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Day 1 of the NFL Draft was yesterday and to no surprise Mendoza was drafted first.

The Las Vegas Raiders selected former Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza with the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft Thursday night.Mendoza became the first quarterback taken in the opening round by the Raiders since 2007, when they selected JaMarcus Russell at No. 1. Mendoza finished his only season at Indiana with career highs in passing yards (3,535), touchdown passes (41), completion rate (72%) and QBR (90.3) not to mention and undefeated season and post with a nice trophy to end it all.

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Mendoza will compete with 15th-year veteran Kirk Cousins and fourth-year player Aidan O’Connell to be Las Vegas’ starter. Though the Raiders’ top brass would prefer not to start a rookie quarterback right away, Spytek said the best player will end up playing.

Mendoza is the 30th quarterback selected No. 1 in the common draft era (since 1967). A quarterback has been picked No. 1 eight times in the past nine years, which is a first in the common draft era.

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