Carlson is going back to his original number with the club
The Las Vegas Raiders added 11 players via the 2025 NFL Draft last weekend, and the draft class recently received their jersey numbers, which answers the question of what digit first-round pick Ashton Jeanty will wear with the Silver and Black.
Jeanty wore No. 2 at Boise State, but Raiders’ kicker Daniel Carlson has been wearing that number over the last four seasons. However, Carlson wore No. 8 in 2018 and 2019—his first two years with the club—before switching numbers when Marcus Mariota was signed in 2020. The kicker will accommodate the rookie running back by going back to his original digit, allowing Jeanty to continue wearing two.
At the time of writing, there has been no word on how much that cost the sixth overall pick. Whatever the compensation to Carlson was, Jeanty certainly had a few dollars to spare after signing a nearly $36 million contract with a signing bonus of about $22.7 million, per Over The Cap.
Below is the full list of the 2025 draft class’ numbers:
- Ashton Jeanty 2
- Jack Bech 18
- Darien Porter 26
- Caleb Rogers 76
- Charles Grant 60
- Dont’e Thornton Jr. 10
- Tonka Hemingway 97
- JJ Pegues 92
- Tommy Mellott 19
- Cam Miller 5
- Cody Lindenberg 54
In Other Raiders’ Links:
- UDFAs with chance to make roster: Las Vegas has openings on defense that the undrafted rookies could take advantage of, as explained in this week’s mailbag.
- AFC West draft best and worst: “Bringing good size at 6-foot-2 and 204 pounds, Bryant has strong hands and is confident,” Silver and Black Pride’s Ray Aspuria wrote. “But he’s not going to scare teams with his average speed or separation skills. He’s a possession receiver who struggled to separate from defensive backs in college. Bryant’s lack of dynamic athleticism is only going to become more apparent in the pros.”
- Jeanty received prank draft call: “Some dude called me and was like, ‘We just traded with the Raiders, and you’re coming to the Cowboys,’” Jeanty said on the ‘Stacking The Box’ podcast (h/t Las Vegas Review-Journal). “I just hung up, bro. I was like, ‘Come on, bro.’”
- Raiders’ offense taking shape via draft: “Another part of improving Smith’s supporting cast was taking Bech at No. 58 after trading back twice to do so,” ESPN’s Ryan McFadden wrote. “Given the depth at wide receiver, Bech will compete for a starting role right away. Jakobi Meyers, Tre Tucker and Kyle Philips, who didn’t play in 2024, are the only wide receivers with more than 10 career receptions.”
