D.J. Hayden practiced through a sore hamstring on Saturday and broke up several passes.
Hayden was the 12th overall pick in the 2013 NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders.
“Oh, man, it felt so great just to get back out there, put the helmet back on and just actually be on the field,” said Hayden.
Hayden had a near brush with death last November when he suffered a ruptured vein that feeds blood from his lower body to his heart in a practice.
“I don’t even think about it,” Hayden said of the injury in which a teammate’s knee drilled him in the midsection while defending a pass over the middle. “The only time I think about is when somebody asks me. But when I’m on the field, I don’t think about that. I think about the play and about the coverage that I’m in. I put it past me.”