Raiders sign offensive tackle Sam Young from the 49ers

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The Las Vegas Raiders signed offensive tackle Sam Young of Coral Springs, Florida to a one-year contract according to Joseph Zucker of Bleacher Report on Wednesday. Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed.

Young has played the last decade in the National Football League. The Raiders become his sixth National Football League team. He previously played two games in his rookie season with the Dallas Cowboys in 2010, 20 games with the Buffalo Bills from 2011 to 2013, 36 games with the Jacksonville Jaguars from 2013 to 2015, 30 games with the Miami Dolphins from 2016 to 2018 and four games with the San Francisco 49ers in 2019. Overall since 2010, Young has played in 92 games and started 21 of them.

In 2019, Young was on the football field for 32 snaps for the 49ers. Of the 32 snaps, 21 came when the 49ers were on special teams and 11 came when San Francisco was on offense. The fact that he has been on the field for 1692 offensive snaps in his career and 271 times on special teams, should be valuable in his efforts to join a Raiders franchise.

Initially the Cowboys’ sixth-round draft pick, 179th overall in the 2010 NFL Draft, Young had a notable career with the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish. In 2006, he became the first offensive lineman to be named as an opening day starter for Notre Dame in the history of the school. At the end of the season, he was named as a first-team Freshman All-American.

At this time, Young is expected to be third on the Raiders depth chart at left tackle. He is behind projected starter Kolton Miller of Redwood City, California, and Brandon Parker of Kannapolis, North Carolina.