Raiders Have Released 2021 First-Round Pick OL Alex Leatherwood

The Las Vegas Raiders have waived their 2021 first-round pick offensive lineman Alex Leatherwood after just one season:

Alex Leatherwood was the 17th pick in the 2021 draft; Raiders now have to eat $7.9-million against their salary cap. https://t.co/IUSKfQQhu9

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 30, 2022

The Raiders selected Leatherwood with the 17th overall pick in the 2021 Draft. The move cost the Raiders’ $7.9 million against their salary cap. The Alabama product was drafted by the previous regime and was clearly on the outs with the new regime of Josh McDaniels and Dave Zeigler.

The Raiders reportedly tried to trade Leatherwood to every single team in the NFL and got “32 nos” according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network:

They tried to trade him to eveyone. Got 32 nos. https://t.co/2BwfIyZs4H

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) August 30, 2022