{"id":994133,"date":"2026-09-07T08:51:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T08:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/994133\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T08:51:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T08:51:19","slug":"raiders-sign-former-georgia-football-second-round-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/994133\/","title":{"rendered":"Raiders sign former Georgia football second-round pick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Updated Sept. 6, 2026, 8:10 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Former Atlanta <a href=\"http:\/\/ugawire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/bulldogs\/football\/2026\/03\/12\/georgia-bulldog-linebacker-azeez-ojulari-signs-atlanta-falcons\/89107472007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">edge rusher Azeez Ojulari<\/a> found a new NFL home shortly after failing to make the Falcons&#8217; 53-man roster. Ojulari has signed with the Las Vegas Raiders&#8217; practice squad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Ojulari, a former <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Georgia Bulldog<\/a>, is most well-known for his stint with the New York Giants. Ojulari posted all 22 of his career NFL sacks with the Giants from 2021-2024. The 6-foot-3, 240-pound linebacker was a second-round pick in the 2021 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Ojulari posted six tackles in three games last season with the Philadelphia Eagles. The pass rusher seeks to establish himself with the Raiders as Ojulari looks to make the Raiders&#8217; roster on Sundays this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Raiders still have star pass rusher Maxx Crosby after a trade to the Baltimore Ravens fell through this offseason. Outside of Crosby, the Raiders are looking for another pass rusher to emerge. <a href=\"http:\/\/ugawire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/raiders\/2026\/09\/04\/raiders-5-new-additions-signings-numbers\/91617232007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ojulari will wear No. 52<\/a> and joins tight end Brock Bowers, cornerback Eric Stokes and linebackers Nakobe Dean and Quay Walker as former <a data-autotag=\"3248d159-97eb-4f61-bd09-3a6f38114d58\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teams\/georgia-bulldogs\/3473\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Georgia<\/a> players in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Ojulari signs with the Raiders<img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/91643011007-20260905-t-223245-z-203978926-mt-1-usatoday-29750710-rtrmadp-3-ncaafootballtennesseestat.webp\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Follow UGA Wire on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ugawire\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UGAfootballLive\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UGAfootballLive\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">X<\/a> (formerly Twitter) or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@ugawire\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Threads<\/a> for more Georgia football coverage!<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:8|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated Sept. 6, 2026, 8:10 p.m. ET Former Atlanta edge rusher Azeez Ojulari found a new NFL home&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":994134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2065],"tags":[95878,7,1744,393,2455,2454,6,525,119711,99667,96358,95882,104027,99990,96027,102560,95893,98588,96324,95896,95899,97504,96099,96100,96071,95883,95881],"class_list":["post-994133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-las-vegas-raiders","tag-accessfree","tag-football","tag-las-vegas","tag-las-vegas-raiders","tag-lasvegas","tag-lasvegasraiders","tag-nfl","tag-raiders","tag-sourceuga-wire","tag-sstssportscollegebulldogsfootball","tag-sstsnfootball","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagazeez-ojulari","tag-tagbrock-bowers","tag-tagcollege-sports","tag-tageric-stokes","tag-tagfacebook","tag-taggeorgia-bulldogs-football","tag-taginstagram","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagquay-walker","tag-tagsec-conference-football","tag-tagsec-hub","tag-tagsmg-timely","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=994133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/994134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=994133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=994133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=994133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}