Raiders start last day of NFL draft by taking Tennessee cornerback Jermod McCoy in rainy Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jermod McCoy's lengthy wait to hear his name called at the NFL draft came to a quick end on Saturday.

The Las Vegas Raiders selected the Tennessee cornerback with the first pick of the fourth round, taking a small gamble that McCoy will return to form after missing all of last season with a torn ACL.

McCoy had six interceptions in 25 games with the Volunteers and Oregon State, where he began his college career in 2023 before transferring to Tennessee. He injured the knee during offseason workouts in January 2025, not long after the Vols lost in the College Football Playoff.

“I was prepared for whatever happened, but, I mean, I would’ve been excited to go higher, for sure, because, I mean, I had a good pro day, ran some good times and just did good things like that,” McCoy said. “But, I mean, I was prepared for whatever happened. Because, I mean, it’s not in my control.”

The Raiders are hoping McCoy can help a defense that failed to generate takeaways with much consistency during a miserable 3-14 season in 2025. Las Vegas had just eight interceptions in 17 games last season, 25th in the 32-team league.

The pick also reunites McCoy — in a way at least — with top overall pick Fernando Mendoza. McCoy's first career collegiate interception came against Mendoza while McCoy was at Oregon State and Mendoza was playing at California.

“It was probably one of the top moments in my life, my first college pick,” McCoy said. "We talked after that game too, just chopped it up a little bit ... We got the best quarterback in college football and now going to be the best in the league.”

McCoy added that watching the first three rounds pass by without being selected will “fuel” him as he looks to regain the form that had him on a first-round trajectory before the injury.

“I feel like I learned about myself, it’s just like, I feel like I’m super mentally strong,” he said. “I feel I’ve just been through a lot. I got a story that I’m still trying to tell.”

McCoy isn't the only one.

Clemson quarterback Cade Klubnik, who began his last season with the Tigers with Heisman Trophy and national title hopes, only to endure a nightmarish fall in which Clemson went 7-6, went to the New York Jets with the 110th pick.

The fanfare of Thursday night's opening round — replete with a walk down the red carpet for the top prospects who will be tasked to be contributors very quickly — was long gone by Saturday.

Perhaps no player had a more symbolic experience on what Day 3 is like than Iowa wide receiver Kaden Wetjen, taken by the host Steelers in the fourth round.

There was no draft party for Wetjen. No camera set up in his family's living room to capture the moment. Instead, Wetjen went golfing while his parents headed to the Drake Relays to watch his younger brother compete.

“So, the plan was to kind of text everybody after I got the information and have everybody over tonight,” Wetjen said. “So thankfully it happened earlier than we expected, and I didn’t shank it into the pond after I got picked, so everything’s going good.”

The fifth round included Ohio State defensive back Lorenzo Styles Jr., following brother Sonny — selected seventh overall by Washington on Thursday — into the pros when he was taken by New Orleans.

The final day of the league's offseason festival began with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell telling the rain-soaked fans outside Acrisure Stadium that Pittsburgh had set a record for attendance on Thursday and Friday, with more than 600,000 people packing themselves into the city's North Shore and nearby Point State Park.

The record for attendance during the entirety of the draft is 775,000, set by Detroit in 2025. That mark appeared in jeopardy even on a day that began with a soft but steady rain, though the Pittsburgh visitor's bureau did send out an email Saturday afternoon saying a late surge might be required to make history.

Then again, many in attendance didn't need to look far to get their hands on the yellow Terrible Towels that have long been fixtures at games of the hometown Steelers.

All four of the club's Day 2 picks made their way to the stage tucked in the stadium's northeast parking lot, including former Penn State quarterback Drew Allar, who was a somewhat surprising third-round selection.

“I'm really excited,” Allar said. “Enjoyed my four years at Penn State ... But I'm really excited to represent Steeler fans and Steeler nation and really win a lot of games.”

That part might not come right away. Allar joins a quarterback room that includes veteran Mason Rudolph and former Ohio State star Will Howard, a sixth-round choice by the Steelers in 2025. And that doesn't include Aaron Rodgers, who very well could rejoin the club at some point before preparations for the 2026 season turn serious.

AP Sports Writer Mark Anderson in Las Vegas contributed to this report.

