The Greatest Top 5 Picks in Draft History! | NFL Vault Stories

Elliot Harrison spotlights the 1989 NFL draft, which featured four hall of fame players in the first five picks!

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[DallasfanTen]

Man, there will be no other player like Barry Sanders. It was a pleasure to witness.

[SPTO]

At least Mandarich atoned for his roided out bust designation by having a couple really nice years in Indy in the mid '90s.

[calebelio]

Entering the NFL Draft in 1989, if I told you that 4 of the first 5 picks would be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, you would think Tony Mandarich would be one of those players!

[johnshannon]

Barry Sanders was the best thing I ever saw in the NFL . . .

[jaylucien]

I was at that Cowboys eagles game. Tom Landry's last game. I remember him walking off the field for the last time.

[johnmayes]

Can you imagine Favre and Barry sanders on the same team

[jcdova]

You can make a dynasty out of that year’s draft.

[GerritCoulter]

YES! I always talk about this to my friends as the greatest draft in history.

[jesusrios]

Barry Sanders. Best runner period. GOAT by miles.

[jeremyc]

Deion was so good, it was kind of unfair.

[Benniator]

The '83 draft needs to be mentioned alongside '89 as the best drafts in recent memory. '83 has 8 HOF'ers (John Elway, Eric Dickerson, Jim Covert, Bruce Matthews, Jim Kelly, Dan Marino, Darrell Green, and Richard Dent) to the '89 draft's 5 (Troy Aikman, Barry Sanders, Derrick Thomas, Deion Sanders, and Steve Atwater).

[ericmaclin]

I got to see Barry Sanders my freshman year at Kansas State run over my Wildcats.

[PCCphoenix]

5:00--Deion Sanders muffs the punt, almost gets tackled for negative return yards...TWICE...and STILL scores a touchdown!

[wholesomecomment]

Am I the only one that thinks Andre Rison, Eric Metcalf, Mark Stepnoski, or perhaps even Steve Wisniewski honestly be inducted into the Hall of Fame?

[maverickd]

Derrick Thomas was only 7 sacks away from passing LT. If Thomas wouldn’t have died, he would have crushed LT in sacks. RIP legend

[Larry-qzes]

If there was anyone that broke ankles in the NFL, Barry Sanders, was the best pure runner and as a Cowboy fan, he has my respect

[raymondsolisjr.]

I remember it like yesterday. Some fans in Dallas wanted Steve Walsh at qb

[sammiemichelle]

If you were to watch that final Cowboys game of 1988, it would be hard to believe that they didn't purposely throw that game to get the first pick.

[noelcook]

Can you imagine if Troy did not transfer to ucla he would not been drafted by Dallas in 1989

[steelhere]

I'm just happy to see a Dallas Cowboys player (Troy Aikman) in the top 5 picks in NFL Draft history.