Editing 2004 NFL draft (section)

{{short description|69th annual meeting of National Football League franchises to select newly eligible players}}
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{{Infobox sports draft
| name          = 2004 NFL draft
| logo          = 
| logosize      = 
| logoalt       = 
| image         = 2004nfldraft.png
| imagesize     = 
| alt           = 2004 NFL draft logo
| caption       = 
| date          = April 24–25, 2004
| time          = 
| location      = [[The Theater at Madison Square Garden|Theater at MSG]]<br/>in New York City
| network       = [[ESPN]], [[ESPN2]]
| sponsor       = 
| league        = [[National Football League|NFL]]
| mr_irrelevant = [[Andre Sommersell]], LB<br/>[[2004 Oakland Raiders season|Oakland Raiders]]
| first         = [[Eli Manning]], QB<br/>[[2004 San Diego Chargers season|San Diego Chargers]]
| first_round   =
| fewnum        = 4
| fewest        = [[2004 Washington Redskins season|Washington Redskins]]
| mostnum       = 13
| most          = [[2004 Tennessee Titans season|Tennessee Titans]]
| overall       = 255
| rounds        = 7
| hofnum        = {{ Collapsible list
| title = 1
| 1 = DE [[Jared Allen]]
}}
| prev          = [[2003 NFL draft|2003]]
| next          = [[2005 NFL draft|2005]]
}}
The '''2004 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 [[NFL draft|draft]] was held from April 24–25, [[2004 NFL season|2004]], at [[the Theater at Madison Square Garden]] in New York City.<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/draft/story/7255796 Facts & Figures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060519081401/http://www.nfl.com/draft/story/7255796 |date=May 19, 2006 }}.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.footballgeography.com/nfl-draft-sites/ |title=NFL Draft Locations |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=October 2, 2014 |website=FootballGeography.com |access-date=October 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905090250/http://www.footballgeography.com/nfl-draft-sites/ |archive-date=September 5, 2015 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Salomone |first1=Dan |title=NFL Draft headed to Chicago in 2015 |url=http://www.giants.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/NFL-Draft-headed-to-Chicago-in-2015/3ac322b1-3b4c-4a16-aba7-6e08d31b1756 |access-date=June 3, 2015 |publisher=[[New York Giants]] |work=Giants.com |date=October 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930065327/http://www.giants.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/NFL-Draft-headed-to-Chicago-in-2015/3ac322b1-3b4c-4a16-aba7-6e08d31b1756 |archive-date=September 30, 2015 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> No teams chose to claim any players in the [[NFL draft#Supplemental draft|supplemental draft]] that year.

The draft was shown on [[ESPN]] both days and eventually moved to [[ESPN2]] both days. The draft began with the [[San Diego Chargers]] selecting [[Ole Miss Rebels football|Mississippi]] quarterback [[Eli Manning]] with the first overall selection. Due to his refusal to play for the Chargers, Manning was later traded to the [[New York Giants]] for the fourth overall pick [[Philip Rivers]] of [[North Carolina State Wolfpack football|NC State]]. There were 32 compensatory selections distributed among 16 teams, with the [[Philadelphia Eagles|Eagles]], [[St. Louis Rams|Rams]], and [[New York Jets|Jets]] each receiving 4 compensatory picks.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20040402121228/http://www.nfl.com/news/story/7217186 NFL gives 32 compensatory draft choices]}}. March 29, 2004. URL Accessed June 24, 2006.</ref> Seven [[wide receiver]]s were selected in the first round, a draft record later tied in [[2024 NFL draft|2024]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Breech |first1=John |title=2024 NFL Draft sets multiple records in first round: Historic night for QBs, plus the Raiders make a rare move |url=https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/2024-nfl-draft-sets-multiple-records-in-first-round-historic-night-for-qbs-plus-the-raiders-make-a-rare-move/ |website=CBS Sports |access-date=May 7, 2024 |date=April 26, 2024}}</ref> Another record set by the draft was the most trades in the first round, with twenty-eight trades. The [[University of Miami]] set an NFL record for the most first rounders drafted with six, which would be tied by [[University of Alabama|Alabama]] in [[2021 NFL draft|2021]]. Ohio State set an NFL draft record having 14 total players selected through all rounds. It was the first draft to have produced two quarterbacks who each won multiple Super Bowls, with [[Ben Roethlisberger]] winning his second in [[Super Bowl XLIII|2008]] and [[Eli Manning]] his second in [[Super Bowl XLVI|2011]].

The 255 players chosen in the draft were composed of:

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* 48 [[defensive back]]s
* 32 [[wide receiver]]s
* 28 [[linebacker]]s
* 26 [[offensive tackle]]s
* 24 [[defensive end]]s
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* 22 [[defensive tackle]]s
* 17 [[quarterback]]s
* 16 [[tight end]]s
* 14 [[running back]]s
* 9 [[Center (American football)|center]]s
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* 8 [[Guard (American football)|guard]]s
* 4 [[fullback (American football)|fullback]]s
* 3 [[Placekicker|kicker]]s
* 3 [[punter (football position)|punter]]s
* 1 [[nose tackle]]
|}
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