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The Most Surprising Player on the 2016 Oakland Raiders

Oakland Raiders rookie running back Jalen Richard, coined “The Pocket Rocket” by 95.7 The Game’s Greg Papa, exploded onto the NFL scene with the Silver and Black in 2016, quickly leaving the stars behind him in his ascent.

Quickly is almost an understatement, as Richard led the team in rushing in the team’s Week 1 win over the New Orleans Saints with 84 yards on three carries, his first of which being a 75-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter.

“I’ll do whatever the coaches want me to do, whatever my role is I will do (it),” Richard said after his performance against the Saints, per the Raiders’ official site.