The 1989 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 23–24, 1989, at the Marriott Marquis in New York City, New York.^[1][2] The league also held a supplemental draft after the regular draft and before the regular season.

Four of the first five players selected in the draft – quarterback Troy Aikman, running back Barry Sanders, linebacker Derrick Thomas, and cornerback Deion Sanders – would be inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.^[3] Tackle Tony Mandarich, the only top five pick not inducted, is considered a draft bust.^[4]

The 1989 NFL Draft also helped set a major precedent, as Barry Sanders was selected with the third overall pick despite an NFL rule stating that collegiate juniors could not declare for the draft.^[5] Since Barry Sanders was selected as a junior, it has become an expectation for top college players to declare for the draft after their junior season; the rule disallowing collegiate juniors in the NFL draft was lifted by the next draft. Sanders, the 1988 Heisman Trophy winner, was allowed to declare early when Oklahoma State was found guilty of numerous major NCAA rule violations and placed on five years' probation in January 1989.

Another precedent the draft helped set was how players were invited to the actual draft room. First overall Aikman selection was represented by Leigh Steinberg, who went with his client to the draft finding he was the only player there. As years followed, more players began getting invited to the draft.^[6]

Player selections

Round one-six

	Rnd.	Pick No.	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
	1	1	Dallas Cowboys	Troy Aikman†	QB	UCLA	Pac-10
	1	2	Green Bay Packers	Tony Mandarich	T	Michigan State	Big Ten
	1	3	Detroit Lions	Barry Sanders†	RB	Oklahoma State	Big Eight	1988 Heisman Trophy winner[9] [10]
	1	4	Kansas City Chiefs	Derrick Thomas†	LB	Alabama	SEC
	1	5	Atlanta Falcons	Deion Sanders†	CB	Florida State	Ind. (I-A)
	1	6	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Broderick Thomas	LB	Nebraska	Big Eight
	1	7	Pittsburgh Steelers	Tim Worley	RB	Georgia	SEC
	1	8	San Diego Chargers	Burt Grossman	DE	Pittsburgh	Ind. (I-A)
	1	9	Miami Dolphins	Sammie Smith	RB	Florida State	Ind. (I-A)
	1	10	Phoenix Cardinals	Eric Hill	LB	LSU	SEC
	1	11	Chicago Bears	Donnell Woolford †	CB	Clemson	ACC	from L. A. Raiders
	1	12	Chicago Bears	Trace Armstrong †	DE	Florida	SEC	from Washington
	1	13	Cleveland Browns	Eric Metcalf †	WR	Texas	SWC	from Denver
	1	14	New York Jets	Jeff Lageman	DE	Virginia	ACC
	1	15	Seattle Seahawks	Andy Heck	T	Notre Dame	Ind. (I-A)	from Indianapolis
	1	16	New England Patriots	Hart Lee Dykes	WR	Oklahoma State	Big Eight
	1	17	Phoenix Cardinals	Joe Wolf	OG	Boston College	Ind. (I-A)	from Seattle
	1	18	New York Giants	Brian Williams	C	Minnesota	Big Ten
	1	19	New Orleans Saints	Wayne Martin †	DE	Arkansas	SWC
	1	20	Denver Broncos	Steve Atwater†	S	Arkansas	SWC	from Cleveland
	1	21	Los Angeles Rams	Bill Hawkins	DE	Miami (FL)	Ind. (I-A)
	1	22	Indianapolis Colts	Andre Rison †	WR	Michigan State	Big Ten	from Philadelphia
	1	23	Houston Oilers	David Williams	T	Florida	SEC
	1	24	Pittsburgh Steelers	Tom Ricketts	T	Pittsburgh	Ind. (I-A)	from Minnesota
