The 1984 NFL Draft

196 picks. First overall: Irving Fryar, wide receiver, from Nebraska, to New England Patriots. Most picks: Texas 10, Penn State 6, Pittsburgh 5, Oklahoma 5, Maryland 5.

The 1984 NFL Draft ran 12 rounds; this page lists the first seven. Teams appear under the name they had that year. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Round 1

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
1	Irving Fryar	WR		Nebraska	→ New England Patriots
2	Dean Steinkuhler	OT		Nebraska	→ Houston Oilers
3	Carl Banks	LB		Michigan State	→ New York Giants
4	Kenny Jackson	WR		Penn State	→ Philadelphia Eagles
5	Bill Maas	DT		Pittsburgh	→ Kansas City Chiefs
6	Mossy Cade	DB		Texas	→ San Diego Chargers
7	Ricky Hunley	LB		Arizona	→ Cincinnati Bengals
8	Leonard Coleman	DB		Vanderbilt	→ Indianapolis Colts
9	Rick Bryan	DT		Oklahoma	→ Atlanta Falcons
10	Russell Carter	DB		SMU	→ New York Jets
11	Wilber Marshall	LB		Florida	→ Chicago Bears
12	Alphonso Carreker	DE		Florida State	→ Green Bay Packers
13	Keith Millard	DT		Washington State	→ Minnesota Vikings
14	Jackie Shipp	LB		Oklahoma	→ Miami Dolphins
15	Ron Faurot	DE		Arkansas	→ New York Jets
16	Pete Koch	DT		Maryland	→ Cincinnati Bengals
17	Clyde Duncan	WR		Tennessee	→ St. Louis Cardinals
18	Don Rogers	DB		UCLA	→ Cleveland Browns
19	Ron Solt	OG		Maryland	→ Indianapolis Colts
20	David Lewis	TE		California	→ Detroit Lions
21	John Alt	OT		Iowa	→ Kansas City Chiefs
22	Terry Taylor	DB		Southern Illinois	→ Seattle Seahawks
23	Louis Lipps	WR		Southern Miss	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
24	Todd Shell	LB		BYU	→ San Francisco 49ers
25	Billy Cannon	LB		Texas A&M	→ Dallas Cowboys
26	Greg Bell	RB		Notre Dame	→ Buffalo Bills
27	William Roberts	OT		Ohio State	→ New York Giants
28	Brian Blados	OT		North Carolina	→ Cincinnati Bengals

Round 2

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
29	Doug Smith	DE		Auburn	→ Houston Oilers
30	Keith Browner	LB		USC	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
31	Bob Slater	DT		Oklahoma	→ Washington Redskins
32	Scott Case	DB		Oklahoma	→ Atlanta Falcons
33	Mike Guendling	LB		Northwestern	→ San Diego Chargers
34	Scott Radecic	LB		Penn State	→ Kansas City Chiefs
35	Blaise Winter	DT		Syracuse	→ Indianapolis Colts
36	Thomas Benson	LB		Oklahoma	→ Atlanta Falcons
37	Jim Sweeney	C		Pittsburgh	→ New York Jets
38	Boomer Esiason	QB		Maryland	→ Cincinnati Bengals
39	Glenn Dennison	TE		Miami	→ New York Jets
40	Victor Scott	DB		Colorado	→ Dallas Cowboys
41	Eric Richardson	WR		San José State	→ Buffalo Bills
42	James Geathers	DE		Wichita State	→ New Orleans Saints
43	Ed Williams	LB		Texas	→ New England Patriots
44	Ron Rivera	LB		California	→ Chicago Bears
45	Doug Dawson	OG		Texas	→ St. Louis Cardinals
46	Andre Townsend	DE		Ole Miss	→ Denver Broncos
47	Pete Mandley	WR		Northern Arizona	→ Detroit Lions
48	Chris Rockins	DB		Oklahoma State	→ Cleveland Browns
49	Daryl Turner	WR		Michigan State	→ Seattle Seahawks
50	Bruce Davis	WR		Baylor	→ Cleveland Browns
51	Sean Jones	DE		Northeastern	→ Los Angeles Raiders
52	Chris Kolodziejski	TE		Wyoming	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
53	Jay Brophy	LB		Miami	→ Miami Dolphins
54	Bo Eason	DB		UC Davis	→ Houston Oilers
55	Steve Hamilton	DE		East Carolina	→ Washington Redskins
56	John Frank	TE		Ohio State	→ San Francisco 49ers

