Raiders Bolster Defensive Line with Veteran Defensive Tackle Folorunso Fatukasi

The Las Vegas Raiders added Folorunso Fatukasi to their defensive front after conceding more than 150 rushing yards in a 27-14 preseason defeat to the Arizona Cardinals. The signing filled a roster spot opened when linebacker Brennan Jackson was placed on injured reserve with a foot injury.

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Fatukasi spent the last two seasons with the Houston Texans, starting 12 of 15 games before a shoulder injury curtailed his 2025 campaign after four appearances. Entering the 2026 season—Klint Kubiak’s first as Raiders head coach—Fatukasi is expected to compete for playing time alongside interior linemen Adam Butler and Benito Jones. The team’s base 3-4 scheme typically fields a single defensive tackle, but Fatukasi’s versatility allows him to line up at defensive end, tackle or nose tackle.

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Undrafted in the sixth round of the 2018 NFL Draft by the New York Jets, Fatukasi logged four seasons in New York, recording 115 tackles, three sacks, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and three passes defensed. He then signed a three-year, $30 million contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars, adding 48 tackles, 1.5 sacks and four passes defensed before his release in March 2024.

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• Games played: 90 (career)

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• Starts: reported as 64 and 60 (New York Post)

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• Career tackles: 195

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• Sacks: 7.0

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• Tackles for loss: 28

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• Quarterback hits: 24

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• Passes defended: 7

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• Forced fumbles: 1

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• Fumble recoveries: 1

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The two sources differ on Fatukasi’s career start total (64 vs. 60) and on his exact tackle count for the 2024 season (Newsweek does not specify, while the New York Post lists 24 combined tackles, four tackles for loss, three quarterback hits and one sack). No official comments from Raiders management or coaching staff were provided in the available reports.

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