1994 NFL Draft
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General Information | |
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Date(s) | April 24–25, 1994 |
Location |
Marriott Marquis in New York City, NY |
TV coverage (US) | ESPN |
Overview | |
222 total selections in 7 rounds | |
First selection |
Dan Wilkinson, DT Cincinnati Bengals |
Mr. Irrelevant |
Marty Moore, LB New England Patriots |
Most selections (11) | Buffalo Bills |
Fewest selections (5) |
Denver Broncos, Seattle Seahawks |
Hall of Famers |
3
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The 1994 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 April 24–25, 1994, at the Marriot Marquis in New York City, New York.[1][2] The league also held a supplemental draft after the regular draft and before the regular season. This was the first draft in which the rounds were reduced to seven in total.
The highlight of ESPN's coverage of this draft was a verbal altercation between ESPN draft expert Mel Kiper, Jr. and Indianapolis Colts' GM Bill Tobin. While disputing the Colts pick of linebacker Trev Alberts of Nebraska (when Kiper felt a quarterback such as Trent Dilfer made more sense), Tobin famously said to the ESPN crew "Who in the hell is Mel Kiper, anyway? I mean, here's a guy who criticizes everybody, whoever they take. In my knowledge of him, he's never even put on a jockstrap, he's never been a player, he's never been a coach, he's never been a scout, he's never been an administrator, and all of a sudden, he's an expert. Mel Kiper has no more credentials to do what he's doing than my neighbor, and my neighbor's a postman and he doesn't even have season tickets to the NFL."[3] Tobin would be fired as Colts GM in 1997 while Kiper is still employed by ESPN. Alberts is considered a draft bust with just four sacks in three seasons; Dilfer, although never a star, had a productive career, including game-managing the Baltimore Ravens to a win in Super Bowl XXXV several years after being drafted. This was also the final draft for both Los Angeles football teams for over two decades; by the 1995 draft, the Raiders had returned to Oakland and the Rams began a 21-year tenancy in St. Louis.
Player selections
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Supplemental draft
Rnd. | Pick # | NFL team | Player | Pos. | College | Conf. | Notes | |
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4 | - | New York Giants | Tito Wooten | S | Louisiana–Monroe | Southland | ||
5 | - | Dallas Cowboys | John Davis | TE | Emporia State | N/A |
Notable undrafted players
† | = Pro Bowler[N 1] |
‡ | = Hall of Famer[5] |
Hall of Famers
- Marshall Faulk, running back from San Diego State, drafted 1st round 2nd overall by Indianapolis Colts.
- Inducted: class of 2011
- Larry Allen, offensive guard from Sonoma State, drafted 2nd round 46th overall by the Dallas Cowboys.
- Inducted: class of 2013
- Kurt Warner, quarterback from University of Northern Iowa, undrafted.
- Inducted: class of 2017
Notes
- ↑ Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro Bowl at any time in their career.
References
- ↑ "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 2015-09-30. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
- ↑ Shapiro, Leonard (April 29, 1994). "Little Legitimate Fuel for Draft-stoked Fires". Washington Post. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
- ↑ Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro Bowl at any time in their career.
- 1 2 Players are identified as a Hall of Famer if they have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.