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Oakland Raiders Rookie Credits Saline Sports Agent Doc Ping

The wideout uses Ping's jiu-jitsu moves to ward off cornerbacks.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Oakland Raiders rookie wide receiver Rod Streater owes a lot to his Saline agent, D.S. Ping.

The Chronicle reports that Streater breaks out "jiu-jitsu," a martial art taught to Streater by Ping, on cornerbacks trying to prevent Streater from catching the football. That, along with elite speed, hands and route running, seems to have already earned Streater a job on the Raiders, according to the Chronicle.

In the article, Coach Dennis Allen compares Streater to Raiders Denarius Moore. 

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Ping told the Chronicle that despite great ablity, Streater wasn't drafted because Temple didn't throw the football in his senior year.

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