Raiders Draft Thayer Munford With 238th Overall Pick

The 2022 NFL Draft is coming to a close, but the Raiders aren't done just yet.

With the first of its two seventh-round picks, Las Vegas selected Ohio State offensive tackle Thayer Munford with the 238th overall pick.

Munford was a back-to-back first-team All-Big Ten selection at Ohio State, where he was a four-year starter. The Cincinnati, Ohio, native made 45 career starts in 58 games as a Buckeye.

Munford experienced a lot of winning while at Ohio State, having been part of a conference-record four-straight outright Big Ten Conference titles. He was also part of two trips to the College Football Playoff.

The prospect earned All-Big Ten honorable mention in the 2018 season after serving as the team's full-time left tackle.

His production at the college level would elevate even more in the 2019 season, when he was named a second-team All-Big Ten selection.

Munford would then be selected to the All-Big Ten first team in the 2020 and 2021 seasons.

In 2021, when Munford surprisingly returned for a "super senior" year, he was moved to left guard. He would earn first-team All-American honors from the American Football Coaches Association.

The 6-6, 320-pound tackle was regarded as having had a better college career at tackle than at guard. Even so, he was able to prosper in both roles.

Munford ran a 40-yard dash time of 5.39 seconds at OSU's Pro Day while also recording a 22.00-inch vertical.

He met with the Raiders as one of their top-30 prospect visits earlier this month.

Munford joins Dylan Parham, the Raiders' first pick of this year's draft, as a flexible offensive lineman who can excel at both the guard and tackle positions.

The two young linemen will be guided by new Raiders O-line coach Carmen Bricillo.

Las Vegas' O-line was in critical need of improvement this offseason, and it appears as though General Manager Dave Ziegler made the group a significant priority in Day 3 of this year's draft.

With Munford and Parham joining 2020 first-round pick Alex Leatherwood, the group will be one of the youngest, most promising offensive front lines in the league.

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