1984 USFL Draft
By Patrick Mondout
The United States Football League (USFL) held its
second annual draft in January of 1984. The first pick, as expected, was
Heisman Trophy winner Mike Rozier, running back of Nebraska.
Expansion teams went first, but also received additional picks in each
odd-numbered round (two first rounders, two third rounders, etc.). Below
are the two first rounds of the draft.
The New Jersey Generals lost their first round pick as punishment for
signing Herschel Walker a year earlier in apparently violation of the
obviously flexible USFL rules regarding underclassmen.
We also have the 1984 NFL Draft
and other USFL drafts.
| R |
# |
TEAM |
PLAYER |
POS |
SCHOOL |
NOTES |
R
O
U
N
D
1
|
1 |
Pittsburgh |
Mike Rozier |
RB |
Nebraska |
Houston |
| 2 |
Oklahoma |
Ron Faurot |
DB |
Arkansas |
|
| 3 |
Chicago |
Irving Fryar |
WR |
Nebraska |
San Antonio |
| 4 |
Memphis |
Barney Bussey |
DB |
South Carolina
State |
|
| 5 |
Arizona |
Keith Millard |
DT |
Washington State |
Houston |
| 6 |
Jacksonville |
Gary Clark |
WR |
James Madison |
|
| 7 |
Chicago |
Albert Bentley |
RB |
Miami FL |
|
| 8 |
Washington |
Allanda Smith |
DB |
TCU |
|
| - |
New Jersey |
(Forfeited
for signing Herschel Walker) |
| 9 |
Denver |
Russell Carter |
DB |
SMU |
|
| 10 |
Los Angeles |
Steve Young |
QB |
BYU |
|
| 11 |
Oakland |
Cliff Benson |
TE |
Purdue |
|
| 12 |
Birmingham |
Kyle Clifton |
LB |
TCU |
|
| 13 |
New Orleans |
Buford Jordan |
RB |
McNeese St. |
|
| 14 |
New Jersey |
Steve DeOssie |
LB |
Boston College |
Tampa Bay |
| 15 |
Arizona |
Lupe Sanchez |
DB |
UCLA |
|
| 16 |
Philadelphia |
Scot Randon |
T |
Nebraska |
|
| 17 |
Michigan |
Stanford Jennings |
RB |
Furman |
Jacksonville |
| 18 |
Oakland |
Bo Eason |
DB |
UC Davis |
Houston |
| 19 |
New Jersey |
Eric Williams |
DT |
Washington St. |
|
| 20 |
Memphis |
Martin Bayless |
DB |
Bowling Green |
|
| 21 |
San Antonio |
Don Rogers |
DB |
UCLA |
|
| 22 |
Oklahoma |
Conrad Goode |
T |
Missouri |
|
| 23 |
Los Angeles |
Kevin Nelson |
RB |
UCLA |
Pittsburgh |
R
O
U
N
D
2 |
24 |
Washington |
Fred Robinson |
DE |
Miami FL |
|
| 25 |
Chicago |
Terry Taylor |
DB |
So. Illinois |
|
| 26 |
New Jersey |
Gary Reasons |
LB |
NW Louisiana |
|
| 27 |
Washington |
Patrick Allen |
DB |
Utah St. |
Denver |
| 28 |
Pittsburgh |
Don Maggs |
T |
Tulane |
Los Angeles |
| 29 |
Pittsburgh |
Doug Hollie |
DE |
SMU |
Birmingham |
| 30 |
Oakland |
Sean McNanie |
DE |
San Diego St. |
|
| 31 |
Washington |
Keith Kidd |
WR |
Arkansas |
Tampa Bay |
| 32 |
New Orleans |
Mark Schellen |
DE |
Nebraska |
|
| 33 |
Chicago |
Mike Russell |
LB |
Toledo |
Arizona |
| 34 |
Philadelphia |
George Jamison |
LB |
Cincinnati |
|
| 35 |
Michigan |
Walter Brougton |
RB |
Jacksonville |
|
| 36 |
Los Angeles |
Gary Zimmmerman |
G |
Oregon |
|
| 37 |
Oklahoma |
Norm Granger |
RB |
Iowa |
|
| 38 |
San Antonio |
Rick Neuheisel |
QB |
UCLA |
|
| 39 |
Memphis |
Chris Scott |
DT |
Purdue |
|
| 40 |
Houston |
Rodney Bellinger |
DB |
Miami FL |
|
| 41 |
Jacksonville |
Ken Hobart |
QB |
Idaho |
|
USFL Bibliography
Books:
The
$1 League: The Rise and Fall of the USFL by Jim Byrne
The Sporting News Official USFL Guide and Register, 1984
The
Sporting News Official USFL Guide and Register, 1985
USFL Media Guides (each team published one each year)
Magazines:
Kickoff Magazine (published by league; 9 issues per year + playoffs; sold at
games)
The Sporting News (regular coverage + special "preview"
inserts)
These and many other USFL items can be found at
eBay - check our links on the far right of this page!
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