Since the common draft was adopted in 1967, the Raiders have selected 507 players from 189 schools. Some turned into Hall of Famers, some materialized into quality role players, but at some point each heard their name called out as the newest member of the Silver and Black.
And some of those players, they had pretty outstanding names.
From Carleton Oats to “Swervin’ Mervyn” Fernandez, the Silver and Black have boasted their fair share of players with Super Bowl-caliber names.
With the 2016 NFL Draft nearly here, we’re looking back at some of the best names in Raiders’ draft history.