Live NFL draft updates: Las Vegas Raiders add help at offensive and defensive line and RB

The Las Vegas Raiders had to wait til day 2 for their first action in the 2022 NFL draft.

The Raiders did not have any picks in Thursday’s first round or Round 2 to open Friday, but finally got to select a player in the third round, then five more players in rounds 4-7 Saturday. Follow along throughout the draft for each Raiders selection.

The Bee posed the Raiders’ scenarios this week.

The Raiders traded their 86th overall pick in Round 3 to the Tennessee Titans and moved back to 90th overall and added a pick in Round 5.

With that Round 3 pick, Las Vegas selected guard Dylan Parham of Memphis.

The Raiders didn’t address the interior offensive line in free agency but made sure to do that as soon as they could in the draft.

Las Vegas added two defensive tackles, two running backs and an offensive tackle on the final day of the draft on Saturday.

The Raiders moved up to the 122nd overall pick in Round 4 and selected running back Zamir White of Georgia.

Las Vegas moved back up to 126th overall pick in Round 4 by trading two fifth-round picks (165th, 169th).

Las Vegas did more dealing, this time with the Los Angeles Rams. The Raiders moved back into the fifth round and picked at No. 175, and also added a seventh-round pick from the Rams.

Round 3: Raiders select Dylan Parham, 86th

Parham never missed a start with the Tigers after he moved from tight end to the offensive line.

He was recruited as a tight end, but made the move to the offensive line in 2019.

Parham is listed at 6-foot-3 and 311 pounds. He was named to the All-American Athletic Conference first-team last season after playing at right guard.

He has versatility on the offensive line and said he will play wherever Raiders coaches want him to play on the offensive line.

According to Pro Football Focus, Parham didn’t allow a sack in 511 pass-blocking snaps last season.

Round 4: RB Zamir White, Georgia, 122nd

Last season, White played in all 15 games and started in 12 and finished as the Bulldogs’ season-leading rusher with 856 yards.

He also had 12 touchdowns. He finished his career at Georgia with 2,043 yards.

White had two ACL injuries, but is a powerful running back who can break tackles. He joined Georgia as a five-star-rated recruit by 247Sports.com.

Selecting White comes on the heels of the Raiders declining to pick up fifth-year options on Josh Jacobs, along with safety Johnathan Abram and defensive end Cle Ferrell.

Round 4: DT Neil Farrell Jr., LSU, 126th

Farrell appeared in 51 games and started 21 times.

He started all 12 regular season games as a graduate senior last season and finished his career with 143 tackles, 22.5 tackles for loss and 7.5 sacks. He also recorded eight quarterback hurries and forced a pair of fumbles.

Last season, he finished with 45 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss and two sacks.

Farrell was first among Power Five defensive linemen with an overall grade 89.9, according to Pro Football Focus.

Round 5: DT Matthew Butler, Tennessee, 175th

An inside force for the Volunteers last season where he played 13 games and made 12 starts and logged 726 snaps.

He totaled 47 tackles and was fourth on Tennessee in 8.5 tackles for loss and was third in sacks with five.

Butler, listed at 6-4 and 297 pounds, finished his college career with 152 total tackles, 16 tackles for loss and 9.5 sacks for a loss of 55 yards.

Butler was a four-star recruit.

Round 7: T Thayer Munford, Ohio State, 238th

Listed at 6-6, Munford was a first-team All-American in 2021 by the American Football Coaches Association and a four-time all-Big Ten Conference honoree.

He was a a four-year starter with 45 career starts and 58 games played between 2017-21, including a fifth-year “super senior” campaign in 2021.

Munford was on the field for at least 700 plays in 2018, 2019 and 2021.

He was rated as a four-star recruit.

Round 7: RB Brittain Brown, UCLA, 250th

Brown played in 10 games for the Bruins last season and made four starts and finished the season with 102 carries for 615 yards and seven touchdowns.

He had a season-best 146 rushing yards against Arizona.

Brown enrolled at Duke and played in 25 games and made five starts before transferring to UCLA. He rushed 222 times for 1,125 yards and 10 touchdowns for the Blue Devils.

Brown also had 17 receptions for 218 yards and one touchdown, and also had six kickoff returns for 153 yards.

Brown was recruited as a three-star.

Raiders’ selections in the NFL draft

Round 3 (90) from Tennessee: G Dylan Parham, Memphis

Round 4 (122): RB Zamir White, Georgia

Round 4 (126): DT Neil Farrell Jr., LSU

Round 5 (175) from Los Angeles Rams: DT Matthew Butler, Tennessee

Round 7 (238) from Miami Dolphins through Los Angeles Rams: G Thayer Munford, Ohio State

Round 7 (250): RB Brittain Brown, UCLA