The Raiders addressed a major need with the 129th pick in the 4th round of the 2012 Draft when they took Miles Burris out of San Diego State.
Burris, a redshirt senior, was extremely durable in his four years playing at San Diego State as he was in 12 or 13 games each of 4 season.
He had more than 75 tackles in both his junior and senior season and those two seasons combined also yielded 17.5 sacks and 2 forced fumbles.
Burris earned acolades for more than his on-field achievements, too, being named a Mid West Conference all-academic honoree multiple times.
Burris will start his Raiders career at OLB, per head coach Dennis Allen, but has the versatility to be able to play both outside and inside.
Burris was kind enough to take some time and answer questions for TFDS. You can follow him on Twitter @MilesBurris
Questions:
Q: What is your home town/state?Burris: Granite Bay, CAQ: Did you root for a particular NFL team growing up? Who? Why?Burris: Of the Bay Area teams I fol...
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