2024 Las Vegas Raiders season

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2024 Las Vegas Raiders season
Owner Mark Davis
General manager Tom Telesco
Head coach Antonio Pierce
Home field Allegiant Stadium

The 2024 season will be the Las Vegas Raiders' upcoming 55th season in the National Football League (NFL), their 65th overall, their fifth in Las Vegas and their first full season under head coach Antonio Pierce and their first with general manager Tom Telesco. They will attempt to improve on their 8–9 record from last year, make the playoffs after a two-year absence, and end their 21-year AFC West title drought.

Contents

Offseason

Roster changes

Free agents

Signings

The Raiders signed defensive tackle Christian Wilkins, formerly of the Miami Dolphins to a 4 year contract.

Coaching changes

On October 31, 2023, following a Week 8 loss to the Detroit Lions, the Raiders fired Josh McDaniels and general manager Dave Ziegler. [1] The Raiders named linebackers coach Antonio Pierce interim head coach, [2] and assistant general manager Champ Kelly interim general manager. [3] Following the season, the team named Antonio Pierce the full-time head coach after the team finished the season with a record of 5–4 under Pierce. [4] On January 23, 2024, Tom Telesco was hired as the general manager of the Raiders.

Draft

2024 Las Vegas Raiders draft
RoundSelectionPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
1 13 Brock Bowers Tight end Georgia
244 Jackson Powers-Johnson Center Oregon
377 Delmar Glaze Offensive tackle Maryland
4112 Decamerion Richardson Cornerback Mississippi State
5148 Tommy Eichenberg Linebacker Ohio State
6188Traded to New England [upper-alpha 1]
6208 Dylan Laube Running back New Hampshire From Kansas City [upper-alpha 2]
7223 Trey Taylor Safety Air Force From New England [upper-alpha 1]
7229 M. J. Devonshire Cornerback Pittsburgh From Minnesota [upper-alpha 3]
7233Traded to Dallas [upper-alpha 4]

Notes

Draft trades

  1. 1 2 Las Vegas traded a sixth-round selection to New England in exchange for offensive tackle Justin Herron and a seventh-round selection. [5]
  2. ↑ Kansas City traded a sixth-round selection to Las Vegas in exchange for defensive tackle Neil Farrell Jr.. [6]
  3. ↑ Minnesota traded a conditional seventh-round selection to Las Vegas in exchange for quarterback Nick Mullens. [7]
  4. ↑ Las Vegas traded Johnathan Hankins and a seventh-round selection to Dallas in exchange for a 2023 sixth-round selection. [8]
2024 Las Vegas Raiders undrafted free agents
NamePositionCollegeRef.
Carter Bradley QB South Alabama [9]
Clark Barrington G Baylor
Andrew Coker OT TCU
Jeff Foreman WR Arkansas State
Tomari Fox DT North Carolina
T. J. Franklin DE Baylor
Amari Gainer LB North Carolina
Demarcus Governor CB Northern Iowa
Lideatrick Griffin WR Mississippi State
Jake JohanningG Furman
Ramel Keyton WR Tennessee
Will Putnam C Clemson
Phalen Sanford S Nebraska
Noah Shannon DT Iowa
Ja'Quan SheppardCB Maryland
Ron StoneLB Washington State
Rayshad WilliamsCB Texas Tech

Staff

Las Vegas Raiders staff
Front office
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
 
Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
Game management coaches
Strength and conditioning
  • Head strength and conditioning – A. J. Neibel
  • Strength and conditioning assistant – D'Anthony Batiste
  • Strength and conditioning assistant – Deuce Gruden
  • Strength and conditioning assistant – Rick Slate

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→ Management
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Current roster

Las Vegas Raiders roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams


Rookies in italics

Roster updated May 22, 2024

90 active (+1 exempt)

→ AFC rosters → NFC rosters

Preseason

The Raiders' preseason opponents and preliminary schedule were announced on May 15, in conjunction with the release of the regular season schedule. [10] Final schedule was released on May 17. [11]

WeekDateTime (PDT)OpponentResultRecordVenueTVRecap
1August 101:00 p.m.at Minnesota Vikings U.S. Bank Stadium KVVU
2August 177:00 p.m. Dallas Cowboys Allegiant Stadium KVVU
3August 237:00 p.m. San Francisco 49ers Allegiant StadiumKVVU

Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateTime (PT)OpponentResultRecordVenueTVRecap
1September 81:05 p.m.at Los Angeles Chargers SoFi Stadium CBS
2September 1510:00 a.m.at Baltimore Ravens M&T Bank Stadium CBS
3September 221:05 p.m. Carolina Panthers Allegiant Stadium CBS
4September 291:25 p.m. Cleveland Browns Allegiant StadiumCBS
5October 61:25 p.m.at Denver Broncos Empower Field at Mile High Fox
6October 131:05 p.m. Pittsburgh Steelers Allegiant StadiumCBS
7October 201:05 p.m.at Los Angeles Rams SoFi StadiumCBS
8October 271:25 p.m. Kansas City Chiefs Allegiant StadiumCBS
9November 310:00 a.m.at Cincinnati Bengals Paycor Stadium Fox
10 Bye
11November 1710:00 a.m.at Miami Dolphins Hard Rock Stadium CBS
12November 241:05 p.m. Denver Broncos Allegiant StadiumCBS
13November 2912:00 p.m.at Kansas City Chiefs Arrowhead Stadium Prime Video
14December 810:00 a.m.at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Raymond James Stadium CBS
15December 165:30 p.m. Atlanta Falcons Allegiant Stadium ESPN
16December 221:25 p.m. Jacksonville Jaguars Allegiant StadiumCBS
17December 2910:00 a.m.at New Orleans Saints Caesars Superdome Fox
18January 4/5TBD Los Angeles Chargers Allegiant StadiumTBD

Notes

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References

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  3. ↑ "Raiders name Champ Kelly as Interim General Manager". Raiders.com. November 1, 2023. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
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