Oakland Raiders 2017 Draft Pick Bio
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OAKLAND RAIDERS 2017 DRAFT PICK BIO Gareon Conley Cornerback Ohio State 6-foot 195 pounds First Round, Pick No. 24 24th Overall OAKLAND RAIDERS 2017 DRAFT PICK BIO Obi Melifonwu Safety Connecticut 6-foot-3 217 pounds Second Round, Pick No. 24 56th Overall OAKLAND RAIDERS 2017 DRAFT PICK BIO Eddie Vanderdoes Defensive Tackle UCLA 6-foot-3 325 pounds Third Round, Pick No. 24 88th Overall 2016 FOOTBALL SENIOR BIOS #47 Career Highs EDDIE Tackles - 11 at Stanford, 2013 Tackles for Loss - 2.0, last vs. Virginia, 2015 VANDERDOES Sacks - 1.0, last at Colorado, 2016 Defensive Line TACKLE STATISTICS - E. VANDERDOES Sr. • 6-3 • 325 Year TT T-AT Sacks TFL INT (Td) 2013 39 21-18 0.5-2 4.5-15 0 Auburn, Calif. 2014 50 27-23 2.0-19 5.5-29 0 Placer HS 2015 8 6-2 0.0-0 2.0-2 0 2016 29 15-14 1.5-2 1.5-2 0 Totals 126 69-57 4.0-23 13.5-48 0 2016 - Named to the watch list for the Bednarik Award, Nagurski Award, Rotary Lombardi Award ... Honorable mention All-Pac-12 selection by RUSHING STATISTICS - E. VANDERDOES Year TCB Yds YL Net Avg TD Lg the coaches ... Starter in all 12 games on the defensive front ... Credited 2013 1 1 0 1 1.0 1 1 with 29 tackles on the season ... Had multiple tackles in six game with 2014 4 5 0 5 1.2 1 2 a best of fi ve tackles in games vs. Texas A&M and USC ... Invited to the Totals 5 6 0 6 1.2 2 2 Senior Bowl. 2015 - Made eight tackles in the opener against Virginia, including two tackles for loss ... Suff ered an injury in that contest and missed the bal- ance of the season. 2014 - Appeared in 13 games and made 12 starts on the defensive line ... Honorable mention all-conference selection ... Ranked eighth on the team with 50 tackles ... Tied for fourth on the team with 5.5 tackles for loss ... Had a best of nine tackles vs. Utah, including a tackle for loss ... Made eight tackles against Arizona ... Had seven tackles, including a sack, vs. USC ... Recovered a fumble vs. K-State ... Made at least four tack- les in six games ... Made four rushing attempts on off ense for fi ve yards ... Scored a one-yard rushing touchdown vs. Utah ... Had two carries for four yards vs. Texas. 2013 - Appeared in all 13 games and made seven starts on the defen- sive line ... Named fi rst-team Freshman All-America by Sporting News and Football Writers Association (FWAA) ... Honorable mention all-con- ference ... Credited with 39 tackles on the season ... His 11 tackles at Stanford were the most by a Bruin defensive lineman since 1992 (Bruce Walker - 12) ... Had multiple tackles in nine games. HIGH SCHOOL - A fi ve-star recruit according to both rivals.com and scout.com … Second-team USA Today All-American … Selected to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl all-star game … Scout.com’s No. 2-ranked defensive tackle in the country … No. 3 recruit and No. 1 ranked defensive tackle on the scout.com West 150 list … ESPN.com’s No. 10 recruit in the nation, No. 1 defensive tackle in the country and the top-rated recruit in the state of California … No. 2-ranked defensive tackle in the nation according to scout.com and No. 1 in the West … Listed No. 21 on the rivals.com 250 and No. 9 in the nation by scout. com … Ranked No. 3 recruit in California by rivals.com and the No. 2 defensive tackle in the nation … SuperPrep’s No. 4-ranked defensive lineman nationally … Regarded as the No. 2 recruit in the CA/NV/HI re- gion by SuperPrep … Ranked as the nation’s No. 43 recruit and the No. 6 defensive end by Tom Lemming … No. 32-ranked player nationally on PrepStar Dream Team and the country’s No. 5-ranked defensive tackle … Credited with 72 tackles and nine sacks for an 11-1 team in his senior season … Had 65 tackles and 10 sacks as a junior … Coached by Joey Montoya ... Also played baseball. PERSONAL - Full Name: Eddie Norman Vanderdoes IV ... Born in Auburn, Calif. ... Parents: Eddie and Behia Vanderdoes ... Has one younger sis- ter, Baylee ... Admires NBA player LeBron James and NFL players Ray Lewis and Ndamukong Suh ... Lists his biggest thrill to date as playing in the U.S. Army High School All-American Bowl and winning his league championship ... Hobbies include long boarding and hanging with his friends ... History major. 