Las Vegas Raiders Profile: Linebacker Cory Littleton

Cory Littleton signed a three-year, $36 million deal to join the Raiders. The former undrafted free agent will start for the Raiders.

In the past, I’ve previewed every opponent for the Raiders this season and profiled every coach.

As we inch closer to Week 1, I am now profiling every player on the Raiders roster.

Today, we’re profiling linebacker Cory Littleton

Proving Himself on the Field

It was speculated when linebacker Cory Littleton was released from restricted free agency by the Los Angeles Rams at the end of last season, he would be sought by NFL teams that needed help in the linebacker department.

The speculation was correct.

When Littleton became an unrestricted free agent, he was picked up by the Raiders and signed a three-year, $36-million deal to become the new starting linebacker for the Silver and Black.

The former undrafted free agent in 2016 didn’t even get his full-time start for the Rams until 2018.

But since then, Littleton has posted some respectable numbers.

In 2018, he broke up 13 passes and managed to make four sacks.

Last season, he had his best tenure in the NFL yet with a career-high 134 tackles, two forced fumbles, 3.5 sacks, five quarterback hits, and two interceptions. He only missed five tackles all season.

Within the last two seasons, Littleton played 94 percent of defensive snaps for the Rams.

Clearly, he was doing something right on the field with the Rams.

In Las Vegas, he should fit in well with newcomer Nick Kwiatkoski from the Chicago Bears and fourth-year man Nicholas Morrow.

Littleton has experience working from the ground up, which he’ll have to do with the Raiders. There’s still much improvement to be done to become a reliable linebacker

But by the looks of things so far from training camp, he’s off to a great start.

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