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Raiders awarded four compensatory picks in 2018 NFL Draft

The 2018 NFL Draft is only two months away, and for the Oakland Raiders, they better get their homework done. On Friday, the NFL awarded the Silver and Black four more picks, all in the sixth round, as compensation for free agents lost. Oakland will now have a total of 11 picks in the upcoming draft, with their first pick coming at either No. 9 or 10 in the first round.

That pick will be decided next Friday at the NFL Scouting Combines, as they will have a coin flip with the San Francisco 49ers. There have been a ton of mock drafts posted in recent weeks, and the majority of them having the Raiders taking Georgia linebacker Roquan Smith with the No.