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The 28 NFL teams chose 84 players from 224 available during the three-round selection meeting. The draft was for players who would have been eligible for the regular 1984 NFL draft in early May, but had already signed a contract with a USFL or CFL team. The draft was implemented primarily with the fledgling USFL in mind.
The draft was held May 1–2, 1984, at the Omni Park Central Hotel in New York City, New York. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] No teams elected to claim any players in the regular supplemental draft that year. The NFL did have a special supplemental draft for college seniors who had already signed with the USFL or CFL on June 5, 1984.
In 1984, the National Football League held a supplemental draft for college seniors who had already signed with either the United States Football League or the Canadian Football League. On June 5 in New York City, the draft was completed in an attempt to head off a bidding war in its own ranks for USFL and CFL players.
Smith was selected by the New Orleans Breakers in the 1984 USFL Territorial Draft. He was traded and signed to play for the Arizona Wranglers in the United States Football League for the 1984 season. He was also selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the second round (40th overall) of the 1984 NFL Supplemental Draft. [1]
This supplemental draft was especially designed for players who would have been eligible for the regular NFL draft but had already signed a contract with a USFL team after being selected in 1984 USFL Draft earlier on January 4. NFL owners did not want to risk potentially "wasting" picks in the regular draft on players who were already signed by ...
The 1984 draft would yield some solid players for Houston. They selected Dean Steinkuhler in round one. They used their second round choice to draft Doug Smith out of Auburn, but he spurred the Oilers to sign with the Philadelphia Stars of the USFL. The draft also saw Houston land Johnny Meads, Jeff Donaldson, John Grimsley and Patrick Allen.
He was the tenth overall selection in the first round of the 1984 NFL Supplemental Draft by the New York Jets, [32] [33] but never played in the NFL. [34] [35] When the USFL folded in 1985, Hobart moved north to Canada, where he played for five seasons in the CFL, three with Hamilton and two with Ottawa.
Johnson was selected by the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals in the second round (38th pick) of the 1984 NFL supplemental draft of USFL and CFL players. [3] [4] After the USFL folded, Johnson joined the Bengals, where he played from 1985 to 1987. During his NFL career, he amassed 475 yards on 85 carries and scored one touchdown.