With the 2017 Reese’s Senior Bowl on the schedule for Jan. 28, the Oakland Raiders have sent scouts to Mobile, Ala. to evaluate senior NFL draft prospects preparing to play in Saturday’s star-studded affair.

Though the players’ first practice isn’t scheduled until Tuesday, Jan. 24, the Raiders were one of few teams taking full advantage of the prospects’ interview availability on Monday.

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To begin their interview frenzy, the Silver and Black first met with former University of Utah guard Isaac Asiata early Monday morning.

Asiata started 38 consecutive games with the Utes at either left or right guard in his final three years in Salt Lake City. As a senior, he was announced as the offensive Morris Trophy award winner, an award given to the best Pac-12 offensive lineman voted in by Pac-12 defensive linemen.

At 6-foot-3, 323 pounds, Asiata fits the build of a Raiders interior offensive lineman when compared to Oakland’s current guards Kelechi Osemele (6-foot-5, 333 pounds) and Gabe Jackson (6-foot-4, 340 pounds).

Asiata also plays with an aggressive style similar to that of the Raiders’ offensive line, always looking to knock a defender to the ground.

The Raiders’ scouts kept their eyes open to elite size in the trenches, as they soon pulled University of Tennessee at Chattanooga defensive end Keionta Davis (6-foot-4, 260 pounds) into the meeting room after Asiata.

In his final year at Chattanooga, Davis amassed 26 combined tackles, 10 sacks, 11.5 tackles for loss and three forced fumbles en route to being named the SoCon Defensive Player of the Year by the conference’s coaches.

Maintaining their focus on the defensive side of the ball, the Raiders conducted a “group interview with Brigham Young University inside linebacker Harvey Langi, another prospect highly regarded for his size.

At 6’3”, 252 pounds, Langi is a long, athletic linebacker with experience in both chasing down running backs and taking handoffs himself, as he carried the ball 20 times for 79 yards and two touchdowns for the Cougars in 2016.

Defensively, Langi registered 56 combined tackles and five tackles for loss with BYU during his senior year.

Oakland also made an effort to take a closer look at some of the top defensive backs in University of Miami, Fla. cornerback Corn Elder and Boston College safety John Johnson.

Starting 13 games in 2016, Elder tied for third on the team with 76 combined tackles and brought in one interception. He earned first-time All-ACC recognition from ACC coaches and second-team ACC recognition from Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association because of his efforts in 2016.

Like Asiata, Elder is no stranger to delivering a hit.

Johnson, on the other hand, flew under the radar in terms of conference recognition despite notching 77 combined tackles and three interceptions during his senior year.

With a number of interviews now in the books, the Raiders’ scouts will look to build off their hot start as the prospects begin to take the field for practice in preparation for Saturday’s big game.