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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.
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1984 NFL draft | |
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![]() Park Central Hotel (draft venue), photographed in 2010 | |
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Date(s) | May 1–2, 1984 |
Location | Omni Park Central Hotel in New York City, NY |
Network(s) | ESPN |
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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 |
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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.
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Player selections
= Pro Bowler[3] |
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Hall of Famers
To date, no member of the 1984 NFL draft has been inducted into the Professional Football Hall of Fame.
Notable undrafted players
† | = Selected for the Pro Bowl[3] |
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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
- Round three
- Round four
- Round five
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