Why The Raiders Bet Big On Henry Ruggs
The Lead
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🗓️ 28 August 2020
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
The Las Vegas Raiders raised some eyebrows with their first pick in this year's NFL draft, taking Henry Ruggs with the 12th pick, ahead of more high-profile wide receivers Jerry Jeudy and CeeDee Lamb. The Athletic’s Tashan Reed spoke with Ruggs about his life and football career, and joins us to explain what drives him and how the electric playmaker overcame doubters and tragedy to make it to the NFL.
Read Tashan Reed's profile of Henry Ruggs:
https://theathletic.com/1978611/2020/08/06/henry-ruggs-knows-the-raiders-made-a-great-choice-now-hes-out-to-prove-it/?source=theleadpodcast
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| 0:31.0 | In the 2020 NFL draft, the Las Vegas Raiders raised some eyebrows with their first pick. |
| 0:37.0 | The pick is in the Las Vegas Raiders select Henry Ruggs, the wide receiver out of Alabama. |
| 0:46.0 | Today, the athletics to Sean Reed on why the Raiders bet big on Henry Ruggs and how the electric |
| 0:53.0 | playmaker overcame doubters and tragedy to make it to the NFL. |
| 0:57.0 | He's not immune to having these low moments or moments of doubt, but he also has that |
| 1:02.7 | drive that when he's in those moments he doesn't give up. |
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| 1:15.4 | Henry Ruggs is swaggering out in a row. |
| 1:18.8 | He's just chilling in a row. |
| 1:21.4 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:25.5 | There was just something about the emotion and the heart of the game. |
| 1:29.5 | The failures of the past don't matter because we've got this now. |
| 1:32.5 | You can't play. |
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