Obi Melifonwu goes to the Oakland Raiders w/ the 56th overall pick

[huskymedic]

24th pick of Round 2.

 

[huskymedic]

Edit Add: In round 2 the Oakland Raiders select Obi Melifonwu

 

[B1GEast]

Good situation for Obi, should have a good chance to get some playing time

 

[huskymedic]

 

[BNich]

Yeah buddy!!! Obi joins my Raiders!!!! I can dig it!

 

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[ATLDYKA]

ESPN kind of picked him apart in their analysis unfortunately.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

ESPN kind of picked him apart in their analysis unfortunately.

NFL Network was very complimentary.

 

[TheDoggPound]

Anyone else catch Mayock calling Byron Jones, Byron Evans?

 

[huskymedic]

Geremy Davis‏ @gday85 5m 5 minutes ago
Ayyy Congrats @Obi_1nOnly well deserved #UconnToThePros

Andrew Adams‏ @AndrewAdams33 6m 6 minutes ago
Congrats to former huskie teammate heading to Oakland . @Obi_1nOnly see you in Oakland

Dan Orlovsky‏ @danorlovsky7 3m3 minutes ago
Congrats to @uconnfootball and @obi_1nonly on being drafted #56… https://www.instagram.com/p/BTc08SDAgWCiK6e6GDJEIe2oLAe8czykrE4bZM0/ …

 

[huskymedic]

Anyone else catch Mayock calling Byron Jones, Byron Evans?

 

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[MilliniumPrince]

Raider Nation STAND UP!!!!!

 

[MilliniumPrince]

The Old Man would have taken him in the 1st Round.

 

[BugsyCT]

My Bucs swung & missed on Obi - bummed here, but congrats to Obi!

 

[Uconnalliance]

Raider Nation STAND UP!!!!!

UP!!!

 

[UConnNick]

Anyone else catch Mayock calling Byron Jones, Byron Evans?

Mayock is an incompetent fool. I can't stand listening to him.

Congrats to Obi. He survived the FiascoBall Era at UCONN. Good luck to him. Go Raiders!

 

[whaler11]

Anyone else catch Mayock calling Byron Jones, Byron Evans?

Anyone catch Mayock talking up GDL 4 picks later?

 

[Stinger92860]

ESPN kind of picked him apart in their analysis unfortunately.

espn, c_nf_rm_d.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Showballot]

Mayock is an incompetent fool. I can't stand listening to him.

Congrats to Obi. He survived the FiascoBall Era at UConn. Good luck to him. Go Raiders!

Haha I'd like to see you try to remember every single drafted player from years past and present.

 

[UCFBfan]

ESPN kind of picked him apart in their analysis unfortunately.

Only one guy did. Todd McShay really liked him and the pick.

 

[huskymedic]

2/2: #UConn's Obi Melifonwu said "my phone was buzzing before that so when I finally got the call (from Raiders), it was exciting."