The Las Vegas Raiders are taking a look at Miles Sanders as they try to add another running back behind Ashton Jeanty.
According to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, Sanders worked out for the Raiders on Monday. Sanders is a free agent after his 2025 season with the Dallas Cowboys ended because of a knee injury.
“Former Pro Bowl running back Miles Sanders worked out for the Raiders today, per source.
Sanders, a free agent, is fully cleared from a knee injury that required surgery and cut short his 2025 season in Dallas. pic.twitter.com/1XpN9HmUTt
- Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) July 27, 2026”
Sanders entered the league as a second-round pick of the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2019 NFL Draft out of Penn State. He spent four seasons in Philadelphia and reached the Pro Bowl in 2022, when he rushed for 1,269 yards and 11 touchdowns.
After that, Sanders moved on to the Carolina Panthers. In two seasons and 27 games there, he finished with 637 rushing yards.
He then landed in Dallas for 2025, but his run with the Cowboys was brief. Sanders appeared in four games, carried the ball 20 times for 117 yards and scored one touchdown before the injury ended his season.
Sanders is 29 now, and he’ll be looking to show a team - whether it’s the Raiders or someone else - that he can still be a productive NFL back.
If Las Vegas does sign him this week, it would say plenty about where he stands in his recovery from the knee injury.
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