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Ryan McFaddenAug 5, 2025, 12:22 PM<\/p>\n
Close<\/a>Ryan McFadden covers the Las Vegas Raiders for ESPN’s NFL Nation. Prior to ESPN, McFadden was a Denver Broncos beat reporter for the Denver Post. McFadden also wrote about the Baltimore Ravens and University of Maryland athletics for The Baltimore Sun.<\/p>\n HENDERSON, Nev. — The Las Vegas Raiders<\/a> are trading cornerback Jakorian Bennett<\/a> to the Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> in exchange for defensive tackle Thomas Booker IV<\/a>, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.<\/p>\n Booker, a fifth-round pick by the Houston Texans<\/a> in 2022, will provide depth for the Raiders’ D-line following the release of Christian Wilkins<\/a>, who has been recovering from a Jones fracture that he suffered in October. Last season, Booker played in 17 games (one start) for the Eagles, totaling 18 tackles and a sack.<\/p>\n The 25-year-old was a member of the Eagles’ practice squad in 2023, after playing 10 games in Houston as a rookie.<\/p>\n Editor’s Picks<\/p>\n 2 Related<\/p>\n In Las Vegas, Booker joins a wide-open competition as a defensive tackle. During camp, the team has rotated Tyree Wilson<\/a>, Leki Fotu<\/a>, Jonah Laulu<\/a>, Zach Carter<\/a> and rookies Tonka Hemingway<\/a> and JJ Pegues<\/a> to allow them to carve out a role in the interior.<\/p>\n Bennett, a fourth-round pick in 2023, moves after playing 24 career games (11 starts) for the Raiders. The former Maryland<\/a> standout played well during his sophomore campaign, which lasted 10 games after he underwent season-ending surgery on a torn labrum.<\/p>\n Playing primarily at outside cornerback, Bennett totaled 26 tackles and eight pass deflections. He also allowed 23 catches for 294 yards, two touchdowns and a passer rating of 86.7 on 45 targets as the nearest defender.<\/p>\n Bennett, 24, said in June this was the best he has felt from a health standpoint since college. He played through a torn labrum before deciding to have surgery. Despite Bennett being fully healthy, he has dropped in the depth chart.<\/p>\n Since OTAs, Bennett has played primarily with the second and third teams. Meanwhile, Eric Stokes<\/a> and rookie Darien Porter<\/a> have received the majority of the first-team reps. Second-year cornerback Decamerion Richardson<\/a> and JT Woods<\/a> also have played snaps with the starters during practice.<\/p>\n Last week, Bennett said he was not phased by playing mostly with backups.<\/p>\n “I always feel like the underdog,” Bennett said last week. “I always had to get out [of] the mud, you know. And, man, that’s nothing I shy away from. That’s who I am. I like to persevere.”<\/p>\n The Eagles parted with veteran Darius Slay<\/a> this offseason, and they have yet to solidify the starting outside corner spot opposite Quinyon Mitchell<\/a>.<\/p>\n Philadelphia signed Adoree’ Jackson<\/a> to a one-year deal in March. He has been splitting first-team reps with 2023 fourth-round pick Kelee Ringo<\/a>. On Monday, defensive coordinator Vic Fangio indicated there has been no separation in the competition.<\/p>\n “It’s close,” Fangio said. “I think both of them are having a good camp, but it’s close, and been happy with both of them and we’ll see.”<\/p>\n The trade is pending physicals from both sides, according to a source.<\/p>\n ESPN’s Tim McManus contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan McFaddenAug 5, 2025, 12:22 PM CloseRyan McFadden covers the Las Vegas Raiders for ESPN’s NFL Nation. Prior…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-44345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}