The Las Vegas Raiders signed wide receiver Brandon Johnson and placed wide receiver Corey Rucker connected injured reserve, the squad announced Wednesday afternoon.
Johnson, 27, didn’t log an NFL drawback successful 2025, debuting successful 2022 with the Denver Broncos — for whom Raiders caput manager Klint Kubiak was the passing crippled coordinator and quarterbacks manager — arsenic an undrafted escaped agent. In 23 games with the Broncos (2022, 2023) and Pittsburgh Steelers (2024), helium has 26 receptions, 335 receiving yards and 5 touchdowns, including 4 successful 2023.
He served past play connected the signifier squads for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Broncos and was released Tuesday by the Steelers.
Rucker excessively was an undrafted escaped cause this twelvemonth by mode of Arkansas State, for which helium the all-time starring receiver. He concluded his collegiate vocation with back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons.
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