What a wild few months for Arden Key and Maurice Hurst. The two former mid-round Raiders draft picks were cut by the team that drafted them on the same day last April. Then both were signed by the 49ers on the same day a week later. Nine months later, they’ll both be taking the field in the NFC Championship game.
Key and Hurst both brought high hopes with them when they were selected in the third and fifth rounds respectively in the 2018 draft.
Both were considered to have gone lower than their talent suggested. Key’s issue was character red flags while Hurst’s issue was a heart condition that popped up at the scouting combine.
