The 1992 NFL draft was the procedure by which

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teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The

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was held April 26–27, 1992, at the Marriott Marquis in

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, New York. The league also held a

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after the regular draft and before the regular season. The 1992 draft was notable because for the first time since

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one team, the Indianapolis Colts, held the first two overall picks, selecting defensive end

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and then linebacker Quentin Coryatt. Neither made a major impact in the league, and the 1992 draft in retrospect is considered one of the worst in league history. It is the only draft since 1984 to produce no

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rs. It was also the final NFL Draft featuring twelve rounds of selections; the league would reduce the rounds to eight the following season, and then seven the year after that, where it has remained since.

Player selections

Notes

Supplemental draft

Hall of Famers

To date, no member of the 1992 NFL draft has been inducted into the Professional Football Hall of Fame.

Notable undrafted players

Trades

In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the 1992 Draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft. ;Round one ;Round two ;Round three ;Round four ;Round five ;Round six ;Round seven ;Round eight --

References

External links

NFL.com – 1992 Draft

Pro Football Hall of Fame
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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 Draft, The Draft, or Draught may refer to: Watercraft dimensions * Draft (hull), the distance from waterline to keel of a vessel * Draft (sail), degree of curvature in a sail * Air draft, distance from waterline to the highest point on a vesse ...