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O’Shea Jackson did not follow in his father’s footsteps. Raiders Fandomhowever, they both feel the same way about Chedur Sanders’ NFL draft slides.
Jackson’s father, legendary rapper Ice Cube, grew up as a stubborn Raiders fan when he played in Los Angeles. Jackson, a native of Compton, played his father in “Straight Outta Compton,” and he was Los Angeles Rams He played only Raiders fans for the fans and the film.
Either way, Ice Cube’s Raiders were in prime position to acquire Sanders on his sixth overall pick in the NFL Draft given the uncertainty of Derek Carr, who retired due to injury.
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O’Shea Jackson Jr. will perform during a game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Pittsburgh Steelers at Sophie Stadium. (Kirby Lee-Usa Today Sports)
But Las Vegas handed him over – as all other teams have always been the case until the Cleveland Browns took him in the fifth round.
“I personally felt the path to it… I want to see Chedur succeed,” Jackson told Fox News Digital last weekend at the Fanatics Fest in New York. “That doesn’t usually happen with the Cleveland Browns, but Chedur is going to break the mold.”
However, despite Sanders’ slides, the Ice Cube may just float in Cloud 9.
“My dad always had a sucker that ran,” Jackson said. The Raiders took Ashton Jeanti with them. With the sixth pick.
Boise state has driven Ashton Jeanti back and is wearing a hat after being selected for the sixth overall pick by the Las Vegas Raiders in the sixth round of the NFL Football Draft in Green Bay, Wisconsin on Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
But that running back love hasn’t always been good for the ice cube.
“We’ll never forget that we were watching the draft together at the time. He said, ‘If the Raiders, you get Darren McFadden, there’s God,” Jackson said. “They got Darren McFadden. God is there! But he did nothing.”
McFadden was the Raiders’ fourth overall pick in 2008, but managed only a 1,000-yard rushing season in seven campaigns. In 103 career games, he was rushing for 5,421 yards and 28 touchdowns.
But Jeanti is leaving one of the best college best seasons of all time, not enough for Barry Sanders’ record for the best single season of all time.
The Las Vegas Raiders’ first round draft pick Ashton Janti was featured by head coach Pete Carroll at an NFL football press conference held in Henderson, Nevada on Friday, April 25th, 2025. (AP Photo/David Becker)
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Jeanty was the best selected runner, as Saquon Barkley was his second pick in 2018.
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