1984 NFL draft
1984 NFL draft | |
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![]() Park Central Hotel (draft venue), photographed in 2010 | |
General information | |
Date | May 1–2, 1984 |
Location | Omni Park Central Hotel in New York City, NY |
Network | ESPN |
Overview | |
336 total selections in 12 rounds | |
League | NFL |
First selection | Irving Fryar, WR New England Patriots |
Mr. Irrelevant | Randy Essington, QB Los Angeles Raiders |
Most selections (15) | Cincinnati Bengals Dallas Cowboys Detroit Lions Kansas City Chiefs New York Jets |
Fewest selections (8) | Los Angeles Raiders |
Hall of Famers | none |
The 1984 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held May 1–2, 1984, at the Omni Park Central Hotel in New York City, New York.[1][2] No teams elected to claim any players in the regular supplemental draft that year. However, the NFL did have a special supplemental draft for college seniors who had already signed with the USFL or CFL on June 5, 1984.
The 1984 draft was the first in ten years in which a quarterback was not selected in the first round; the first quarterback selected in 1984 was Boomer Esiason, who was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the second round with the 38th overall pick. The New England Patriots used the first overall pick of the draft to select wide receiver Irving Fryar.
Player selections
[edit]= Pro Bowler[3] |
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Hall of Famers
[edit]To date, no member of the 1984 NFL draft has been inducted into the Professional Football Hall of Fame.
Notable undrafted players
[edit]† | = Selected for the Pro Bowl[3] |
Trades
[edit]In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the 1984 Draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.
- Round one
- ^ No. 1: multiple trades:
No. 1: Tampa Bay → Cincinnati (PD). Tampa Bay traded its first-round selection (1st) to Cincinnati in exchange for QB Jack Thompson.
No. 1: Cincinnati → New England (PD). Cincinnati traded this first-round selection (1st) to New England in exchange for the Patriots' two first-round and a tenth-round selections (16th, 28th and 265th) and fifth-round selection in 1985. - ^ No. 14: Buffalo → Miami (D). Buffalo traded its first-round selection (14th) to Miami in exchange for the Dolphins' first- and two third-round selections (26th, 79th and 82nd).
- ^ No. 15: New Orleans → N.Y. Jets (PD). New Orleans traded its first-round selection (15th) to N.Y. Jets in exchange for QB Richard Todd.
- ^ No. 16: New England → Cincinnati (PD). see No. 1: Cincinnati → New England.
- ^ No. 19: Denver → Indianapolis (PD). Denver traded its first-round selection (19th), OT Chris Hinton and QB Mark Hermann to Indianapolis in exchange for QB John Elway.
- ^ No. 21: L.A. Rams → Kansas City (PD). L.A. Rams traded its first- and fifth-round selections (21st and 134th) to Kansas City in exchange for CB Gary Green.
- ^ No. 26: Miami → Buffalo (D). see No. 14: Buffalo → Miami.
- ^ No. 27: Washington → N.Y. Giants (PD). Washington traded its first-round selection (27th) to N.Y. Giants in exchange for the Giants' second- and fifth-round selections (31st and 125th).
- ^ No. 28: multiple trades:
No. 28: L.A. Raiders → New England (PD). L.A. Raiders traded its first-round selection (28th) and second-round selection in 1985 to New England in exchange for CB Mike Haynes and the Patriots' seventh-round selection (192nd).
No. 28: New England → Cincinnati (PD). see No. 1: Cincinnati → New England.
- Round two
- ^ No. 31: N.Y. Giants → Washington (D). see No. 27: Washington → N.Y. Giants.
- ^ No. 32: Philadelphia → Atlanta (PD). Philadelphia traded its second-round selection (32nd) to Atlanta in exchange for LB Joel Williams.
- ^ No. 39: multiple trades:
No. 39: Green Bay → San Diego (PD). Green Bay traded its first- and second-round selections in 1982 (13th and 40th), first-round selection in 1983 (20th), this second-round selection (39th) and WR Aundra Thompson to San Diego in exchange for WR John Jefferson and the Chargers' first-round selection in 1982 (22nd).
No. 39: San Diego → N.Y. Jets (PD). San Diego traded this second-round selection (39th) to N.Y. Jets in exchange for DT Abdul Salaam and DE Kenny Neil - ^ No. 40: multiple trades:
No. 40: Minnesota → Houston (PD). Minnesota traded its second- and fourth-round selections (40th and 100th) to Houston in exchange for QB Archie Manning and TE Dave Casper.
No. 40: Houston → Dallas (PD). Houston traded this second-round selection (40th), fifth-round selection in 1985 WR Mike Renfro to Dallas in exchange for WR Butch Johnson and Dallas' second-round selection (54th). - ^ No. 48: L.A. Rams → Cleveland (PD). L.A. Rams traded its second-round selection (48th) to Cleveland in exchange for the rights to WR Ron Brown.
- ^ No. 51: San Francisco → L.A. Raiders (D). San Francisco traded its second-round selection (51st) to L.A. Raiders in exchange for the Raiders' second- and fifth-round selections (56th and 139th).
- ^ No. 54: Dallas → Houston (PD). see No. 40: Houston → Dallas.
- ^ No. 56: L.A. Raiders → San Francisco (D). see No. 51: San Francisco → L.A. Raiders.
- Round three
- ^ No. 62: multiple trades:
No. 62: San Diego → St. Louis (PD). San Diego traded its third- and eighth-round selections (62nd and 201st) to St. Louis in exchange for S Ken Greene.
No. 62: St. Louis → Detroit (PD). St. Louis traded this third-round selection (62nd) and DE Mike Dawson to Detroit in exchange for DE Al Baker. - ^ No. 68: Buffalo → New Orleans (PD). Buffalo traded its third-round selection (68th) to New Orleans in exchange for S Tom Myers.
- ^ No. 73: St. Louis → San Francisco (D). St. Louis traded its third-round selection (73rd) to San Francisco in exchange for the 49ers' third- and fifth-round selections (80th and 136rd).
- ^ No. 75: L.A. Rams → Detroit (PD). L.A. Rams traded its third-round selection (75th) to Detroit in exchange for TE David Hill.
- ^ No. 77: Cleveland → Buffalo (PD). Cleveland traded its first-round selection in 1983 (14th), this third-round selection (77th) and its fifth-round selection in 1985 to Buffalo in exchange for the rights to LB Tom Cousineau.
- ^ No. 79: multiple trades:
No. 79: Pittsburgh → Miami (PD). Pittsburgh traded its third-round selection (79th) to Miami in exchange for QB David Woodley.
No. 79: Miami → Buffalo (D).see No. 14: Buffalo → Miami. - ^ No. 80: San Francisco → St. Louis (D). see No. 73: St. Louis → San Francisco.
- ^ No. 82: Miami → Buffalo (PD). see No. 14: Buffalo → Miami.
- Round four
- Round five
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References
[edit]- ^ "NFL Draft Locations". FootballGeography.com. October 2, 2014. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
- ^ Salomone, Dan (October 2, 2014). "NFL Draft headed to Chicago in 2015". Giants.com. New York Giants. Archived from the original on September 30, 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
- ^ a b c Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro Bowl at any time in their career.
- ^ Players are identified as a Hall of Famer if they have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.