Raiders' Michael Mayer Had No Regrets Entering Draft
As much of a blessing as it is to be selected in the NFL Draft -- no matter the round -- there often is somewhat of a bitter taste left when a player is taken later than they were projected to be.
For Las Vegas Raiders second-round pick of the 2023 NFL Draft, tight end Michael Mayer, a prospect who might have been the best tight end in this year's draft, he made sure that feeling would be avoidable.
"I'll tell you exactly how I approached it," Mayer told the media after he was drafted. "Starting Jan. 2, kind of when this whole thing started, I said I don't want to have any regrets. I'm going to do everything I need to do, and that's sort of what I did. I felt like I had a good combine. I felt like I had a good pro day.
"So a couple of weeks ago, I'd been sitting with my parents, sitting with my agent, and it was kind of like: 'You did everything you needed to do, you controlled the control-ables. So at this point, you need to relax, enjoy it and whoever takes you, takes you. There's nothing else you can do.' That was kind of my mindset going in. It was: 'You did everything you needed to do, you felt like you had a good combine, had good meetings and a good pro day.' It's awesome that I ended up in this organization's lap. I'm very excited for it, and I'm very happy for it."
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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