Injuries or off-the-field incidents can prevent players from even getting on the gridiron, while poor performance can simply be attributed to a player's shortcomings rather than a team's evaluation. The strategy of the draft is projecting how a team believes a player's career will unfold — and if it feels strongly about that individual, it will use a first-round pick on them.Over the years, the term "bust" has come to describe players who were taken with a high draft pick but didn't live up to expectations. Just about every team has had some draft misses; it's virtually unavoidable over years of drafts.

But for the Las Vegas Raiders, their top selections in the NFL Draft have historically brought a mix of bad luck, injuries, off-the-field issues and more.The Raiders have picked some future stars — Khalil Mack, Tim Brown, Brock Bowers, Amari Cooper, Marcus Allen, Nnamdi Asomugha and Charles Woodson wound up being terrific selections — but for the most part, the franchise's first-round picks have not panned out.Here's a look at the Raiders' history of first-round draft picks and the players who didn't live up to their high price tag.MORE:Inside Fernando Mendoza's full college timelineRaiders first-round draft pick historyHere's a look at every Raiders first-round pick since 1970, the year of the AFL-NFL merger.YearFirst Round Pick SlotPlayerPositionCollege1970No. 24Raymond ChesterTEMorgan State1971No. 19Jack TatumDBOhio State1972No. 21Mike SianiWRVillanova1973No. 23Ray GuyPSouthern Mississippi1974No. 19Henry LawrenceOTFlorida A&M1975No. 25Neal ColzieDBOhio State1980No. 15Marc WilsonQBBYU1981No. 21 Ted WattsDBTexas Tech1981No. 23Curt MarshOGWashington1982No. 10Marcus AllenRBUSC1983No. 26Don MosebarCUSC1985No. 23Jessie HesterWRFlorida State1986No. 24Bob BuczkowskiDEPittsburgh1987No. 15John ClayOTMissouri1988No. 6Tim BrownWRNotre Dame1988No. 9Terry McDanielDBTennessee1988No. 25Scott DavisDEIllinois1990No. 11Anthony SmithDEArizona1991No. 24 Todd MarinovichQBUSC1992No. 16Chester McGlocktonDT Clemson1993No. 12Patrick BatesDBTexas A&M1994No. 22Rob FredricksonLBMichigan State1995No. 18Napoleon KaufmanRBWashington1996No. 9Rickey DudleyTEOhio State1997No. 2Darrell RussellDTUSC1998No. 4Charles WoodsonDBMichigan1998No. 23Mo CollinsOGFlorida1999No. 18Matt StinchcombOGGeorgia2000No. 17Sebastian JanikowskiKFlorida State2001No. 23 Derrick GibsonDBFlorida State2002No. 17Phillip BuchanonDBMiami2002No. 23Napoleon HarrisLBNorthwestern2003No. 31Nnamdi AsomughaDBCalifornia2003No. 31Tyler BraytonDEColorado2004No. 2 Robert GalleryOTIowa2005No. 23Fabian WashingtonDBNebraska2006No. 7Michael HuffDBTexas2007No. 1JaMarcus RussellQBLSU2008No. 4 Darren McFaddenRBArkansas2009No. 7Darrius Howard-BeyWRMaryland2010No. 8Rolando McClainLBAlabama2013No. 12D.J. HaydenDBHouston2014No. 5Khalil MackLBBuffalo2015No. 4Amari Cooper WRAlabama2016No. 14Karl JosephSWest Virginia2017No. 24Gareon ConleyCBOhio State2018No. 15Kolton MillerOTUCLA2019No. 4Clelin FerrellDEClemson2019No. 24Josh JacobsRBAlabama2019No. 27Johnathan AbramSMississippi State2020No. 12Henry RuggsWRAlabama2020No. 19Damon ArnetteCBOhio State2021No. 17Alex LeatherwoodOTAlabama2023No. 7Tyree WilsonDETexas Tech2024No. 13Brock BowersTEGeorgia2025No. 6Ashton JeantyRBBoise StateMORE: The 10 most shocking NFL Draft slides of all-timeRaiders first-round draft misses The Raiders have had an extensive list of players that, in some fashion, did not live up to their first-round draft slot.Here's a look at some of those players.Bob Buczkowski, 1986Taken as the No. 24 player off the board in 1986, defensive end Bob Buczkowski would total just 1.5 career sacks over four years in the NFL after his college career at Pitt.In 2005, long after his NFL career was over, Buczkowski and his girlfriend were charged with running a prostitution ring out of his parents' basement from 2003-05.

In 2007, he pleaded guilty to two counts of promoting prostitution and six counts of possessing and dealing cocaine, sentenced to 90 days of house arrest and three years probation.Buczkowski died in 2018, with the cause being reported as an accidental overdose. His brain was donated to CTE research.John Clay, 1987The Raiders went with Missouri offensive tackle John Clay with the 15th overall pick in 1987, but his NFL career would be short-lived.Clay was a three-time All-American in college, but after his rookie season in Oakland, he was traded to the Chargers. The 1988 season with the Chargers was Clay's last in the league.Todd Marinovich, 1991In 1991, the Raiders went after a quarterback in the first round, drafting USC's Todd Marinovich, the son of anot