National Football League Draft
The 1993 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 25–26, 1993, at the Marriot Marquis in New York City, New York.[1][2] No teams chose to claim any players in the supplemental draft that year, but the New York Giants and Kansas City Chiefs forfeited their first and second round picks, respectively, due to selecting quarterback Dave Brown and defensive end Darren Mickell in the 1992 supplemental draft.
With the first overall pick of the draft, the New England Patriots selected quarterback Drew Bledsoe.
Trades
In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the 1993 Draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.
- Round one
- ^ No. 3: N.Y. Jets → Phoenix (D). N.Y. Jets traded its first-round selection (3rd) to Phoenix in exchange for Phoenix's first-round selection (4th) and running back Johnny Johnson.[3]
- ^ No. 4: Phoenix → N.Y. Jets (D). see No. 3: N.Y. Jets → Phoenix.
- ^ No. 8: Detroit → New Orleans. Detroit traded its first- and fourth-round selections (8th and 89th) to New Orleans in exchange for linebacker Pat Swilling.[4]
- ^ No. 11: Cleveland → Denver. Cleveland traded its first-round selection (11th) to Denver in exchange for Denver's first- and third-round selections (14th and 83rd)
- ^ No. 13: Philadelphia → Houston. Philadelphia traded this first-round selection (13th) (which it was awarded as compensation for the loss of free agent defensive end Reggie White) to Houston in exchange for Houston's first- and third-round selections (19th and 75th)
- ^ No. 14: Denver → Cleveland (D). see No. 11: Cleveland → Denver.
- ^ No. 18: multiple trades:
No. 18: Kansas City → San Francisco (PD). Kansas City traded its first-round selection (18th) to San Francisco in exchange for quarterback Joe Montana.
No. 18: San Francisco → Phoenix (D). San Francisco traded its first-round selection (18th) to Phoenix in exchange for Phoenix's first- and fifth-round (20th and 116th) selections.
- ^ No. 19: Houston → Philadelphia (D). see No. 13: Philadelphia → Houston.
- ^ No. 20: multiple trades:
No. 20: Phoenix → San Francisco (D). see No. 18: San Francisco → Phoenix
No. 20: San Francisco → New Orleans (D). San Francisco traded its first-round selection (20th) to New Orleans in exchange for New Orleans' first- and third-round (26th and 81st) selections.
- ^ No. 26: New Orleans → San Francisco (D). see No. 20: San Francisco → New Orleans.
- ^ No. 29: Dallas → Green Bay. Dallas traded its first- and fourth-round selections (29th and 112nd) to Green Bay in exchange for Green Bay's two second-, fourth- and eighth round selections (46th, 54th, 94th and 213th)
- Round two
- ^ No. 33: N.Y. Jets → Detroit. N.Y. Jets traded its second-round selection (33rd) to Detroit in exchange for Detroit's second- and fifth-round selections (36th and 120th).
- ^ No. 36: Detroit → N.Y. Jets (D). see No. 33: N.Y. Jets → Detroit.
- ^ No. 41: multiple trades:
No. 41: L.A. Raiders → San Francisco (D). L.A. Raiders traded its second-round selection (41st) to San Francisco in exchange for San Francisco's second- and third-round (56th and 81st) selections.
No. 41: San Francisco → San Diego (D). San Francisco traded its second-round selection (41st) to San Diego in exchange for San Diego's first-round selection in 1994.
- ^ No. 44: Indianapolis → Pittsburgh. Indianapolis traded its second-round selection (44th) to Pittsburgh in exchange for Pittsburgh's second- and fourth-round selections (49th and 107th).
- ^ No. 46: Green Bay → Dallas (D). see No. 29: Dallas → Green Bay.
- ^ No. 48: San Diego → San Francisco. San Diego traded its second-round selection (48th) to San Francisco in exchange for San Francisco's third-, fourth and fifth-round selections (82nd, 110th and 138th).
- ^ No. 49: Pittsburgh → Indianapolis (D). see No. 44: Indianapolis → Pittsburgh.
- ^ No. 51: Miami → New England (PD). Miami traded its second- and third-round selections (51st and 90th) to New England in exchange for wide receiver Irving Fryar.
- ^ No. 54: multiple trades:
No. 54: Green Bay → San Francisco (PD). San Francisco traded its second-round selection (54th) to Green Bay in exchange for linebacker Tim Harris.
No. 54: Green Bay → Dallas (D). see No. 29: Dallas → Green Bay.
- ^ No. 56: multiple trades:
No. 56: Dallas → San Francisco (PD). Dallas traded its second-round selection (56th) and third-round selection (99th) in 1994 to San Francisco in exchange for defensive end Charles Haley.
No. 56: San Francisco → L.A Raiders (D). see No. 41: L.A. Raiders → San Francisco.
No. 56: Los Angeles Raiders (D). (Time expired.) This selection belonged to the L.A. Raiders but they did not submit their pick in time allowing New England to jump in front of them.
- Round three
- Round four
- Round five
- Round six
- Round seven
- Round eight