	1	25	Miami Dolphins	Louis Oliver	S	Florida	SEC	from Chicago
	1	26	Los Angeles Rams	Cleveland Gary	RB	Miami (FL)	Ind. (I-A)	from Buffalo
	1	27	Atlanta Falcons	Shawn Collins	WR	Northern Arizona	Big Sky	from Cincinnati
	1	28	San Francisco 49ers	Keith DeLong	LB	Tennessee	SEC
	2	29	Dallas Cowboys	Steve Wisniewski †	OG	Penn State	Ind. (I-A)
	2	30	Detroit Lions	John Ford	WR	Virginia	ACC
	2	31	Cleveland Browns	Lawyer Tillman	WR	Auburn	SEC	from Green Bay
	2	32	Kansas City Chiefs	Mike Elkins	QB	Wake Forest	ACC
	2	33	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Danny Peebles	WR	NC State	ACC
	2	34	Pittsburgh Steelers	Carnell Lake †	S	UCLA	Pac-10
	2	35	Cincinnati Bengals	Eric Ball	RB	UCLA	Pac-10	from Atlanta
	2	36	Chicago Bears	John Roper	LB	Texas A&M	SWC	from Miami
	2	37	San Diego Chargers	Courtney Hall	C	Rice	SWC
	2	38	Atlanta Falcons	Ralph Norwood	T	LSU	SEC
	2	39	Dallas Cowboys	Daryl Johnston †	FB	Syracuse	Ind. (I-A)	from Washington via L. A. Raiders
	2	40	Phoenix Cardinals	Walter Reeves	TE	Auburn	SEC
	2	41	Denver Broncos	Doug Widell	OG	Boston College	Ind. (I-A)
	2	42	New York Jets	Dennis Byrd	DE	Tulsa	Ind. (I-A)
	2	43	New England Patriots	Eric Coleman	CB	Wyoming	WAC
	2	44	Seattle Seahawks	Joe Tofflemire	C	Arizona	Pac-10
	2	45	Los Angeles Rams	Frank Stams	LB	Notre Dame	Ind. (I-A)
	2	46	New Orleans Saints	Robert Massey †	CB	North Carolina Central	CIAA
	2	47	Denver Broncos	Warren Powers	DE	Maryland	ACC
	2	48	Los Angeles Rams	Brian Smith	LB	Auburn	SEC
	2	49	Philadelphia Eagles	Jessie Small	LB	Eastern Kentucky	OVC
	2	50	Houston Oilers	Scott Kozak	LB	Oregon	Pac-10
	2	51	San Diego Chargers	Billy Joe Tolliver	QB	Texas Tech	SWC
	2	52	Minnesota Vikings	David Braxton	LB	Wake Forest	ACC
	2	53	Los Angeles Rams	Darryl Henley	CB	UCLA	Pac-10	from Buffalo
	2	54	Chicago Bears	Dave Zawatson	OG	California	Pac-10
	2	55	Cincinnati Bengals	Fred Childress	OG	Arkansas	SWC
	2	56	San Francisco 49ers	Wesley Walls †	TE	Ole Miss	SEC
	3	57	Dallas Cowboys	Mark Stepnoski †	C	Pittsburgh	Ind. (I-A)
	3	58	Green Bay Packers	Mark Brock	DE	Oregon	Pac-10
	3	59	Detroit Lions	Mike Utley	OG	Washington State	Pac-10
	3	60	Kansas City Chiefs	Naz Worthen	WR	NC State	ACC
	3	61	Pittsburgh Steelers	Derek Hill	WR	Arizona	Pac-10
	3	62	Atlanta Falcons	Keith Jones	RB	Illinois	Big Ten
	3	63	New England Patriots	Marv Cook †	TE	Iowa	Big Ten
	3	64	New York Giants	Bob Kratch	OG	Iowa	Big Ten
	3	65	Chicago Bears	Jerry Fontenot	OG	Texas A&M	SWC
	3	66	Washington Redskins	Tracy Rocker	DT	Auburn	SEC
	3	67	Phoenix Cardinals	Mike Zandofsky	OG	Washington	Pac-10
	3	68	Dallas Cowboys	Rhondy Weston	DE	Florida	SEC
	3	69	Denver Broncos	Darrell Hamilton	T	North Carolina	ACC
	3	70	New York Jets	Joe Mott	LB	Iowa	Big Ten
	3	71	Seattle Seahawks	Elroy Harris	RB	Eastern Kentucky	OVC
	3	72	Indianapolis Colts	Mitchell Benson	DT	TCU	SWC
	3	73	New England Patriots	Chris Gannon	DE	Southwestern Louisiana	Ind. (I-A)
	3	74	Green Bay Packers	Anthony Dilweg	QB	Duke	ACC
	3	75	Los Angeles Rams	Kevin Robbins	T	Michigan State	Big Ten
	3	76	Philadelphia Eagles	Robert Drummond	RB	Syracuse	Ind. (I-A)
	3	77	Houston Oilers	Bubba McDowell	S	Miami (FL)	Ind. (I-A)
	3	78	New York Giants	Greg Jackson	S	LSU	SEC
	3	79	New Orleans Saints	Kim Phillips	CB	North Texas	Southland
