The2002 NFL draft was the 67th annual meeting ofNational Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible professional football players. The draft is known officially as the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting" and has been conducted annually since1936.[1] Thedraft took place from April 20–21, 2002, atthe Theater at Madison Square Garden inNew York City,New York.[2][3][4] The draft was broadcast onESPN both days and eventually moved toESPN2. The draft began withthe Houston Texans selectingDavid Carr, and it ended with the Texans selectingMr. Irrelevant,Ahmad Miller. There were thirty-two compensatory selections distributed among eighteen teams, withthe Buffalo Bills receiving the most selections with four.[5]The University of Miami was the college most represented in the draft, having five of its players selected in the first round. Althoughthe Carolina Panthers finished with a 1–15 record which would normally have given them the first pick in each round, the Houston Texans were given the first pick because they were an expansion team. The league also held asupplemental draft after the regular draft and before the regular season.
Hall of Fame defensive end Julius Peppers was drafted 2nd overall by the Carolina Panthers.Hall of Fame defensive end Dwight Freeney was drafted 11th overall by the Indianapolis Colts.2004 NFL Defensive Player of the Year andSuper Bowl XLVII Champion, Ed Reed was drafted 24th overall by the Baltimore Ravens.
In the explanations below,(D) denotes trades that took place during the draft, while(PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.
Round one
^#6: Dallas → Kansas City (D). Dallas traded this choice to Kansas City for Kansas City's first- (#8), third- (#75) and 2003 sixth-round (#186) draft choices.[source 1]
^#14: Tennessee → New York Giants (D). Tennessee traded this selection to the New York Giants for New Yorks's first- (#15) and fourth-round (#110) draft choices.[source 2]
^No. 20: Seattle → Green Bay (D).Seattle traded its first- and fifth- round selections (20th and 156th) toGreen Bay in exchange for Green Bay's first- and second-round selections (28th and 60th)
^#21: multiple trades: #21: Tampa Bay → Oakland (PD).Tampa Bay traded its first- and second-round selections (21st and 53rd) and first-round selection (31st) in2003 and second-round selection (45th) in2004 toOakland as compensation for signing Raiders' head coachJon Gruden. #21: Oakland → Washington (D). see#18: Washington → Oakland[source 2] #21: Washington → New England (D)Washington traded this first-round selection toNew England in exchange for New England's first-, third- and seventh-round selections (32nd, 96th and 234th).
^No. 25: Miami → New Orleans (PD).Miami traded its first- and fourth- round selections (25th and 125th) and first-round selection (18th) in2003 toNew Orleans in exchange for RBRicky Williams and New Orleans' fourth-round selection (114th).
^No. 48: Atlanta → San Diego (PD).Atlanta traded its second-round selection (48th) and first- and third-round selections (5th and 67th) in2001 toSan Diego in exchange for San Diego's first-round selection (1st) in2001
^No. 52: Washington → Baltimore (D).Washington traded its second- and third-round selections (52nd and 96th) toBaltimore in exchange for Baltimore's second-, third- and fifth round selections (56th, 87th and 159th)
^No. 59: Miami → Philadelphia (D).Miami traded its second-round selection (59th) toPhiladelphia in exchange for Philadelphia's third- and sixth round selections (88th and 187th)
^No. 61: San Francisco → Buffalo (D).San Francisco traded its second-round selection (61st) toBuffalo in exchange for Buffalo's third- and fourth round selections (69th and 102nd)
^No. 63: Chicago → Dallas (D).Chicago traded its second- and fourth-round selections (63rd and 129th) toDallas in exchange for Dallas' third-, fourth- and fifth-round selections (72nd, 104th and 140th)
^No. 67: Carolina → Cincinnati (D).Carolina traded its third-round selection (67th) toCincinnati in exchange for Cincinnati's third- and fifth-round selections (73rd and 145th)
^No. 73: Carolina → Cincinnati (D).Carolina traded its third-round selection (73rd) toCincinnati in exchange for Cincinnati's third- and fifth-round selections (73r and 145th)
^No. 76: Jacksonville → Cleveland (D).Jacksonville traded its third-round selection (76th) toCleveland in exchange for Cleveland's third-round selection (79th) and LBWali Rainer
^No. 79: multiple trades: No. 79: Cleveland → Jacksonville (D).seeNo. 76: Jacksonville → Cleveland. No. 79: Jacksonville → Washington (D).Jacksonville traded this third-round selection (79th) toWashington in exchange for Washington's third- and fourth-round selections (89th and 118th).
