Sacramento Bee · Apr 28, 2017
Raiders select Gareon Conley with 24th pick, ignoring rape allegations
The Raiders answered one of their biggest needs in the first round of the NFL draft, but their selection came with more questions.
Oakland drafted former Ohio State cornerback Gareon Conley with the 24th overall pick Thursday night, hoping to bolster a defense that ranked 26th last season in yards allowed and proved susceptible to the big play.
Conley was widely regarded as a first-round talent. But his draft stock came into question this week amid allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman at a Cleveland hotel earlier this month.
Conley has not been charged with a crime and strongly denied the allegations Wednesday in a statement, calling them “completely false.”
