1990 NFL draft

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National Football League draft

title: "1990 NFL draft" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["nfl-draft", "1990-in-american-football", "1990-nfl-season", "1990-in-sports-in-new-york-city", "april-1990-sports-events-in-the-united-states", "american-football-in-new-york-city", "1990s-in-manhattan", "sporting-events-in-new-york-city", "sports-in-manhattan"] description: "National Football League draft" topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_NFL_draft" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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| name = 1990 NFL draft | logo = | logosize = | logoalt = | image = Image:1990 NFL Draft logo.png | imagesize = | alt = 1990 NFL draft logo | caption = | date = April 22–23, 1990 | time = | location = New York Marriott Marquis in New York City, NY | network = ESPN | sponsor = | league = NFL | mr_irrelevant = Demetrius Davis, TE Los Angeles Raiders | first = Jeff George, QB Indianapolis Colts | first_round = | fewnum = 6 | fewest = Dallas Cowboys | mostnum = 17 | most = San Diego Chargers | overall = 332 | rounds = 12 | hofnum = {{ Collapsible list | title = 6 | 1 = DT Cortez Kennedy | 2 = LB Junior Seau | 3 = RB Emmitt Smith | 4 = SS LeRoy Butler | 5 = TE Shannon Sharpe | 6 = DT John Randle | prev = 1989 | next = 1991 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.

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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.

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

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. (October 2, 2014). ["NFL Draft Locations"](http://www.footballgeography.com/nfl-draft-sites/).
(October 2, 2014). "NFL Draft headed to Chicago in 2015". [[New York Giants]].
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.
"1989 Heisman Trophy winner".
"Pro Football Hall of Fame".

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