The Las Vegas Raiders plan to release Kenyan Drake and absorb a $3.6 million salary-cap hit this year and $4.4 million in 2023 as a result.

Drake told the Associated Press that general manager Dave Ziegler called him personally to let him know the team was moving on.

"He let me know how they were planning on moving forward, how really uncustomary it was for him to tell me himself, and that was just a testament to the respect he has for me as a player, and as a man," the running back said.

Drake, 28, was returning from a broken right ankle suffered in Week 13 last season. He had played in all three of the Raiders' preseason games thus far.