Rookie Report: Rod Streater Not Your Ordinary Undrafted Player

August 14, 2012   ·   Christopher Hansen   ·   Jump to comments

On Monday night in Oakland, the nation got to see—thanks to a nationally televised game on ESPN—what the beat writers and coaches have been seeing: an undrafted rookie receiver that is making a serious push for playing time. 
In his debut, Rod Streater had six receptions for 66 yards playing with the No. 2 offense and accounted for more than half of Matt Leinart's completions.
Streater signed with the Raiders as an undrafted free agent out of Temple after weighing offers from Green Bay and Tampa Bay. Streater ultimately chose the Raiders, partly because of the opportunity he would get in Oakland and partly because the Raiders were his favorite team growing up. 
How did this rookie gem slip past 32 teams more than seven times? The answer is simple enough: Streater had just 19 receptions his senior year at Temple. Streater didn't do much better his junior year, either, with only 30 receptions. Streater was such an unknown, he ...

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