2004 NFL draft
2004 American football draft
The 2004 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 from April 24-25, 2004, at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. No teams chose to claim any players in the supplemental draft that year.
The draft was shown on ESPN both days and eventually moved to ESPN2 both days. The draft began with the San Diego Chargers selecting Mississippi quarterback Eli Manning with the first overall selection. Due to his refusal to play for the Chargers, Manning was later traded to the New York Giants for the fourth overall pick Philip Rivers of NC State. There were 32 compensatory selections distributed among 16 teams, with the Eagles, Rams and Jets each receiving four compensatory picks. Seven wide receivers were selected in the first round, a draft record later tied in 2024. Another record set by the draft was the most trades in the first round, with 28 trades. The University of Miami set an NFL record for the most first-rounders drafted with six, which would be tied by Alabama in 2021. Ohio State set an NFL draft record having 14 total players selected through all rounds. It was the first draft to have produced two quarterbacks who each won multiple Super Bowls, with Ben Roethlisberger and Manning each winning two.
The 255 players chosen in the draft comprised:
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01Player selections
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02Notable undrafted players
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03Hall of Famers
- Jared Allen, defensive end from Idaho State, taken 4th round, 126th overall by the Kansas City Chiefs.
- Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 2025.
- Larry Fitzgerald, wide receiver from Pittsburgh, taken 1st round, 3rd overall by the Arizona Cardinals.
- Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 2026.
04Trades
In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the 2004 Draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Sources and credits
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- 2004nfldraft.png by Unknown author, Fair use
- Larry Fitzgerald 2015.JPG by Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0
- Sean Taylor.jpg by dbking of flickr, CC BY 2.0
- Vince-Wilfork 8-28-09 Patriots-vs-Redskins.jpg by Keith Allison from Baltimore, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Rams running back Steven Jackson at the coaching clinic.jpg by US Embassy London, Public domain
- Chris cooley 2011.jpg by Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Jared Allen.jpg by Mike Morbeck, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Wes Welker 1.JPG by Denis Laflame, Public domain
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