Report: Jayden Daniels has 'real' interest in playing for one AFC team

Jayden Daniels is expected to be taken no later than No. 4 in the upcoming NFL Draft, and the star quarterback’s dream scenario might involve a team moving way up the board to get him.

ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler said on Saturday’s edition of “SportsCenter” that Daniels has legitimate interest in playing for the Las Vegas Raiders. Daniels began his collegiate career at Arizona State and was there when Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce was an assistant with the Sun Devils.

The odds of Daniels ending up in Las Vegas are slim, however. The Raiders have the 13th pick, and it would cost a fortune for them to move up 10 or so spots.

“He has had interest in playing for the Raiders, that is real — staying on the west coast, reuniting with Antonio Pierce from the Arizona State days,” Fowler said. “But they pick 13th. It’s going to be hard to make that sort of trade happen.

“(There is) intrigue in Minnesota as well. That’s not to say he doesn’t have interest in playing for Washington eventually. I cannot confirm that that’s any different. But, as was told to me, this has not gone as smoothly as it should for a player who’s a viable candidate for the No. 2 overall pick.”