Oakland Raiders Sign RB Elijah Hood To Active Roster

Posted Oct 25, 2017
The Oakland Raiders have signed RB Elijah Hood to the active roster, the club announced Wednesday. Hood was drafted by the Raiders in the seventh round (242nd overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft, and has spent the previous seven weeks of the regular season on the club’s practice squad. The 5-foot-11, 230-pounder played three years at North Carolina from 2014-16 (Oakland Raiders)

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