Wake Forest's Chip Vaughn Scheduled To Workout For Oakland Raiders

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Big, fast, and physical are a few ways to describe the Wake Forest safety.

Chip Vaughn is scheduled to workout during a visit with the Oakland Raiders. He had an excellent workout at the Combine, finishing as a "Top Performer," on NFL.COM, in six categories including the 40-yard dash, bench press, and vertical jump.

The 6'2" 221 lbs safety put up 21 reps of 225 lbs and ran a 4.51 40-yard dash. His bench total was impressive, but his 40 was way slower than his personal best time of 4.36 seconds, which is listed on NFLDraftScout.com. 

He is very smart and had a lot of responsibility in college. At Wake Forest, their defense is built around the safety. He made all the calls and checks on the field. Don't forget, this is a defense that had potential No. 1 pick LB Aaron Curry. 

In 2007, Vaughn led the team in tackles with 105 and registered another 87 tackles in '08. If Al Davis and Tom Cable aren't confident with the safety corps we have now, Vaughn could very well end up wearing silver and black this year. 

He just might be the physical presence we need in our defensive backfield. Remember how WRs used to "proceed with caution" when entering the second level?

He is projected to go in the mid-second or early-third round. Some may think, myself included, drafting him with our second round pick might be a reach, but don't put it passed Davis to fall in love with him if he runs a blazing 40 during his upcoming workout for the Raiders. Hopefully he falls to us in the third round.

RAIDER NATION, what do you think?  Could we use this hard hitting safety?

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