{"id":155999,"date":"2026-01-30T03:41:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T03:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/155999\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T03:41:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T03:41:18","slug":"las-vegas-raiders-draft-hear-from-boise-states-kage-casey-at-senior-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/155999\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Raiders draft: Hear from Boise State\u2019s Kage Casey at Senior Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOBILE, Ala. \u2014 It\u2019s no secret that the Las Vegas Raiders need to get running back Ashton Jeanty more help this offseason. The offensive line is projected to be a big need for the Raiders heading into the 2026 NFL draft<\/a>, and using a mid-round pick on one of Jeanty\u2019s former teammates, Boise State lineman Kage Casey, should be on the table for Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Casey helped pave the way for the 2024 Heisman Trophy runner-up to have one of the most historic seasons in College Football for a running back, racking up 2,601 yards and 29 touchdowns<\/a> on the ground. I got a chance to talk to Casey and sit in on his press conference during the Senior Bowl\u2019s<\/a> media day, where he dove into playing with Jeanty and lining up at multiple positions at the next level.<\/p>\n

When I spoke to Casey and said I was going to ask him about Jeanty, his face immediately lit up. Here\u2019s the quick Q & A with the former Bronco offensive lineman.<\/p>\n

Q: Do you have experience playing multiple offensive line positions? What goes into your preparation for a practice where you\u2019re lining up at different spots?<\/p>\n

KC: You have to be extremely confident in your abilities. In college, I didn\u2019t practice the other positions. But throughout NFL combine training, I\u2019m over in Dallas with [well-respected offensive line trainer] Duke Manyweather, and he\u2019s been great at preparing me for these other positions, other stances, and just getting my body right to stay in posture.<\/p>\n

Q: What\u2019s the biggest piece of advice Manyweather has given you?<\/p>\n

KC: He says it\u2019s all right to get beaten, it\u2019s not all right to stay beaten. That means if you\u2019re hand swiped early on or a defensive lineman gets on an edge or whatnot, you just got to strain and strain to finish the rep, because that is what makes or breaks a block.<\/p>\n

Q: What\u2019s the biggest hurdle for you at the different positions, going from tackle to guard?<\/p>\n

KC: From tackle to tackle\u2014[Wednesday] I\u2019ll be playing a little bit of right tackle\u2014the big difference is just the change in stance. Completely flipping your hips and opening up the other way. So I just have to be confident in my abilities there. And then guard, almost fully a three-point stance [versus a two-point stance at tackle]. And the game speeds up a little bit as well, because you\u2019re gonna be making your strikes and punches off the first step instead of the second step a lot of the time.<\/p>\n

Q: Do you have a preference for playing a certain position in the NFL?<\/p>\n

KC: I\u2019m open to playing wherever a team needs me.<\/p>\n

Q: You were one of the players who drove to Mobile to avoid the storm. What was that drive like for you?<\/p>\n

KC: It was great! A lot of the guys drove in one car. My wife wanted to skip the storm too, so we drove with our dog in a separate car. It\u2019s good nine and a half hour drive. We drove the first little bit down to Houston, and then stopped in Lafayette. That was like six and a half hours. And then we finished the last three hours the next day. I mean, a lot of back roads, a lot of times it wasn\u2019t main highways, and so I was just driving through pitch black darkness and just moving.<\/p>\n

Q: What does that say about how much you love football and wanted to compete at the Senior Bowl?<\/p>\n

KC: I knew I needed to be at this game. I wanted to play against the best of the best. That storm could have stopped me in my tracks; I could have shown up late for interviews, which would have been a bad look for me. And I wanted to also get in the playbook as soon as possible. So, I mean, driving through it was a no-brainer for me. It was just what I had to do for this. And I mean, I really love football. I\u2019ve been playing it since third grade. Started Pop Warner, it\u2019s a great sport.<\/p>\n

Q: What elevates you in a competition against these guys?<\/p>\n

A: My desire to keep growing. As an o-lineman, you have four other guys with you cheering you on, guys in the back of the one-on-ones cheering you on. I mean, we got a great camaraderie in the team room, and so we\u2019re just pushing each other every single rep as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MOBILE, Ala. \u2014 It\u2019s no secret that the Las Vegas Raiders need to get running back Ashton Jeanty…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[56640,143,145,144],"class_list":["post-155999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-las-vegas-raiders-draft","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}