	3	80	Minnesota Vikings	John Hunter	T	BYU	WAC
	3	81	Philadelphia Eagles	Britt Hager	LB	Texas	SWC
	3	82	Buffalo Bills	Don Beebe	WR	Chadron State	Ind. (NAIA)
	3	83	Cincinnati Bengals	Erik Wilhelm	QB	Oregon State	Pac-10
	3	84	San Francisco 49ers	Keith Henderson	RB	Georgia	SEC
	4	85	Dallas Cowboys	Tony Tolbert †	DE	UTEP	WAC
	4	86	Detroit Lions	Ray Crockett	CB	Baylor	SWC
	4	87	Green Bay Packers	Jeff Graham	QB	Long Beach State	Big West
	4	88	Kansas City Chiefs	Stan Petry	DB	TCU	SWC
	4	89	Cincinnati Bengals	Owens, KerryKerry Owens	LB	Arkansas	SWC
	4	90	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Anthony Florence	DB	Bethune–Cookman	MEAC
	4	91	Pittsburgh Steelers	Jerrol Williams	LB	Purdue	Big Ten
	4	92	Miami Dolphins	Holmes, DavidDavid Holmes	DB	Syracuse	Ind. (I-A)
	4	93	New York Giants	Lewis Tillman	RB	Jackson State	SWAC
	4	94	Phoenix Cardinals	Jim Wahler	DT	UCLA	Pac-10
	4	95	Chicago Bears	Markus Paul	DB	Syracuse	Ind. (I-A)
	4	96	New England Patriots	Maurice Hurst	CB	Southern	SWAC
	4	97	Denver Broncos	Jake McCullough	DE	Clemson	ACC
	4	98	New York Jets	Ron Stallworth	DE	Auburn	SEC
	4	99	Indianapolis Colts	Pat Tomberlin	OG	Florida State	Ind. (I-A)
	4	100	New England Patriots	Michael Timpson	WR	Penn State	Ind. (I-A)
	4	101	Seattle Seahawks	Travis McNeal	TE	Chattanooga	SoCon
	4	102	Los Angeles Rams	Jeff Carlson	QB	Weber State	Big Sky
	4	103	Seattle Seahawks	Henry, JamesJames Henry	DB	Southern Miss	Ind. (I-A)
	4	104	Houston Oilers	Rod Harris	WR	Texas A&M	SWC
	4	105	New York Giants	Brad Henke	DT	Arizona	Pac-10
	4	106	New Orleans Saints	Michael Mayes	DB	LSU	SEC
	4	107	Cleveland Browns	Andrew Stewart	DE	Cincinnati	Ind. (I-A)
	4	108	Minnesota Vikings	Darryl Ingram	TE	California	Pac-10
	4	109	Buffalo Bills	Kolesar, JohnJohn Kolesar	WR	Michigan	Big Ten
	4	110	Washington Redskins	Erik Affholter	WR	USC	Pac-10
	4	111	Cincinnati Bengals	Woods, RobRob Woods	T	Arizona	Pac-10
	4	112	San Francisco 49ers	Mike Barber	WR	Marshall	SoCon
	5	113	Dallas Cowboys	Keith Jennings	TE	Clemson	ACC
	5	114	Cleveland Browns	Kyle Kramer	DB	Bowling Green State	MAC
	5	115	Detroit Lions	Lawrence Pete	DT	Nebraska	Big Eight
	5	116	Cleveland Browns	Vernon Jones	WR	Maryland	ACC
	5	117	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Jamie Lawson	RB	Nicholls State	Ind. (I-AA)
	5	118	Pittsburgh Steelers	David Arnold	DB	Michigan	Big Ten
	5	119	Dallas Cowboys	Willis Crockett	LB	Georgia Tech	ACC
	5	120	San Diego Chargers	Elliot Smith	DB	Alcorn State	SWAC
	5	121	Miami Dolphins	Jeff Uhlenhake	C	Ohio State	Big Ten
	5	122	San Francisco 49ers	Johnnie Jackson	CB	Houston	SWC
	5	123	San Francisco 49ers	Richard Tardits	LB	Georgia	SEC
	5	124	Green Bay Packers	Jeff Query	WR	Millikin	CCIW
	5	125	Dallas Cowboys	Jeff Roth	DT	Florida	SEC
	5	126	New York Jets	Tony Martin †	WR	Mesa State	RMAC
	5	127	Green Bay Packers	Vince Workman	WR	Ohio State	Big Ten
	5	128	Phoenix Cardinals	Edeen, DavidDavid Edeen	DE	Wyoming	WAC
	5	129	Washington Redskins	Smiley, TimTim Smiley	DB	Arkansas State	Ind. (I-AA)
	5	130	Chicago Bears	Mark Green	RB	Notre Dame	Ind. (I-A)
	5	131	Houston Oilers	Glenn Montgomery	DT	Houston	SWC
	5	132	New York Giants	Dave Meggett †	RB	Towson	Ind. (I-AA)
	5	133	New Orleans Saints	Kevin Haverdink	T	Western Michigan	MAC
