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The 2004 NFL draft was the procedure by which NFL gives 32 compensatory draft choices
March 29, 2004. URL Accessed June 24, 2006. The draft set several records, including the most wide receivers selected in the first round, with seven. Another record set by the draft was the most trades in the first round, with twenty-eight trades. The
Football Outsiders – 2004 NFL Draft: Six Years Later
''(March 19, 2010)''
National Football League
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teams selected amateur college football
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players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 24–25, 2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
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at the Theater at Madison Square Garden
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in New York City. No teams chose to claim any players in the supplemental draft that year.
The draft was shown on ESPN
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both days and eventually moved to ESPN2
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both days. The draft began with the San Diego Chargers
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selecting Mississippi
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quarterback Eli Manning
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with the first overall selection. Due to his refusal to play for the Chargers, Manning was later traded to the New York Giants
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for their first selection, fourth overall pick Philip Rivers of NC State. There were 32 compensatory selections distributed among 16 teams, with the Eagles
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, Rams, and Jets each receiving 4 compensatory picks.March 29, 2004. URL Accessed June 24, 2006. The draft set several records, including the most wide receivers selected in the first round, with seven. Another record set by the draft was the most trades in the first round, with twenty-eight trades. The
University of Miami
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set an NFL record for the most first rounders drafted with six, which would be tied by Alabama
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in 2021
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. Ohio State set an NFL draft record having 14 total players selected through all rounds. As of 2012, this draft also has two other records attached to it: it became the draft with the shortest time between having multiple quarterbacks being drafted and starting for Super Bowl winners ( Ben Roethlisberger for the 2005 Steelers, and Manning for the 2007 Giants) and it has become the first draft ever to have produced two QBs who each won multiple Super Bowls (with Roethlisberger winning his second in 2008
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and Manning his second in 2011
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).
The 255 players chosen in the draft were composed of:
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punter Andy Lee is the only remaining selection on an NFL roster. Dallas Cowboys
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offensive lineman Jason Peters also remains active from this draft class, but he was not selected during the draft.
Player selections
Notable undrafted players
Trades
In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the 2004 Draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft. ;Round oneNotes
References
External links
Football Outsiders – 2004 NFL Draft: Six Years Later
''(March 19, 2010)''
Sources
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