2008 Raiders Draft Picks
The 2008 NFL college draft is taking place at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City on the weekend of April 26-27, 2008. This order includes Compensatory Selections (for free agents lost after the conclusion of the prior season), which can be awarded at the end of rounds 3 through 7, and which were announced by the NFL on March 31, 2008. (Oakland received none.)
| Round | Pick | Overall | Selection/Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | RB Darren McFadden, Arkansas |
| 2 | 3 | 34 | (Traded to Atlanta on 3/20/08 for CB DeAngelo Hall.) |
| 3 | 6 | 69 | (Traded to New England in 2007; Oakland moved up in the third round in 2007 to select T Mario
Henderson) |
| 4 | 1 | 100 | CB/FS Tyvon Branch, Connecticut (from Miami through Dallas) |
| 4 | 5 | 100 | (Traded to Dallas) |
| 4 | 26 | 125 | WR Arman Shields, Richmond (From Jacksonville through Baltimore, for CB Fabian Washington) |
| 5 | 4 | 139 | (Traded to Denver [on 8/20/07] for DT Gerard Warren.) |
| 6 | 3 | 169 | DE Trevor Scott, Buffalo |
| 7 | 6 | 213 | (Traded to Dallas) |
| 7 | 19 | 226 | WR Chaz Schilens, San Diego State (From Minnesota through NY Jets) |
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Darren McFadden, RB, Arkansas 6-1, 211, 4.33 No. 4 (4 overall)
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Tyvon Branch, CB/FS, Connecticut 6-0, 204, 4.31 No. 6 (38 overall)
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Arman Shields, WR, Richmond 6-1, 194, 4.37 No. 26 (125 overall)
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Trevor Scott, DE, Buffalo 6-5, 256, 4.59 No. 3 (169 overall)
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Chaz Schilens, WR, San Diego State 6-4, 225, 4.38 No. 19 (226 overall)
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40-yard dash times were taken from the USA Today database assembled by www.NFLDraftScout.com in conjunction with The Sports Xchange.
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Source(s): www.NFL.com, Great Blue North Draft Report, USA Today, and all the sites linked above
Last updated Monday, May 12, 2008
Source(s): Great Blue North Draft Report, our own database, Sacramento Bee, About.com, NFL Network, Associated Press, NFL.com
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