Safety Christopher Smith II Resembles a Fellow Raider

The Las Vegas Raiders were intrigued by the similarities between safety Christopher Smith II and Duron Harmon.

The Las Vegas Raiders needed to address their secondary in this year's NFL Draft, and for the most part, they did so.

One of the additions was Georgia safety Christopher Smith II, a player who Raiders General Manager Dave Ziegler was high on heading into the draft.

"Chris Smith, when I watched him, [he] reminded me a lot of Duron Harmon in his ability," Ziegler said when he spoke to the media last Saturday. "Duron obviously was a great player for us last year, but Chris relies on his instincts and awareness to make plays on the football. He’s a student of the game. He has a very unique ability, I would say, just to pattern read and look at a route concept and how it develops out of the snap and make some reads that able himself to be in position to make plays on the football. 

"Also, he's a physical kid, not the biggest in stature. When you look at Chris Smith and you just read the numbers … I don't think he ran a super-fast 40, he's not a super big guy. But when you put on the tape, he's a guy that impresses you. There are a few picks on this, but after the Chris Smith pick, four or five texts from different GM’s around the league where they were targeting Chris Smith just because of how good of a football player he was. So excited about him to come in and see him compete with that group.”

Here is a complete list of every 2023 Raiders draft pick and links to more information about them:

Round 1 No. 7 overall pick: Tyree Wilson, DE, Texas Tech

Round 2 No. 35 overall pick: Michael Mayer, TE, Notre Dame

Round 3 No. 70 overall: Byron Young, DT, Alabama

Round 3 No. 100 overall: Tre Tucker, WR, Cincinnati

Round 4 No. 104 overall: Jakorian Bennett, CB, Maryland

Round 4 No. 135 overall: Aidan O'Connell, QB, Purdue

Round 5 No. 170 overall: Christopher Smith II, S, Georgia

Round 6 No. 203 overall: Amari Burney, LB, Florida

Round 7 No. 231 overall: Nesta Jade Silvera, DT, Arizona State

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