The GREATEST Draft In NFL History (1983)

A look back at the 1983 NFL draft, which would go down as the greatest in NFL history.

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[shifty]

Darrell Green is such a beast. Starting cornerback at 42. Still fastest man on the team when he was over 40. (Deion Sanders and Champ Bailey were on that team. ) 83 was a great year for me. Green is drafted, Redskins win superbowl and Orioles win World series.

[lomax]

4:57 "Dickerson is arguably the greatest no 2 selection ever."

Well I'd argue quite strongly in favour of Lawrence Taylor.

[zoeledwards]

There was also some who also had great careers in the 1983 nfl draft like Roger Craig, Henry Ellard, Gary Anderson, Darryl Talley(Jim Kelly teammate), and Curt Warner.

[rapid]

Chargers v Dolphins is one of my favorite games to rewatch every so often. Fouts and Marino just put on a clinic all game. So much fun! I remember watching it live on TV.

[darrencleman]

Eric was an amazing talent.I still remember how effortless his stride seemed. He was a time bomb in every game exploding for at least one run over 50+ for a touchdown. He was one of kind.

[bonzobonanza]

Funny how next year (1984), we also got the greatest draft in NBA history

[markko]

What they've left out in the Elway story is that the Colts' head coach Frank Kush had done everything he could to destroy Jack Elway, John's father, career when they were both college coaches. Elway said at the time, his decision had nothing to do with Baltimore the city or the people but had everything to do with who was the Colts' coach.

[doc-dikc]

how could I not remember this draft class my first year in high school the best time for music and styles and good TV shows wow where did the time go!!!

[Sammytwo]

Dan Marino had the quickest release ever. He wasn't sacked much because of it. He never won a Super bowl, but came close.

[richardbarry]

I remember watching Washington State play Stanford when Elway played there. WSU scored with not too much time left in the game (under two minutes) and I remember thinking Elway is going to lead them down to win the game to win. Which he did. Broke my heart and I was glad we never had to face him again!! The guy was a great QB and I am glad he had the success he did in Denver and in life.

[Joseph-lzer]

The 1989 draft class is right up there as well. Although not a QB-driven draft, they still had Aikman, Barry Sanders, Derrick Thomas, Deion Sanders, and Steve Atwater. All Hall of Famers. Plus, additional star players like Andre Rison, Daryl Johnston, Carnell Lake, and Steve Wisniewski 8X pro bowler.

[jpmnky]

Crazy the first two picks and last two picks of the first round were first ballot HOFers.

[wadevandort]

1982 draft was pretty deep. Patriots picked linebacker Andre Tippett in the 2nd round for example and the Steelers picked linebacker Mike Merriweather in the 3rd round.

[debbaedke]

I remember falling in love with Elway after this draft. This is the year I really started paying attention to football on Sundays.

[STEPHEN]

Darrell Green til this day is my mom's favorite NFL Player of all time. We live in Virginia. Washington is our team.

[ADOTlied]

Thats the year i got married, in August and im still going strong with my foreign wife 41 years later, 83 was a great year.

[corey]

I know hes not john elway, but chris hinton was a stud left tackle, he went to 7 pro bowls and got a 1st team all pro

[ThesKidRox]

Darryl Green was the final pick in round 1. Thats because the Redskins had won the super bowl the year before and then won 2 more with him. Joe Gibbs' Redskins was a legacy team.

[knanapapa]

I remember watching Marinos first NFL game, it was obvious in that game that he was going to be great.

[huggeebear]

Just wanted to give props to the visual design team. Great execution of 2.5D graphics and transitions. And to the research team for their meticulous research. It's a great channel, I just wish we could put faces to the team.