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Oakland Raiders and Rutgers' Anthony Cioffi: Match made in speed heaven?

As soon as he ran a 40-yard dash timed in the 4.3s, Anthony Cioffi to the Oakland Raiders made sense.

It became official Saturday night when the Rutgers safety was one of the first undrafted players in the country to agree to a priority free-agent deal, as first reported by NJ Advance Media.

The Raiders have been obsessed with speed since late owner Al Davis first joined the franchise as a coach in 1963 -- decades before spread offenses further emphasized a need for speed.

"That's something I'm going to really bring to defense and special teams as well," Cioffi told NJ Advance Media.