starting spot.
Then there was Stanford Routt in 2005.