Raiders Under Contract: TE John Samuel Shenker

Las Vegas Raiders tight end John Samuel Shenker is one of the team's few undrafted free-agent signings from last offseason that is currently on the roster.

After not playing a single regular season game in his first NFL season, Shenker was signed by Las Vegas to a reserve/future contract last month. His one-year contract is worth $795,000.

Shenker posted one 9-yard reception in the 2023 preseason before making the 53-man roster. The Raiders would release him twice in the month of October before he was signed to the Arizona Cardinals' practice squad in December. They released him less than a week later.

The Raiders then signed Shenker back to their practice squad just days later.

Before being signed by Las Vegas as an undrafted free agent in 2023, Shenker spent six seasons (five active) at the University of Auburn, where he became one of the program's greatest tight ends of all time. He entered the NFL fresh off a 2022 campaign in which he broke Auburn's record for career catches by a tight end, finished with the second-most career receiving yards by a tight end in school history (779), and played the most games of any player in program history (68).