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 | 2 |
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."[citation needed] 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; by the 1995 draft, the Raiders had returned to Oakland and the Rams relocated to St. Louis.
Player selections
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Round five
| Rnd. | Pick # | NFL team | Player | Pos. | College | Conf. | Notes | |
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| 5 | 132 | Cincinnati Bengals | Trent Pollard | T | Eastern Washington | Big Sky | ||
| 5 | 133 | Indianapolis Colts | John Covington | S | Notre Dame | Ind. (I-A) | ||
| 5 | 134 | Minnesota Vikings | Shelly Hammonds | DB | Penn State | Big Ten | ||
| 5 | 135 | New England Patriots | Pat O'Neill | P | Syracuse | Big East | ||
| 5 | 136 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Pete Pierson | T | Washington | Pac-10 | ||
| 137 | San Diego Chargers | Aaron Laing | Tight End | New Mexico State | ||||
| 138 | Atlanta Falcons | Harrison Houston | Wide Receiver | Florida | ||||
| 139 | Arizona Cardinals | Anthony Redmon | Guard | Auburn | ||||
| 140 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Myron Bell | Safety | Michigan State | ||||
| 141 | Cleveland Browns | Issac Booth | Defensive Back | California | ||||
| 142 | New Orleans Saints | Herman Carroll | Defensive End | Mississippi State | ||||
| 143 | New Orleans Saints | Craig Novitsky | Guard | UCLA | ||||
| 144 | Philadelphia Eagles | Marvin Goodwin | Defensive Back | UCLA | ||||
| 145 | San Diego Chargers | Rodney Harrison | Safety | Western Illinois | ||||
| 146 | Green Bay Packers | Terry Mickens | Wide Receiver | Florida A&M | ||||
| 147 | Miami Dolphins | William Gaines | Defensive Tackle | Florida | ||||
| 148 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Gary Brown | Tackle | Georgia Tech | ||||
| 149 | Green Bay Packers | Dorsey Levens | Running Back | Georgia Tech | ||||
| 150 | San Diego Chargers | Darren Krein | Defensive End | Miami | ||||
| 151 | Kansas City Chiefs | James Burton | Cornerback | Fresno State | ||||
| 152 | New York Jets | Horace Morris | Linebacker | Tennessee | ||||
| 153 | San Francisco 49ers | Tony Peterson | Linebacker | Notre Dame | ||||
| 154 | Detroit Lions | Tony Semple | Guard | Memphis | ||||
| 155 | New York Giants | Chad Bratzke | Defensive End | Eastern Kentucky | ||||
| 156 | Kansas City Chiefs | Rob Waldrop | Defensive Tackle | Arizona | ||||
| 157 | Houston Oilers | Roderick Lewis | Tight End | Arizona | ||||
| 158 | Buffalo Bills | A.J. Ofodile | Tight End | Missouri | ||||
| 159 | Los Angeles Raiders | Roosevelt Patterson | Guard | Alabama | ||||
| 160 | San Diego Chargers | Tony Vinson | Running Back | Towson | ||||
| 161 | Houston Oilers | Jim Reid | Tackle | Virginia | ||||
| 0 | Dallas CowboysSupplemental Draft | John Davis | Tight End | Emporia State |
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Round six
| Rnd. | Pick # | NFL team | Player | Pos. | College | Conf. | Notes | |
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| 6 | 162 | Cincinnati Bengals | Kimo von Oelhoffen | DT | Boise State | Big Sky | ||
| 6 | 163 | Washington Redskins | Dexter Nottage | DE | Florida A&M | MEAC | ||
| 6 | 164 | Indianapolis Colts | Lamont Warren | RB | Colorado | Big Eight | ||
| 165 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Bernard Carter | Linebacker | East Carolina | ||||
| 166 | New England Patriots | Steve Hawkins | Wide Receiver | Western Michigan | ||||
| 167 | Los Angeles Rams | Rickey Brady | Tight End | Oklahoma | ||||
| 168 | New England Patriots | Max Lane | Tackle | Navy | ||||
| 169 | Green Bay Packers | Jay Kearney | Wide Receiver | West Virginia | ||||
| 170 | Chicago Bears | Lloyd Hill | Wide Receiver | Texas Tech | ||||
| 171 | Cleveland Browns | Robert Strait | Running Back | Baylor | ||||
| 172 | Arizona Cardinals | Terry Samuels | Tight End | Kentucky | ||||
| 173 | New York Jets | Fred Lester | Running Back | Alabama A&M | ||||
| 174 | Philadelphia Eagles | Ryan McCoy | Linebacker | Houston | ||||
| 175 | Green Bay Packers | Ruffin Hamilton | Linebacker | Tulane | ||||
| 176 | New Orleans Saints | Derrell Mitchell | Wide Receiver | Texas Tech | ||||