	5	134	Denver Broncos	Darren Carrington	S	Northern Arizona	Big Sky
	5	135	Los Angeles Rams	Alfred Jackson	WR	San Diego State	WAC
	5	136	Chicago Bears	Gilbert, GregGreg Gilbert	LB	Alabama	SEC
	5	137	Buffalo Bills	Andrews, MichaelMichael Andrews	DB	Alcorn State	SWAC
	5	138	Cincinnati Bengals	Natu Tuatagaloa	DT	California	Pac-10
	5	139	Washington Redskins	Lybrant Robinson	DE	Delaware State	MEAC
	6	140	Los Angeles Raiders	Jeff Francis	QB	Tennessee	SEC
	6	141	Detroit Lions	Rodney Peete	QB	USC	Pac-10
	6	142	Green Bay Packers	Chris Jacke †	K	UTEP	WAC
	6	143	Kansas City Chiefs	Robb Thomas	WR	Oregon State	Pac-10
	6	144	Pittsburgh Steelers	Mark Stock	WR	VMI	SoCon
	6	145	Atlanta Falcons	Troy Sadowski	TE	Georgia	SEC
	6	146	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Chris Mohr	P	Alabama	SEC
	6	147	Miami Dolphins	Wes Pritchett	LB	Notre Dame	Ind. (I-A)
	6	148	Los Angeles Rams	Thom Kaumeyer	DB	Oregon	Pac-10
	6	149	Washington Redskins	A. J. Johnson	CB	Southwest Texas State	Southland
	6	150	Phoenix Cardinals	Jay Taylor	DB	San Jose State	Big West
	6	151	New York Jets	Marvin Washington	DE	Idaho	Big Sky
	6	152	Denver Broncos	Stafford, AnthonyAnthony Stafford	WR	Oklahoma	Big Eight
	6	153	New York Jets	Titus Dixon	WR	Troy State	Gulf South
	6	154	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Little, DerrickDerrick Little	LB	South Carolina	Ind. (I-A)
	6	155	Indianapolis Colts	Quintus McDonald	LB	Penn State	Ind. (I-A)
	6	156	Los Angeles Raiders	Doug Lloyd	RB	North Dakota State	NCC
	6	157	Houston Oilers	Bo Orlando	DB	West Virginia	Ind. (I-A)
	6	158	New York Giants	Howard Cross	TE	Alabama	SEC
	6	159	New Orleans Saints	Floyd Turner	WR	Northwestern State	Southland
	6	160	Cleveland Browns	Wilkerson, GaryGary Wilkerson	DB	Penn State	Ind. (I-A)
	6	161	Los Angeles Rams	Mark Messner	LB	Michigan	Big Ten
	6	162	Philadelphia Eagles	Heath Sherman	RB	Texas A&M–Kingsville	LSC
	6	163	Minnesota Vikings	Jeff Mickel	T	Eastern Washington	Big Sky
	6	164	Buffalo Bills	Sean Doctor	TE	Marshall	SoCon
	6	165	New England Patriots	Mitchell, EricEric Mitchell	RB	Oklahoma	Big Eight
	6	166	Cincinnati Bengals	Craig Taylor	RB	West Virginia	Ind. (I-A)
	6	167	San Francisco 49ers	Steve Hendrickson	LB	California	Pac-10

Round seven

Round eight

Round nine

Round ten

Round eleven

Round twelve

Supplemental draft

• The supplemental draft was held on Friday, July 7.^[12][13]

Hall of Famers

• Barry Sanders, running back from Oklahoma State, taken third overall by Detroit Lions. 1988 Heisman Trophy winner.

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 2004^[14]

• Troy Aikman, quarterback from UCLA, taken first overall by Dallas Cowboys.

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 2006^[15]

• Derrick Thomas, linebacker from Alabama, taken fourth overall by Kansas City Chiefs.

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 2009 (posthumous)^[16]

• Deion Sanders, cornerback from Florida State, taken fifth overall by Atlanta Falcons.

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 2011^[17]

• Steve Atwater, safety from Arkansas, taken twentieth overall by Denver Broncos.

Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 2020

Notable undrafted players