Round 3

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
57	Fred Acorn	DB		Texas	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
58	Johnny Meads	LB		Nicholls	→ Houston Oilers
59	Jeff Hostetler	QB		West Virginia	→ New York Giants
60	Rusty Russell	OT		South Carolina	→ Philadelphia Eagles
61	Herman Heard	RB		CSU Pueblo	→ Kansas City Chiefs
62	Eric Williams	DT		Washington State	→ Detroit Lions
63	Rod McSwain	DB		Clemson	→ Atlanta Falcons
64	Kyle Clifton	LB		TCU	→ New York Jets
65	Stanford Jennings	RB		Furman	→ Cincinnati Bengals
66	Chris Scott	DT		Purdue	→ Indianapolis Colts
67	Alfred Anderson	RB		Baylor	→ Minnesota Vikings
68	Terry Hoage	DB		Georgia	→ New Orleans Saints
69	Tyrone Anthony	RB		North Carolina	→ New Orleans Saints
70	Jonathan Williams	RB		Penn State	→ New England Patriots
71	Stefan Humphries	OG		Michigan	→ Chicago Bears
72	Donnie Humphrey	DT		Auburn	→ Green Bay Packers
73	Guy McIntyre	OG		Georgia	→ San Francisco 49ers
74	Ernest Anderson	RB		Oklahoma State	→ Detroit Lions
75	Steve Baack	DE		Oregon	→ Detroit Lions
76	Fredd Young	LB		New Mexico State	→ Seattle Seahawks
77	Rodney Bellinger	DB		Miami	→ Buffalo Bills
78	Tony Lilly	DB		Florida	→ Denver Broncos
79	Sean McNanie	DE		San Diego State	→ Buffalo Bills
80	Rick McIvor	QB		Texas	→ St. Louis Cardinals
81	Fred Cornwell	TE		USC	→ Dallas Cowboys
82	Speedy Neal	RB		Miami	→ Buffalo Bills
83	Jay Schroeder	QB		UCLA	→ Washington Redskins
84	Joe McCall	RB		Pittsburgh	→ Los Angeles Raiders

Round 4

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
85	Mark Studaway	DE		Tennessee	→ Houston Oilers
86	Rickey Hagood	DT		South Carolina	→ Seattle Seahawks
87	Conrad Goode	OT		Missouri	→ New York Giants
88	Evan Cooper	DB		Michigan	→ Philadelphia Eagles
89	Randy Robbins	DB		Arizona	→ Denver Broncos
90	Mark Robinson	DB		Penn State	→ Kansas City Chiefs
91	Bobby Bell	LB		Missouri	→ New York Jets
92	John Farley	RB		Sacramento State	→ Cincinnati Bengals
93	Craig Curry	DB		Texas	→ Indianapolis Colts
94	Rydell Malancon	LB		LSU	→ Atlanta Falcons
95	Mitchell Brookins	WR		Illinois	→ Buffalo Bills
96	Rickey Bolden	TE		SMU	→ Cleveland Browns
97	Joel Hilgenberg	C		Iowa	→ New Orleans Saints
98	Tom Andrews	OG		Louisville	→ Chicago Bears
99	John Dorsey	LB		UConn	→ Green Bay Packers
100	Patrick Allen	DB		Utah State	→ Houston Oilers
101	Martin Bayless	DB		Bowling Green	→ St. Louis Cardinals
102	Jimmy Smith	RB		Elon	→ Washington Redskins
103	George Wonsley	RB		Mississippi State	→ Indianapolis Colts
104	Brian Brennan	WR		Boston College	→ Cleveland Browns
105	Gary Reasons	LB		Northwestern State	→ New York Giants
106	Dave D’Addio	RB		Maryland	→ Detroit Lions
107	Michael Gunter	RB		Tulsa	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
108	Weegie Thompson	WR		Florida State	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
109	Joe Carter	RB		Alabama	→ Miami Dolphins
110	Steve DeOssie	LB		Boston College	→ Dallas Cowboys
111	Terry Long	OG		East Carolina	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
112	Ron Heller	OT		Penn State	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Round 5

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
113	Steve Pelluer	QB		Washington	→ Dallas Cowboys
114	Robert Lyles	LB		TCU	→ Houston Oilers
115	Clint Harris	DB		East Carolina	→ New York Giants
116	Andre Hardy	RB		Saint Mary’s	→ Philadelphia Eagles
117	Eric Holle	DE		Texas	→ Kansas City Chiefs
118	Lionel James	RB		Auburn	→ San Diego Chargers
119	Barney Bussey	DB		South Carolina State	→ Cincinnati Bengals
120	Golden Tate	WR		Tennessee State	→ Indianapolis Colts
121	Michael Carter	DT		SMU	→ San Francisco 49ers
122	Tron Armstrong	WR		Eastern Kentucky	→ New York Jets
123	Jitter Fields	DB		Texas	→ New Orleans Saints
124	Paul Fairchild	OG		Kansas	→ New England Patriots
125	Jeff Pegues	LB		East Carolina	→ Washington Redskins
126	Tom Flynn	DB		Pittsburgh	→ Green Bay Packers
127	Andy Parker	TE		Utah	→ Los Angeles Raiders
128	John Kidd	P		Northwestern	→ Buffalo Bills
129	Jeff Leiding	LB		Texas	→ St. Louis Cardinals
130	Kevin Call	OT		Colorado State	→ Indianapolis Colts
131	Dave Piepkorn	OT		North Dakota State	→ Cleveland Browns
132	Cliff Benson	TE		Purdue	→ Atlanta Falcons
133	Hal Stephens	DE		East Carolina	→ Los Angeles Rams
134	Jeff Paine	LB		Texas A&M	→ Kansas City Chiefs
135	Van Hughes	DT		Texas State	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
136	John Goode	TE		Youngstown State	→ St. Louis Cardinals
137	Norm Granger	RB		Iowa	→ Dallas Cowboys
138	Dean May	QB		Louisville	→ Miami Dolphins
139	Jeff Fuller	LB		Texas A&M	→ San Francisco 49ers
140	Allen Rice	RB		Baylor	→ Minnesota Vikings

