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are a professional

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team based in

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. They are a member of the American Football Conference West Division (AFC West). The team began play in 1960 as a charter member of the

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, which merged with the

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in 1970. In 1982, the team relocated to Los Angeles, where they remained until the franchise returned to Oakland in 1995, where they remained until 2019 when they once again relocated to the

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area. The franchise has selected 54 players in the first round, one of these being the first overall pick. The

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, which is officially known as the "Player Selection Meeting", is held each April. The draft is used as the primary means to distribute newly available talent (primarily from

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) equitably amongst the teams. Selections are made in reverse order based on the previous season's record, i.e., the club with the worst record from the previous season selects first. Through

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, only two exceptions were made to this order: the

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champion always selects last (32nd), and the Super Bowl loser second to last (31st). Beginning in 2010, teams making the playoffs have been seeded in reverse order depending upon how far they advance. The draft consists of seven rounds. Teams have the option of trading selections for players, cash and/or other selections (including future year selections). Thus, it is not uncommon for a team's actual draft pick to differ from their assigned draft pick, or for a team to have extra or no draft picks in any round due to these trades. The Raiders have selected first once. They have also selected the second overall pick twice. The

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has the most players chosen by the Raiders from one university, with four selections.

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* first-round draft picks