23 2017 SPRING FB GUIDE23 PLAYER BIOS OAKLAND RAIDERS 2017 DRAFT PICK BIO David Sharpe Tackle Florida 6-foot-6 357 pounds Fourth Round, Pick No. 23 129th Overall DAVID SHARPE GAMES PLAYED/STARTED YEAR SCHOOL GAMES PLAYED GAMES STARTED 2014 Florida 6 0 2015 Florida 14 13 2016 Florida 13 13 33 26 OAKLAND RAIDERS 2017 DRAFT PICK BIO Marquel Lee Linebacker Wake Forest 6-foot-3 240 pounds Fifth Round, Pick No. 24 168th Overall Wake Forest Football 2013 (True Freshman) 2013 Opp S-A-Tot TFL-Yds Sk-Yds Int-Yds PBU FF-FR Marquel Enrolled early at Wake Forest in January 2013 and 8/29 Presbyterian 0-1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 participated in spring practice ... Played in 11 games as a 9/6 at Boston Col. 1-1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 8 9/14 ULM 0-1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 LEE true freshman in the fall ... Served as a reserve linebacker and key special teams contributor ... Led the team with 9/21 at Army 0-0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 LB • Sr. • 6-3 • 240 nine special teams tackles ... Finished with 14 tackles overall, 9/28 at Clemson 1-2-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 10/5 NC State 0-0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 including four solo, on the season ... Made his collegiate debut Waldorf, Md. 10/19 Maryland 0-1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 Westlake vs. Presbyterian (Aug. 29) ... Missed the game at Miami (Oct. 10/26 at Miami -DNP- 26) due to injury. 11/2 at Syracuse 2-0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 2016 (Senior) 11/9 Florida State 0-2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 High School Elected a team captain ... First Team All-ACC (AP) ... 11/23 Duke 0-1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 Graduated from Westlake High School in Waldorf, Md. Second Team All-ACC (Media and Coaches) ... Finished 11/30 at Vanderbilt 0-1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 in December 2012 and enrolled early to Wake Forest in 12th in the ACC in tackles per game at 8.1 . One of only January 2013 ... A three-year starter for the Wolverines 2014 Opp S-A-Tot TFL-Yds Sk-Yds Int-Yds PBU FF-FR 17 players in the ACC to top 100 tackles on the season . ... Earned honorable mention all-state honors as a senior 8/28 at ULM 2-10-12 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 . Finished 11th in the ACC in sacks with 7.5 . Fifth in the ... Named fi rst team All-Southern Maryland Athletic Con- 9/6 Gardner-Webb 6-2-8 3.0-8 1-5 0-0 0 0-0 ACC in tackles for loss with 20.0 . Tied for sixth in the ference at linebacker ... Helped Westlake to the Maryland 9/13 at Utah State 0-9-9 2.5-6 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 ACC in fumbles forced with 3 . Ninth in the ACC with Class 3A South Region fi nal ... The Wolverines fi nished the 9/20 Army 5-4-9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 9.2 tackles per game vs. league opponents . Third in season 8-4 ... Played for Coach Marlon Curtis as a senior 9/27 at Louisville 1-4-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 conference in ACC only games with 7.5 sacks . 17.5 TFL ... Had 12 tackles and a fumble recovery vs. Huntingtown 10/4 at Florida St. 4-3-7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 vs. ACC opponents led the league . Tallied a pair of solo 10/18 Syracuse 3-4-7 0.5-1 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 during a regular season victory ... Had an interception in tackles and an assist tackle in a start against Tulane (Sept. 10/25 Boston College 3-2-5 1.5-3 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 the South Region semifi nal win over Potomac and a fumble 1)... Led the Deacs with 10 total tackles against Duke 11/6 Clemson 6-2-8 0.5-4 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 return for a touchdown vs. Lackey ... Made 14 tackles vs. (Sept. 10), while adding one sack and two tackles for loss... 11/15 at NC State 1-5-6 0.5-1 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 Calvert ... Considered the Wolverines’ emotional leader ... Led the team with fi ve tackles (three solo, two assisted), 11/22 Virginia Tech 7-5-12 3.0-25 2.5-24 0-0 0 1-0 Had 70 tackles as a junior while also throwing for over 800 with one TFL and one forced fumble vs.