The 2020 NFL Draft is finally here, the three-day event beginning with the first round on Thursday night (5 p.m. PT, ESPN, NFL Network, ABC). The Raiders have two of the first 19 picks.
No. 12 overall is the Raiders’ standard selection, after finishing 7-9 in 2019. They’ve had the 12th pick twice in draft history, and took a defensive back from the state of Texas in both years — Patrick Bates out of Texas A&M in 1993, and D.J. Hayden out of Houston in 2013.
The Raiders also pick 19th, a pick they received from the Bears in the Khalil Mack trade.