Raiders' Michael Mayer Had No Regrets Entering Draft

The Las Vegas Raiders selected former Notre Dame tight end Michael Mayer in the second round of the 2023 NFL 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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