| 177 | Miami Dolphins | Brant Boyer | Linebacker | Arizona | ||||
| 178 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Jim Miller | Quarterback | Michigan State | ||||
| 179 | Minnesota Vikings | Andrew Jordan | Tight End | Western Carolina | ||||
| 180 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Eric Ravotti | Linebacker | Penn State | ||||
| 181 | Green Bay Packers | Bill Schroeder | Wide Receiver | Wisconsin–La Crosse | ||||
| 182 | San Francisco 49ers | Lee Woodall | Linebacker | West Chester | ||||
| 183 | Detroit Lions | Jocelyn Borgella | Defensive Back | Cincinnati | ||||
| 184 | Cincinnati Bengals | Jerry Reynolds | Tackle | Nevada-Las Vegas | ||||
| 185 | Kansas City Chiefs | Anthony Daigle | Running Back | Fresno State | ||||
| 186 | New York Giants | Jason Winrow | Guard | Ohio State | ||||
| 187 | Houston Oilers | Lee Gissendaner | Wide Receiver | Northwestern | ||||
| 188 | Buffalo Bills | Anthony Abrams | Defensive End | Clark Atlanta | ||||
| 189 | Los Angeles Rams | Ronald Edwards | Tackle | North Carolina A&T | ||||
| 190 | Green Bay Packers | Paul Duckworth | Linebacker | Connecticut | ||||
| 191 | Dallas Cowboys | Darren Studstill | Safety | West Virginia | ||||
| 192 | Buffalo Bills | Kevin Knox | Wide Receiver | Florida State | ||||
| 193 | Philadelphia Eagles | Mitch Berger | Punter | Colorado | ||||
| 194 | Houston Oilers | Barron Wortham | Linebacker | Texas-El Paso |
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Round seven
| Rnd. | Pick # | NFL team | Player | Pos. | College | Conf. | Notes | |
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| 7 | 195 | Cincinnati Bengals | Ramondo Stallings | DE | San Diego State | WAC | ||
| 7 | 196 | Indianapolis Colts | Lance Teichelman | DT | Texas A&M | SWC | ||
| 197 | Washington Redskins | Gus Frerotte | Quarterback | Tulsa | ||||
| 198 | New England Patriots | Jay Walker | Quarterback | Howard | ||||
| 199 | Kansas City Chiefs | Steve Matthews | Quarterback | Memphis | ||||
| 200 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Jim Pyne | Center | Virginia Tech | ||||
| 201 | Atlanta Falcons | Jamal Anderson | Running Back | Utah | ||||
| 202 | Seattle Seahawks | Carlester Crumpler | Tight End | East Carolina | ||||
| 203 | Cleveland Browns | Andre Hewitt | Tackle | Clemson | ||||
| 204 | Arizona Cardinals | Frank Harvey | Running Back | Georgia | ||||
| 205 | Chicago Bears | Dennis Collier | Defensive Back | Colorado | ||||
| 206 | Philadelphia Eagles | Mark Montgomery | Running Back | Wisconsin | ||||
| 207 | San Diego Chargers | Zane Beehn | Linebacker | Kentucky | ||||
| 208 | New York Jets | Glenn Foley | Quarterback | Boston College | ||||
| 209 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Brice Abrams | Running Back | Michigan State | ||||
| 210 | Denver Broncos | Keith Burns | Linebacker | Oklahoma State | ||||
| 211 | Minnesota Vikings | Pete Bercich | Linebacker | Notre Dame | ||||
| 212 | Denver Broncos | Butler By'not'e | Cornerback | Ohio State | ||||
| 213 | New Orleans Saints | Lance Lundberg | Tackle | Nebraska | ||||
| 214 | Miami Dolphins | Sean Hill | Cornerback | Montana State | ||||
| 215 | Detroit Lions | Tom Beer | Linebacker | Wayne State | ||||
| 216 | Dallas Cowboys | Toddrick McIntosh | Defensive Tackle | Florida State | ||||
| 217 | Los Angeles Raiders | Rob Holmberg | Linebacker | Penn State | ||||
| 218 | Denver Broncos | Tom Nalen | Center | Boston College | ||||
| 219 | Kansas City Chiefs | Tracy Greene | Tight End | Grambling State | ||||
| 220 | Houston Oilers | Lemanski Hall | Linebacker | Alabama | ||||
| 221 | Buffalo Bills | Filmel Johnson | Defensive Back | Illinois | ||||
| 222 [5] | New England Patriots | Marty Moore | Linebacker | Kentucky |
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| = Pro Bowler [3] |
Notable undrafted players
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
References
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro Bowl at any time in their career.
- ↑ Players are identified as a Hall of Famer if they have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
- ↑ This last selection is commonly referred to as Mr. Irrelevant.
