NAPA, Calif. (AP) -The Oakland Raiders have signed first-round pick Rolando McClain hours before the start of their first training camp practice.
The team announced the deal with the middle linebacker late Wednesday night. The Raiders will hold their first training camp practice on Thursday morning.
McClain is just the third first-round pick to sign a contract and at No. 8 the highest overall pick to do so. The Dallas Cowboys signed No. 24 pick Dez Bryant last week and the New England Patriots signed No. 27 pick Devin McCourty on Wednesday morning.
The Raiders traditionally have done a good job getting their top picks into camp on time with the exception of JaMarcus Russell’s lengthy holdout in 2007 that lasted until the start of the regular season.
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