ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Despite a productive training camp and lots of positive feedback, Oakland Raiders running back Jalen Richard spent cut-down day nervously looking at the time as he hoped to avoid a bad news phone call from general manager Reggie McKenzie or coach Jack Del Rio.I was looking at the clock like, `Man, its not 1 oclock yet and Jack and Reggie havent told me, Richard said Tuesday I was like, `No, no, no. I still got to get to 1 oclock. I was still nervous.The deadline passed Saturday and Richard received the good news. Despite being overlooked in the draft back in the spring when 253 other players were drafted, Richard overcame the odds and made the NFL as an undrafted free agent.He had some company on the Raiders, who kept four undrafted rookies in all on their 53-man roster with receiver Johnny Holton, cornerback Antonio Hamilton and defensive lineman Darius Latham also making the team. Oakland has 13 players in all on its 53-man roster who werent drafted by any team.I called mom and teared up, mom and dad, Richard said. I had to call them. Everybody has a story. I come from Alexandria, (Louisiana), small town, not a lot of people make it out of the city.Making it even sweeter is that Richards first game as a pro will come in his home state of Louisiana when the Raiders visit the New Orleans Saints. Richard said he has been overwhelmed already by ticket requests and will plan to get as many as he can for his closest family members.This will mark the first time Richard has been in the Superdome or at a regular-season NFL game.While Richard had a good inkling he would make the team after performing well in the final two preseason games and drawing frequent praise from coaches for his practice play, the news came as a bit of a shock to Hamilton.He was hoping just to make the practice squad when director of player development Lamonte Winston delivered the good news after the deadline passed Saturday.I was overwhelmed, he said. I just broke down in tears. Me coming from the place I came from, South Carolina State, small school. ... A lot of us we dont come in and actually make the 53 right away. Im very humble, very grateful to have made it.Holton also overcame long odds to make the roster. Holton got his chance to play in junior college after being spotted by a coach playing flag football in a park.After two seasons at College of DuPage in Illinois, Holton played his final two years of college at Cincinnati. When he had a couple of options on where to sign as an undrafted free agent, Holton picked the Raiders because he grew up as friends with star Oakland receiver Amari Cooper.Its not where you start, its how you finish, Holton said. Im thankful for all of that and ready to move forward.Latham, a defensive tackle out of Indiana, made an immediate impression on the Raiders and is expected to be part of the rotation at a defensive line position that is missing injured starter Mario Edwards Jr. for at least the first half of the season.Game notes QB Derek Carr, C Rodney Hudson, LB Khalil Mack and S Reggie Nelson were named captains for the team. ... 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SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Kimi Raikkonen questioned the ease with which Pirellis full wet tyres aquaplaned at the Brazilian Grand Prix, saying the conditions were not that bad.Raikkonen crashed out of the race on lap 20 after losing control of his Ferrari in standing water on the pit straight. The accident was the most dramatic of three big crashes caused by aquaplaning and resulted in the race being red flagged.They [the full wet tyres] are very easy to aquaplane with, its not like its raining a lot, he said. Weve said that many times, but it obviously also depends on the circuit and many things.If I compare to ten/twelve years ago, those tyres could cope with this kind of rain with no issues, no aquaplaning. The aquaplaning is the biggest issue, if we have a bit of standing water we get zero grip.ddddddddddddIt was not raining heavily but theres a lot of standing water and its very easy to go off when we hit it. The reasons behind that are hard to say, but looking purely at the conditions theyre not that bad.Asked to explain his accident, Raikkonen said: The uphill section was, at least for me there was a lot of aquaplaning, even on the turn before. I got aquaplaning and spun off.I almost got it back but then went off in a pretty bad place, I couldnt do anything about it. I didnt expect to get aquaplaning there and went off... ' ' '