An undrafted rookie who was a core special teamer and finished with a miniscule five total tackles in his rookie season having starting potential heading into Year 2?
Sounds ludicrous, doesn’t it?
Such is the case for Amari Gainer and the Las Vegas Raiders.
The 24-year-old North Carolina/Florida State product has good size at 6-foot-3 and 236 pounds and athleticism (4.53 40-yard dash time at the Tarheels’ pro day) and made the 53-man roster as an undrafted free agent last season. Gainer finished second in special teams snaps amongst all Raiders in 2024 with 380 — Amari Burney, who was waived earlier this offseason, led Las Vegas with 384 snaps.