Once a 5-star freshman getting thrown into a national championship game unexpectedly, Leatherwood has since been a steady presence for Alabama at both guard and left tackle the last three seasons on his way to winning the Outland Trophy for the best lineman in the country his senior season.
Many draft thinkers thought that he’d wind up dropping into the second round due to not looking like a true left tackle... or something...
So when the Raiders picked him up at 17th, the entire draft production just went silent for a for a few seconds in surprise.