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Thoughts on Mel Kiper's mock draft pick for Raiders

ESPN draft expert Mel Kiper released his third mock draft Thursday.

Like fellow ESPN draft analyst Todd McShay did last week, Kiper is all in on West Virginia receiver Kevin White after his terrific performance at the combine last month. Like McShay did, Kiper has White going to the Oakland Raiders at No. 4. In his first two mocks, Kiper had the Raiders taking Alabama receiver Amari Cooper.

But White has bypassed Cooper on Kiper’s board. Perhaps he will on several teams' boards as well, including the Raiders.

White ran a 4.35 40-yard dash at the combine. Still, I like Cooper better for Oakland at this point. Cooper is a polished receiver with a better resume than White and is just 20. I don’t think Cooper should be penalized for someone else having a good combine. Cooper did fine at the combine and was also a great college receiver. For now, I’m sticking with him to be the Raiders’ choice.