Las Vegas Raiders offensive lineman Dylan Parham enjoyed a breakout season in 2024. After predominantly playing left guard and center as a rookie and sophomore in 2022 and 2023, Parham moved to right guard on a full-time basis this past campaign. It was a game changer, helping him elevate his performance.
Pro Football Focus assigned Parham a career-best overall offensive grade of 74.3 in 2024. PFF recently wrote an article outlining the 10 most underrated offensive linemen in the league. Parham made the list!
“The Memphis product has been a mainstay on Las Vegas’ offensive line early in his career, with his 2,960 snaps over the past three seasons ranking 18th among guards,” Zoltán Buday wrote. “Parham also displayed significant improvement in his third season, emerging as one of the better guards in the NFL.”
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“Over his first two seasons, Parham received more negative grades on run plays than positives,” Buday continued. “He turned things around this past season with more positive grades. His rate of negatively graded plays decreased from 14.9% to 12.7%, and his rate of positively graded plays improved from 13.2% to 15.8%. As a result, Parham earned a 75.6 PFF run-blocking grade in 2024, which ranked 13th among all guards, and a 74.3 PFF overall grade, which ranked 17th at the position.”
Interestingly enough, Parham has been starting at left guard at training camp practice, per Moe Moton. That’s borderline risky, considering he thrived on the right side last season. Despite going through a potential change, Parham has developed into an underrated lineman in the league.
This article originally appeared on Raiders Wire: Raiders IOL Dylan Parham named among most underrated linemen in NFL