Raiders take Arden Key after trade with Rams

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    The uncertainty regarding Arden Key’s draft selection is over.

    He’s a third-rounder.

    Key, the record-setting LSU edge rusher from Georgia, is heading to Oakland. The Raiders picked him with the 23rd selection in the third round on Friday, ending projections by some that his shaky past last year could drop him to Day 3.

    The 6-5, 235-pound Key has been described as having first-round talent, an athletic, speedy pass rusher who possess an innate ability to beat the best of tackles on the edge. He showed off those skills during a sensational sophomore season in which he set LSU’s single-season sack record. After that season, ESPN draft expert Mel Kiper ranked Key as his No. 1 draft pick, if Key were eligible for the 2017 draft.

    He plummeted because of off-the-field problems.

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