1984 NFL draft

1984 NFL draft
General information
Date(s)May 1–2, 1984
LocationOmni Park Central Hotel
in New York City, NY
Network(s)ESPN
Overview
336 total selections in 12 rounds
LeagueNFL
First selectionIrving Fryar, WR
New England Patriots
Mr. IrrelevantRandy 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 Famersnone
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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. 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 instead used the first overall pick of the draft to select a wide receiver, Irving Fryar.

  1. ^ "NFL Draft Locations". FootballGeography.com. October 2, 2014. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
  2. ^ 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.