‘Have wheels on me’ – Tom Brady and Raiders pluck physical freak out of Minnesota as an UDFA

There are 257 picks in the NFL draft. Most of them won’t pan out. The 2025 NFL draft is taking place in Green Bay, Wisconsin this yearGetty That’s what makes the event such a crapshoot. Projecting collegiate players to the NFL isn’t an exact science. And it’s nearly impossible. The first rounders are of course more of a sure thing, but what happens when the draft gets into the fourth round? Fifth? Sixth? The seventh? Good luck. Teams will try their best to find hidden gems and steals late in the draft. They are there to be found after all. And there are even more to be found in the pool of undrafted free agents. A pool that teams start scrambling to fill once the draft nears its end. And one gem in particular, who stands at 6′ 5″ and 265 pounds, was someone Tom Brady and the Las Vegas Raiders managed to scoop up. Joyner is on his way to Vegas as an UDFAGetty Joyner raised his stock at the Senior BowlGetty Joyner ran a 4.60 40-yard-dashGetty Edge rusher out of the University of Minnesota, Jah Joyner. The explosive athlete, with all the tools, spoke to talkSPORT.com in an exclusive interview, discussing all things draft-related. When asked what a team is going to get if they sign Joyner, he didn’t hesitate in his answer. “The biggest thing they’re going to get is a guy that has a knack for getting to the quarterback,” Joyner said. “I’ve done that my entire career and I’m going to do that at the next level, so I think that’s the biggest thing. “My length, my speed. I think those are the things that really separate me. I’m 6′ 5” and ran a 4.6 forty. “So I definitely have wheels on me.” Joyner referenced two guys whose games he tries to emulate. “Arden Key, he’s been a big part of who I look at when it comes to edge rushers like me. “Brian Burns as well, just because of his body type and how he stands up. I want to emulate that more in my game, standing up, coming off the edge.” Joyner was projected to go somewhere in the middle to late rounds of the draft, but fell out of it entirely. But it may be the best thing that happened to him. He now gets a chance to learn from one of the game’s most elite edge defenders in Maxx Crosby and under a defensive guru in Pete Carroll. Joyner may just be the UDFA steal that teams are so desperately looking for.

Apr 28, 2025 - 20:45

There are 257 picks in the NFL draft.

Most of them won’t pan out.

That’s what makes the event such a crapshoot.

Projecting collegiate players to the NFL isn’t an exact science.

And it’s nearly impossible.

The first rounders are of course more of a sure thing, but what happens when the draft gets into the fourth round? Fifth? Sixth?

The seventh? Good luck.

Teams will try their best to find hidden gems and steals late in the draft.

They are there to be found after all.

And there are even more to be found in the pool of undrafted free agents.

A pool that teams start scrambling to fill once the draft nears its end.

And one gem in particular, who stands at 6′ 5″ and 265 pounds, was someone Tom Brady and the Las Vegas Raiders managed to scoop up.

Edge rusher out of the University of Minnesota, Jah Joyner.

The explosive athlete, with all the tools, spoke to talkSPORT.com in an exclusive interview, discussing all things draft-related.

When asked what a team is going to get if they sign Joyner, he didn’t hesitate in his answer.

“The biggest thing they’re going to get is a guy that has a knack for getting to the quarterback,” Joyner said.

“I’ve done that my entire career and I’m going to do that at the next level, so I think that’s the biggest thing.

“My length, my speed. I think those are the things that really separate me. I’m 6′ 5” and ran a 4.6 forty.

“So I definitely have wheels on me.”

Joyner referenced two guys whose games he tries to emulate.

“Arden Key, he’s been a big part of who I look at when it comes to edge rushers like me.

“Brian Burns as well, just because of his body type and how he stands up. I want to emulate that more in my game, standing up, coming off the edge.”

Joyner was projected to go somewhere in the middle to late rounds of the draft, but fell out of it entirely.

But it may be the best thing that happened to him.

He now gets a chance to learn from one of the game’s most elite edge defenders in Maxx Crosby and under a defensive guru in Pete Carroll.

Joyner may just be the UDFA steal that teams are so desperately looking for.