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Pittsburgh Steelers fans cheer during the third round of the NFL football draft, Friday, April 24, 2026, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Mike Seavert, left, and Matthias Kraus watch during third day of the NFL football draft, Saturday, April 25, 2026, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Fans watch at the draft theater during third day of the NFL football draft, Saturday, April 25, 2026, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

FILE - Clemson quarterback Cade Klubnik runs the 40-yard dash during the school's NFL football pro day, Thursday, March 12, 2026, in Clemson, S.C.. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

NEW DELHI (AP) — Delhi Capitals batter Lokesh Rahul hammered a record 152 not out in 67 balls in vain as the Punjab Kings won and pulled off the most successful run chase in Indian Premier League history on Saturday.

In the evening, Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Rajasthan Royals by five wickets at Jaipur, as Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's 103 off 37 balls went in vain as well.

Punjab charged to 265-4 and a six-wicket win in 18.5 overs in reply to Delhi’s 264-2. Opener Prabhsimran Singh led the chase with 76 off 26 balls, including five sixes and nine fours.

Skipper Shreyas Iyer also bludgeoned 71 not out in 36 deliveries, with seven sixes, as Punjab surpassed its own record for the previous highest successful run chase when it made 262-2 against Kolkata Knight Riders in 2024. Priyansh Arya chipped in with 43 off 17 balls, including five sixes.

Earlier, opener Rahul notched the highest IPL score by an Indian batter, going past Abhishek Sharma’s 141 for Sunrisers Hyderabad — also against Punjab — in 2025.

Rahul smashed nine sixes and 16 fours in his sixth IPL century, while Nitish Rana hit 91 off 44 balls as Delhi scored its highest ever total in the competition.

Prabhsimran and Priyansh Arya, who made 43 in 17 balls, gave Punjab a speedy start.

The game was halted for 14 minutes when Lungi Ngidi suffered a head injury while fielding. The Delhi paceman was taken to hospital.

Unbeaten IPL leader Punjab has six wins in seven games with one no-result. Delhi's loss was its fourth of the campaign as it slipped to sixth in the table.

Rahul and Nitish Rana faced 95 balls together and batted until the penultimate over, putting on a mammoth 220 runs for the second wicket.

It was the second highest partnership in IPL history for any wicket, after 229 runs between Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers for Royal Challengers Bengaluru against Gujarat Lions in 2016.

Rahul scored 50 off 26 balls, then accelerated to his hundred off another 21 balls — 100 overall off 47 balls with 12 fours and five sixes.

His next 50 came off only 19 balls, as he hit another four sixes and another four fours.

Rana's 91 off 44 included 11 boundaries and four sixes.

In reply, Prabhsimran and Arya scored 116-0 in the powerplay overs, another record. It was the second highest powerplay score in IPL history.

Arya smashed Mukesh Kumar for six fours and 24 runs in the sixth over. Prabhsimran meanwhile, raced to 50 off 18 balls, including three sixes off Aquib Nabi in the fourth over.

Arya was caught at deep midwicket in the seventh over, and four balls later Prabhsimran was out lbw to Kuldeep Yadav.

The chase was picked up by captain Iyer and impact player Nehal Wadhera. Iyer hit 50 off 26 balls — his fourth half-century of the season — and drove Punjab past 200, taking 23 runs off Kuldeep Yadav’s 16th over.

The skipper was dropped twice as Punjab won with an astonishing seven balls to spare.

The 15-year-old Sooryavanshi hit his second IPL hundred as Rajasthan put up 228-6. He hit 12 sixes to get to his century off 36 balls.

Hyderabad replied with 229-5 in 18.3 overs.

For company, Sooryavanshi had Dhruv Jurel, who scored 51 off 35. They added 112 off 62 balls for the second wicket. Donovan Ferreira’s 33 off 16 balls pushed Rajasthan past 200.

For Hyderabad, Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan put on 132 off 55 balls for the second wicket.

Sharma scored 57 off 29 with 11 fours and a six. Kishan reached 50 off 24 balls. He also hit 11 fours and three sixes.

Hyderabad climbed to third in the table, with its fifth win in eight games. Rajasthan was fourth, also with five wins but trailing on net run-rate.

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Delhi Capitals' KL Rahul celebrates his century during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings in New Delhi, India, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Delhi Capitals' KL Rahul, right, celebrates after hits a six with batting partner Nitish Rana during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings in New Delhi, India, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Delhi Capitals' KL Rahul, left, and batting partner Nitish Rana touch gloves during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings in New Delhi, India, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Delhi Capitals' KL Rahul leaves the field at the end of the first inning of the Indian Premier League cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings in New Delhi, India, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Delhi Capitals' KL Rahul celebrates after scoring one hundred and fifty runs during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings in New Delhi, India, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)