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Tennessee State OL Anthony Morris Drafted by Oakland Raiders

A high-reward pick for the Raiders in the seventh round.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-cards="hidden" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WelcomeToTheFamily?src=hash">#WelcomeToTheFamily</a> Anthony Morris!&#10;&#10;More on the offensive lineman: <a href="http://t.co/uMxvQjR6jD">http://t.co/uMxvQjR6jD</a> <a href="http://t.co/yBFoeryZTO">pic.twitter.com/yBFoeryZTO</a></p>&mdash; OAKLAND RAIDERS (@RAIDERS) <a href="https://twitter.com/RAIDERS/status/594615440350916608">May 2, 2015</a></blockquote>

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The Raiders went deep into the draft board to lead off the seventh round, selecting Tennessee State offensive lineman Anthony Morris with the 218th overall pick.

Morris didn't receive a lot of pre-draft hype-- understandable, coming from Tennessee State-- but he's worth taking a late-round flyer on. He's got fantastic size at 6'7", 303 lbs, and you can't teach that.

Anthony is likely a bit of a project, but he's a high-reward pick in the seventh round, which is pretty rare. He'll likely be competing for a roster spot in the Raiders' summer camp.