The 1984 NFL Draft was the procedure by which
National Football League
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teams selected amateur
college football
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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
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,
New York.
No teams elected to claim any players in the regular
supplemental draft that year. The NFL did have a
special supplemental draft for college seniors who had already signed with the
USFL or
CFL
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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
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in the second round, with the 38th overall pick. The
New England Patriots
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instead used the
first overall pick of the draft to select a wide receiver,
Irving Fryar.
Player selections
Round one
Round two
Round three
Round four
Round five
Round six
Round seven
Round eight
Round nine
Round ten
Round eleven
Round twelve
Hall of Famers
To date, no member of the 1984 NFL draft has been inducted into the
Professional Football Hall of Fame
The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame for professional American football, located in Canton, Ohio. Opened on September 7, , the Hall of Fame enshrines exceptional figures in the sport of professional football, including players, coach ...
.
Notable undrafted players
References
External links
NFL.com – 1984 DraftPro Football Hall of Fame
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National Football League Draft
NFL Draft
The National Football League Draft, also called the NFL Draft or (officially) the Player Selection Meeting, is an annual event which serves as the league's most common source of player recruitment. Each team is given a position in the drafting o ...
Draft
NFL Draft
The National Football League Draft, also called the NFL Draft or (officially) the Player Selection Meeting, is an annual event which serves as the league's most common source of player recruitment. Each team is given a position in the drafting o ...