Raiders Draft Radar 2021: Linebackers
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Parsons is probably the one linebacker who, if on the board when the Raiders pick at 17, they would have a tough time passing up. He is the best linebacker in this draft and a great value at 17 overall. Parsons has just one season as a full-time starter, but it was a hell of a season at ‘Linebacker U’. In 13 games, he put up 109 tackles, 14 for a loss, five sacks, four forced fumbles and five pass breakups. That season earned him consensus All-America honors and the Butkus-Fitzgerald Big Ten LB of the Year award. As a sophomore. He opted out of the 2020 season and enters the draft as a lock as the first LB taken. And he ran a blistering 4.36 40-yard dash, just to leave no doubt.
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