^No. 84: multiple trades: No. 84: Washington → Kansas City (PD).Kansas City received Washington's third-round selection (84th) and third-round selection (77th) in2001 as compensation for Washington hiring former Chiefs' head coachMarty Schottenheimer. No. 84: Kansas City → St. Louis (D).St. Louis received this third-round selection and Kansas City's second-round selection (42nd) in2001 as compensation for Kansas City hiring former Rams' head coachDick Vermeil.
^No. 96: multiple trades: No. 96: New England → Washington (D). seeNo. 32: New England → Washington. No. 96: Washington → Baltimore (D) seeNo. 52: Washington → Baltimore. No. 96: Baltimore → Denver (D)Baltimore traded this third-round selection toDenver in exchange for Denver's fourth- and fifth-round selections (112th and 155th).
^No. 116: Houston → Atlanta (D).Houston traded its fourth-round selection (116th) toAtlanta in exchange for Atlanta's third-round selection (88th) in2003.
^No. 117: Denver → New England (D).Denver traded its fourth-round selection (117th) toNew England in exchange for New England's third- and fourth-round selections (131st and 144th).
^No. 122: Oakland → Cleveland (D).Oakland traded its fourth-round selection (122nd) toCleveland in exchange for Cleveland's fourth- and fifth-round selections (147th and 189th).
^No. 144: multiple trades: No. 144: Jacksonville → New England (PD).Jacksonville traded its fifth-round selection (144th) toNew England in exchange for New England's sixth-round selection (170th) in2001. No. 144: New England → Denver (D) seeNo. 117: Denver → New England.
^No. 154: Washington → NY Jets (PD).Washington traded its fifth-round selection (154th) toN.Y. Jets in exchange for GDavid Loverne and the Jets' fifth-round selection (160th).
^No. 168: New England → Dallas (D).New England traded its fifth-round selection (168th) toDallas in exchange for Dallas' seventh-round selection (237th) and fifth-round selection (168th) in2003.
^No. 183: multiple trades: No. 183: Kansas City → St. Louis (PD).Kansas City traded its sixth-round selection (183rd) toSt. Louis in exchange for RB James Lewis. No. 183: St. Louis → Indianapolis (PD)St. Louis traded this sixth-round selection (183rd) toIndianapolis in exchange for WRTerrence Wilkins.
^No. 199: Miami → Chicago (PD).Miami traded its sixth-round selection (199th) and sixth-round selection (191st) in2003 toChicago in exchange for QBCade McNown and Chicago's seventh-round selection (241st).
^No. 204: St. Louis → Indianapolis (PD).St. Louis traded its sixth-round selection (204th) toIndianapolis in exchange for PJohn Baker.
^No. 205: New England → St. Louis (PD).New England traded its sixth-round selection (205th) toSt. Louis in exchange for WRDane Looker.
^No. 212: Houston → Pittsburgh (PD).Pittsburgh received Houston's seventh-round selection (212th) as compensation forHouston signing Steelers' restrictive free agent KKris Brown
^No. 217: Dallas → Atlanta (PD).Dallas traded its seventh-round selection (217th) toAtlanta in exchange for TEOJ Santiago.
^No. 228: Atlanta → Denver (PD).Atlanta traded its seventh-round selection (228th) toDenver in exchange for LBHenri Crockett.
^No. 234: multiple trades: No. 234: N.Y. Jets → New England (PD).New England traded its first-round selection (16th) in2000 and fourth- and seventh-round selections (101st and 206th) in2001 but received back from the Jets their fifth-round selection (149th) in 2001 and this seventh-round selection (234th). No. 234: New England → Washington (PD) seeNo. 32: New England → Washington.
^No. 237: multiple trades: No. 237: Miami → Dallas (PD).Miami traded its seventh-round selection (237th) toDallas in exchange for WRJeff Ogden. No. 237: Dallas → New England (PD) seeNo. 140: New England → Dallas.