Raiders Activate Damon Arnette From IR, Promote DE David Irving & OL Jaryd Jones-Smith

The Las Vegas Raiders have activated CB Damon Arnette from injured reserve and promoted DE David Irving and OL Jaryd Jones-Smith to their active roster.

The Raiders designated Arnette to return from the injured reserve last week. (NFLTR)

Arnette, 23, was a three-year starter at Ohio State and earned second-team All-Big Ten honors last season before being selected by the Raiders with the No. 19 pick in the draft.

Arnette signed a projected four-year, $13,418,540 rookie contract that includes a  $7,318,938 signing bonus. The contract includes a fifth-year for the Raiders to pick up for the 2024 season.

In 2020, Arnette has appeared in three games for the Raiders and recorded 12 total tackles and one pass defense. 

rving, 27, originally signed on with the Chiefs as an undrafted free agent out of Iowa State back in 2015. He was waived at the start of the regular season and later added to the Chiefs’ practice squad.

The Cowboys signed him to their active roster just a few weeks into the 2015 season and brought him back on a one-year, $615,000 exclusive rights contract. From there, Dallas used a second-round restricted tender on Irving during, which will cost them $2.914 million for the 2018 season.

The Raiders signed Irving to their practice squad last month and has bouned on and off their active roster. 

In 2018, Irving appeared in two games for the Cowboys and recorded four tackles and a sack.

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