{"id":234610,"date":"2026-03-24T20:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T20:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/234610\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T20:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T20:24:12","slug":"raiders-draft-countdown-mark-van-eeghen-is-best-no-30-in-team-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/234610\/","title":{"rendered":"Raiders draft countdown: Mark van Eeghen is best No. 30 in team history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>30 days remain until the 2026 NFL Draft in Pittsburgh, Pa., April 23-25, 2026. After a 3-14 season in 2025, the Las Vegas Raiders hold the No. 1 overall pick as this daily countdown continues through the franchise\u2019s best players by jersey number.<\/p>\n<p>Today, March 24, 2026, the number is 30.<\/p>\n<p>Mark van Eeghen, No. 30<\/p>\n<p>Mark van Eeghen gave the Raiders steady, punishing runs during their rise in the 1970s. He was a tone-setter in an offense that played from ahead.<\/p>\n<p>From 1974-81, van Eeghen handled the tough yards and kept drives on schedule. He also helped deliver two Super Bowl titles and earned one Pro Bowl nod.<\/p>\n<p>Why van Eeghen gets No. 30<\/p>\n<p>Van Eeghen is the best No. 30 because his Raiders production still stands out. He rushed for 5,907 yards and 35 touchdowns in eight seasons with the team.<\/p>\n<p>He also showed up when it mattered most in a championship window. That combination of volume and winning impact separates him at this number.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"30 days remain until the 2026 NFL Draft in Pittsburgh, Pa., April 23-25, 2026. After a 3-14 season&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-234610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234610","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=234610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}