Round 6

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
141	John Grimsley	LB		Kentucky	→ Houston Oilers
142	Chris Washington	LB		Iowa State	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
143	Jim Scott	DE		Clemson	→ New York Giants
144	Scott Raridon	OT		Nebraska	→ Philadelphia Eagles
145	Keith Guthrie	DT		Texas A&M	→ San Diego Chargers
146	Rufus Stevens	WR		Grambling	→ Kansas City Chiefs
147	Dwight Beverly	RB		Illinois	→ Indianapolis Colts
148	Ben Bennett	QB		Duke	→ Atlanta Falcons
149	Tony Paige	RB		Virginia Tech	→ New York Jets
150	Don Kern	TE		Arizona State	→ Cincinnati Bengals
151	Ernest Gibson	DB		Furman	→ New England Patriots
152	Eugene Lockhart	LB		Houston	→ Dallas Cowboys
153	Randy Wright	QB		Wisconsin	→ Green Bay Packers
154	Dwight Collins	WR		Pittsburgh	→ Minnesota Vikings
155	Tony Slaton	C		USC	→ Buffalo Bills
156	Don Thorp	DT		Illinois	→ New Orleans Saints
157	Rod Clark	LB		Texas State	→ St. Louis Cardinals
158	Terry Nugent	QB		Colorado State	→ Cleveland Browns
159	Aaron Smith	LB		Utah State	→ Denver Broncos
160	John Witkowski	QB		Columbia	→ Detroit Lions
161	Eric Mullins	WR		Stanford	→ Houston Oilers
162	John Kaiser	LB		Arizona	→ Seattle Seahawks
163	Dan Ralph	DT		Oregon	→ Atlanta Falcons
164	Chris Brown	DB		Notre Dame	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
165	Rowland Tatum	LB		Ohio State	→ Miami Dolphins
166	Joe Levelis	OG		Iowa	→ Dallas Cowboys
167	Curt Singer	OT		Tennessee	→ Washington Redskins
168	Stacey Toran	DB		Notre Dame	→ Los Angeles Raiders

Round 7

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
169	Jay Carroll	TE		Minnesota	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
170	Willie Joyner	RB		Maryland	→ Houston Oilers
171	Lionel Manuel	WR		Pacific	→ New York Giants
172	Joe Hayes	RB		Central Oklahoma	→ Philadelphia Eagles
173	Kevin Ross	DB		Temple	→ Kansas City Chiefs
174	Jesse Bendross	WR		Alabama	→ San Diego Chargers
175	Kirk Dodge	LB		UNLV	→ Atlanta Falcons
176	Harry Hamilton	DB		Penn State	→ New York Jets
177	Leo Barker	LB		New Mexico State	→ Cincinnati Bengals
178	Jimmie Carter	LB		New Mexico	→ Detroit Lions
179	Nakita Robertson	RB		Central Arkansas	→ Chicago Bears
180	John Haines	DT		Texas	→ Minnesota Vikings
181	Daryll Jones	DB		Georgia	→ Green Bay Packers
182	Stan David	DB		Texas Tech	→ Buffalo Bills
183	Mitch Willis	DE		SMU	→ Los Angeles Raiders
184	Bruce Kallmeyer	K		Kansas	→ New England Patriots
185	Quentin Walker	RB		Virginia	→ St. Louis Cardinals
186	Clarence Kay	TE		Georgia	→ Denver Broncos
187	Renwick Atkins	OT		Kansas	→ Detroit Lions
188	George Radachowsky	DB		Boston College	→ Los Angeles Rams
189	Sam Slater	OT		Weber State	→ Seattle Seahawks
190	Jim Dumont	LB		Rutgers	→ Cleveland Browns
191	Scott Campbell	QB		Purdue	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
192	Derwin Williams	WR		New Mexico	→ New England Patriots
193	Ed Martin	LB		Indiana State	→ Dallas Cowboys
194	Bernard Carvalho	OG		Hawai’i	→ Miami Dolphins
195	Mark Smith	WR		North Carolina	→ Washington Redskins
196	Loyd Lewis	OG		Texas A&M–Kingsville	→ Minnesota Vikings