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1990 NFL draft
General information
Date(s)	April 22–23, 1990
Location	New York Marriott Marquis in New York City, NY
Network(s)	ESPN
Overview
332 total selections in 12 rounds
League	NFL
First selection	Jeff George, QB Indianapolis Colts
Mr. Irrelevant	Demetrius Davis, TE Los Angeles Raiders
Most selections (17)	San Diego Chargers
Fewest selections (6)	Dallas Cowboys
Hall of Famers	6 DT Cortez Kennedy LB Junior Seau RB Emmitt Smith SS LeRoy Butler TE Shannon Sharpe DT John Randle
← 19891991 →

The 1990 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 22–23, 1990, at the Marriott Marquis in New York City, New York. The league also held a supplemental draft after the regular draft and before the regular season.

The Dallas Cowboys would have had the first overall pick in the draft for the second consecutive year by virtue of their league-worst 1–15 record in 1989. However, the Cowboys forfeited their first-round pick by selecting quarterback Steve Walsh in the first round of the previous year's supplemental draft. The first pick instead went to the Atlanta Falcons, who traded it to the Indianapolis Colts. The Colts then used the first overall pick to select quarterback Jeff George.

Player selections

Supplemental draft

Notable undrafted players

Hall of Famers

• Emmitt Smith, running back from University of Florida taken 1st round, 17th overall by the Dallas Cowboys.

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 2010.

• John Randle, defensive tackle from Texas A&M-Kingsville University, Undrafted.

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 2010.

• Shannon Sharpe, tight end from Savannah State University, taken 7th round, 192nd overall by the Denver Broncos.

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 2011.

• Cortez Kennedy, defensive tackle from University of Miami, taken 1st round, 3rd overall by the Seattle Seahawks

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 2012.

• Junior Seau, linebacker from University of Southern California, taken 1st round, 5th overall by the San Diego Chargers

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 2015 (posthumous).

• LeRoy Butler, strong safety from Florida State University, taken 2nd round, 48th overall by the Green Bay Packers

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 2022.

Trades

In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the 1990 Draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.

Round one

1. No. 1: Atlanta → Indianapolis (D). Atlanta traded its first-round selection (1st) and fourth-round selection in 1991 to Indianapolis in exchange for the Colts' fifth-round selection (121st), first-round selection in 1991, OT Chris Hinton and WR Andre Rison.
2. No. 3: New England → Seattle (D). New England traded its first- and second-round selections (3rd and 29th) to Seattle in exchange for the Seahawks' two first-round, third- and fourth-round selections (8th, 10th, 64th and 101st).
3. No. 8: Seattle → New England (D). see No. 3: New England → Seattle.
4. No.10: multiple trades:
          No.10: Indianapolis → Seattle (PD). Indianapolis traded its first-round selection (10th) and first-round selection (15th) in 1989 to Seattle in exchange for LB Fredd Young.
          No.10: Seattle → New England (D). see No. 3: New England → Seattle.
5. No. 17: Pittsburgh → Dallas (D). Pittsburgh traded its first-round selection (17th) to Dallas in exchange for the Cowboys' first- and third-round selections (21st and 81st).
6. No. 18: Cleveland → Green Bay (PD). Cleveland traded its first-round selection (18th), third- and fifth-round selections (74th and 127th) in 1989 and RB Herman Fontenot to Green Bay in exchange for the Packers' second- and fifth-round selections (31st and 114th) in 1989.
7. No. 20: Washington → Atlanta (PD). Washington traded its first-round selection (20th) and second-round selection (38th) in 1989 to Atlanta in exchange for RB Gerald Riggs.
8. No. 21: multiple trades:
          No. 21: Minnesota → Dallas (PD). Minnesota traded its first-, second- and sixth-round selections (21st, 47th and 158th) in this draft, its first- and second-round selections in 1991 and its first-, second- and third-round selections in 1992, LB Jesse Solomon, LB David Howard, CB Issiac Holt and DE Alex Stewart to Dallas in exchange for RB Herschel Walker, Dallas' third-, fifth- and tenth-round selections (54th, 116th and 249th) in this draft and third-round selection (68th) in 1991.
          No. 11: Dallas → Pittsburgh (D). see No. 17: Pittsburgh → Dallas.

Round two

1. No. 29: New England → Seattle (D). see No. 3: New England → Seattle.
2. No. 33: San Diego → Chicago (PD). San Diego traded its second-round selection (33rd) to Chicago in exchange for QB Jim McMahon.
3. No. 47: multiple trades:
          No. 47: Minnesota → Dallas (PD). see No. 21: Minnesota → Dallas.
          No. 47: Dallas → San Francisco (PD). Dallas traded this second- and a third-round selection (47th and 68th) to San Francisco in exchange for the 49ers' third- and eleventh-round selections (81st and 304th), RB Terrence Flagler and DE Danny Stubbs.

