When Raiders’ fourth-round pick Neil Farrell Jr. got the call informing him he was now an NFL player – well, he doesn’t quite know what happened.
“To be honest, there was so much emotion going through here with my family that I don’t even remember the call, Farrell told the media Saturday, “but I’m happy as heck to be a Raider and I’m ready to get there and put in some work.”
Farrell was Las Vegas’ first defensive pick in the 2022 Draft.
Originally from Mobile, Alabama, the former three-star recruit began with five games played off the bench as a true freshman at LSU and worked his way up to a starting role. Draft analysts have described him as “consistent,” “great leverage,” “balanced” and a player with “deceptive quickness.”
Farrall’s last season as a Tiger is when he made the most of his opportunity as a key piece of the D-line, totaling 45 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss and two sacks and securing an invite to the Senior Bowl.
Former LSU Head Coach Ed Orgeron recruited the lineman…