Crazy Footage Leaks Showing The Las Vegas Raiders Calling The Wrong Player To Tell Him They’re Drafting Him [VIDEO]
This article was originally published on Total Pro Sports.
A video of the Las Vegas Raiders selecting the wrong Byron Young at the 2023 NFL Draft has gone viral.
With the No. 70 pick in the 2023 NFL Draft, the Raiders surprised many by reaching for the Alabama defensive tackle. Seven picks later, the Los Angeles Rams selected the OTHER Byron Young, a defensive end out of Tennessee.
Two players with the same name. Both defensive linemen. Both were drafted in the third round of the same class, so any football fan easily mixed them up.
Young was waived after his rookie season, before landing with the Philadelphia Eagles. As for the Rams’ Young? He has racked up 27.5 sacks over his first three seasons, including a career-high 12 in 2025, per Pro Football Reference.
The Raiders May Have Drafted The Wrong Byron Young
With the two Youngs having much different careers up to this point, some folks are speculating that the Raiders mixed up the player they wanted. Here’s the video of then-Raiders GM Dave Ziegler calling the Alabama product:
TRENDING: The #Raiders front office calling the WRONG Byron Young on draft night has resurfaced and gone viral.
Vegas texted #Rams star Byron Young’s (Tennessee) agent saying they were drafting him and then selected Alabama DT Byron Young.
All-timer 😳
pic.twitter.com/dDcKg7tDXc https://t.co/ZbNdCROBHd— MLFootball (@MLFootball) March 2, 2026
Some fans and scouts have noted that it was a massive reach when the Raiders took Young out of Alabama. Perhaps they meant to take the Rams’ Young, who was rated as a much better prospect:
When the Raiders drafted Byron Young the DT, it was one of the most shocking picks I had witnessed because I had a UDFA grade on him and we took him in round 3.. His college tape was really really bad. Tbh I’m now convinced they took the wrong Bryon Young. https://t.co/j0MEntyh2S
— Sanjit T. (@Sanjit__T) January 16, 2025
Even Raiders ESPN radio host Qiant “Your Boy Q” Myers thinks that the Raiders selected the wrong Young:
Almost two years later, @YourboyQ254 still isn’t convinced the Raiders meant to draft Alabama DT Byron Young instead of Tennessee DE Byron Young, who the Rams took seven picks later 🤣🤣 https://t.co/5V0tvmL238 pic.twitter.com/Dt06P27yYB
— ESPN Radio (@ESPNRadio) January 14, 2025
The Raiders are one of the NFL’s worst drafting teams. For all we know, they took the very player they wanted. Remember, this team drafted JaMarcus Russell first overall in 2007 over future legends like Calvin Johnson, Patrick Willis, Joe Thomas, and Darrelle Revis.
