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In 2004, the thirty two teams of the NFL got together and held the sixty eighth yearly NFL Draft, where each of them chose college players to play for their team. It was held at Madison Square Garden in New York on April 24 and 25. The draft was shown on ESPN. There were 255 choices in the draft.
The draft started with the San Diego Chargers picking Eli Manning. He was traded to the New York Giants a short time later. There were 32 picks given to 16 teams because they lost free agents that offseason. The teams with the most compensatory picks were the Philadelphia Eagles, St. Louis Rams, and New York Jets, each with four.[1] There were several records during the draft: the most wide receivers selected in the first round (7), and the most trades in the first round (28). The University of Miami had six players chosen in the first round. Ohio State set an NFL draft record having 14 players picked in all rounds. As of 2012, this draft also has another records: it is the first draft which has had two quarterbacks who each won more than one Super Bowl (with Ben Roethlisberger winning his second in 2008 and Eli Manning winning his second in 2011). The positions of the players in the draft were:
↑#1: San Diego → New York Giants. San Diego traded Manning to the New York Giants in exchange for Philip Rivers and the Giants' third round selection in this draft (#65) and their first and fifth-round selections in 2005[3]
↑The Bills received this pick from the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for the Bills' second round pick (43rd overall), fifth round pick (144th overall), and first round pick in 2005.
↑"Draft Facts". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. April 27, 2003. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
↑ Oakland → Houston (PD). Houston acquired this pick from Oakland in exchange for Houston's extra expansion third-round pick (#83) and Houston's seventh-round selection (#262) in the 2003 draft.[8]
↑The Cowboys received this pick from the Buffalo Bills as well as the Bills' fifth round pick (144th overall) and first round pick in 2005 in exchange for the Cowboys' first round pick in this draft (22nd overall).
↑The Cowboys received this pick from the Buffalo Bills as well as the Bills' second round pick (43rd overall) and first round pick in 2005 in exchange for the Cowboys' first round pick in this draft (22nd overall).