Looking back at Tyree Wilson draft selection
What should have Las Vegas should have done instead?
Apr 27, 2023; Kansas City, MO, USA; Texas Tech Red Raiders defensive end Tyree Wilson arrives on the red carpet at the National World War I Museum and Memorial. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images The Las Vegas Raiders traded defensive end Tyree Wilson to the New Orleans Saints on Day Three of the 2026 draft. The Raiders sent Wilson and a seventh-round pick to the Saints for the No.
150 pick when they took Arizona safety Dalton Johnson. So, the Saints measured Wilson’s trade value essentially as a mid fifth-round pick. That’s a big fall from Wilson being the No.
7 overall pick just three years ago. In the end, he went down as yet another recent Raiders’ failed first-round draft pick. Wilson, who will be a free agent next year because his fifth-year option wasn’t exercised, never became anything more than a rotational player and he didn’t consistently make plays in his three seasons in Las Vegas.
He has played in 50 games with just 7 starts in three NFL seasons. He has 12 career sacks with 4. 5 in 2024 being his career high.