Round three

1. No. 54: Dallas → Minnesota (PD). see No. 21: Minnesota → Dallas.
2. No. 57: Tampa Bay → San Diego (PD). Tampa Bay traded its third-round selection (57th) and second-round selection in 1991 to San Diego in exchange for RB Gary Anderson.
3. No. 63: L.A. Raiders → Chicago (PD). The Raiders traded its third-round selection (63rd) and first-round selection (11th) in 1989 to Chicago in exchange for WR Willie Gault.
4. No. 64: multiple trades:
          No. 64: Seattle → New England (D). see No. 3: New England → Seattle.
          No. 64: New England → Dallas (D). New England traded this third- and sixth- and eighth-round selections (64th, 143rd and 197th) to Dallas in exchange for Dallas' third-, fifth- and seventh-round selections (80th, 120th and 166th).
5. No. 67: Indianapolis → San Diego (PD). Indianapolis traded its third-round selection (67th) to San Diego in exchange for LB Chip Banks.
6. No. 68: multiple trades:
          No. 68: Kansas City → Dallas (PD). Kansas City traded its third-round selection (68th) and fourth-round selection in 1990 to Dallas in exchange for QB Steve Pelluer.
          No. 68: Dallas → San Francisco (PD). see No. 47: Dallas → San Francisco.
7. No. 80: multiple trades:
          No. 80: Denver → Dallas (PD). Denver traded its third-round selection (80th) to Dallas in exchange for DT Kevin Brooks.
          No. 80: Dallas → New England (D). see No. 64: New England → Dallas.
8. No. 81: multiple trades:
          No. 81: San Francisco → Dallas (D). see No. 68: Dallas → San Francisco.
          No. 81: Dallas → Pittsburgh (D). see No. 17: Pittsburgh → Dallas.

Round four

1. No. 82: Dallas → Denver (PD). see No. 80: Denver → Dallas.
2. No. 83: Atlanta → Indianapolis (D). see No. 1: Atlanta → Indianapolis.
3. No. 86: New England → Washington (D). New England traded its fourth-round selection (86th) to Washington in exchange for the Redskins' two fifth-round selections (110th and 110th).
4. No. 92: multiple trades:
          No. 92: San Diego → L.A. Raiders (PD). San Diego traded its fourth-round selection (92nd) and third- and fourth-round selections in 1989 (68th and 95th) to the Raiders in exchange for RB Napoleon McCallum.
          No. 92: L.A. Raiders → San Francisco (D). L.A. Raiders traded this fourth-round selection (92nd) to San Francisco in exchange for the 49ers' fourth- and fifth-round selections (109th and 137th).
5. No. 103: Washington → Indianapolis (PD). Washington traded its fourth- and eighth-round selections (103rd and 213rd) to Indianapolis in exchange for the Colts' fifth-round selection in 1989 (129th).
6. No. 105: L.A. Rams → Detroit (PD). The Rams traded its fourth-round selection (105th) to Detroit in exchange for TE Pat Carter.
7. No. 106: Philadelphia → Indianapolis (PD). Philadelphia traded its fourth-round selection (106th) and first-round selection in 1989 (22nd) to Indianapolis in exchange for G Ron Solt.
8. No. 108: Denver → Tampa Bay (PD). Denver traded its fourth-round selection (108th) to Tampa Bay in exchange for DE Ron Holmes.
9. No. 109: multiple trades:
          No. 109: San Francisco → L.A. Raiders (D). see No. 92: L.A. Raiders → San Francisco.
          No. 109: L.A. Raiders → Washington (D).

