Elijah Hood: "I Couldn't Have Asked For A Better Place To Be"

Posted May 6, 2017
On the Day Three of 2017 NFL Draft, University of North Carolina running back Elijah Hood gathered his friends and family at his uncle’s gym in Charlotte for what he hoped would be the most important day of his professional life. “Honestly, if I had to pick a team I wanted to go to, it was the Oakland Raiders,” said Hood. (Oakland Raiders)

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