Round five

1. No. 110: multiple trades:
          No. 110: Dallas → Washington (PD). Dallas traded its fifth-round selection (110th) to Washington in exchange for DT Dean Hamel.
          No. 110: Washington → New England (D). see No. 86: New England → Washington.
2. No. 111: multiple trades:
          No. 111: Atlanta → Washington (PD). see No. 20: Washington → Atlanta.
          No. 111: Washington → New England (D). see No. 86: New England → Washington.
          No. 111: New England → Denver (D). New England traded this fifth-round selection (111th) to Denver in exchange for the Broncos' fourth-round selection in 1991.
3. No. 116: multiple trades:
          No. 116: San Diego → Dallas (PD). San Diego traded its fifth-round selection (116th) to Dallas in exchange for RB Darrin Nelson.
          No. 116: Dallas → Minnesota (PD). see No. 21: Minnesota → Dallas.
4. No. 120: multiple trades:
          No. 120: Miami → Dallas (PD). Miami traded its fifth-round selection (120th) to Dallas in exchange for QB Scott Secules.
          No. 120: Dallas → New England (PD). see No. 64: New England → Dallas.
5. No. 121: Indianapolis → Atlanta (D). see No. 1: Atlanta → Indianapolis.
6. No. 127: Buffalo → Kansas City (PD). Buffalo traded its fifth-round selection (127th) and eighth-round selection in 1989 (220th) to Kansas City in exchange for DE Art Still and the Chiefs' eighth-round selection (208th).
7. No. 134: L.A. Rams → N.Y. Jets (D). The L.A. Rams traded its fifth-round selection (134th) to the N.Y. Jets in exchange for CB Bobby Humphery.
8. No. 137: multiple trades:
          No. 137: San Francisco → L.A. Raiders (D). see No. 92: L.A. Raiders → San Francisco.
          No. 109: L.A. Raiders → Washington (D).
          No. 109: Washington → Miami Washington traded this fifth-round selection (137th) to Miami in exchange for the Dolphins tenth-round selection (262nd) and fourth-round selection in 1991.
9. No. 143: multiple trades:
          No. 143: New England → Dallas (D). see No. 64: Dallas → San Diego.
          No. 143: Dallas → San Diego (D). see No. 138: New England → Dallas.

Round six

1. No. 138: Dallas → San Diego (D). Dallas traded three sixth-round selections (138th, 143rd and 163rd) to San Diego in exchange for the Chargers' third-round selection in 1991.
2. No. 158: multiple trades:
          No. 158: Minnesota → Dallas (D). see No. 21: Minnesota → Dallas.
          No. 158: Dallas → L.A. Raiders (D). Dallas traded sixth- eighth-, ninth-, tenth- and eleventh-round selections (158th, 197th, 230rd, 259th and 304th) to the L.A. Raiders in exchange for the rights to S Stan Smagala.
          L.A. Raiders → New Orleans (D) The L.A. Raiders traded sixth- eighth-, ninth-, tenth- and eleventh-round selections (158th, 207th, 233rd, 260th and 287th) to New Orleans in exchange for the Saints' fourth-round selection in 1991.
3. No. 163: multiple trades:
          No. 163: N.Y. Giants → Dallas (PD). N.Y. Giants traded its sixth-round selection (163rd) to Dallas in exchange for LB Steve DeOssie.
          No. 120: Dallas → San Diego (D). see No. 138: Dallas → San Diego.

Round seven

1. No. 166: multiple trades:
          No. 166: Dallas → New England (D). see No. 64: New England → Dallas.
          No. 166: New England → Buffalo (D). New England traded two seventh-round selections (166th and 170th) to Buffalo in exchange for the Bills' twelfth-round selection (322nd) and fourth-round selection in 1991
2. No. 167: Atlanta → N.Y. Jets (PD). Atlanta traded its seventh-round selection (167th) to the N.Y. Jets in exchange for C Guy Bingham.
3. No. 170: New England → Buffalo (D). see No. 166: New England → Buffalo.
4. No. 173: Chicago → L.A. Raiders (D). Chicago traded its seventh-round selection (173rd) to the L.A. Raiders in exchange for the Raiders' seventh- and eleventh-round selections (176th and 298th).
5. No. 176: L.A. Raiders → Chicago (D). see No. 173: Chicago → L.A. Raiders.
6. No. 178: Miami → Cleveland (D). Miami traded its seventh-round selection (178th) to Cleveland in exchange for the Browns' fifth-round selection in 1991.
7. No. 185: Cleveland → San Diego (PD). Cleveland traded its seventh-round selection (185th) to San Diego in exchange for RB Barry Redden.
8. No. 187: Washington → San Diego (PD). Washington traded its seventh-round selection (187th) to San Diego in exchange for P Ralf Mojsiejenko.
9. No. 193: San Francisco → San Diego (PD). San Francisco traded its seventh-round selection (193rd) and seventh-round selection in 1989 (193rd) to San Diego in exchange for WR Wes Chandler.

References

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.
3. ^ Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro Bowl at any time in their career.
4. ^ Players are identified as a Hall of Famer if they have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
5. Andre Ware, 1989 Heisman Trophy winner
6. ^ Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2010 announced

External links

• NFL.com – 1990 Draft
• databaseFootball.com – 1990 Draft
• Pro Football Hall of Fame

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