{
  "generated_at": "2026-09-25T16:39:33.803531+00:00",
  "tree": {
    "id": "hw-1989",
    "name": "Herschel Walker (1989)",
    "root_trade_id": "hw-t1",
    "featured": true,
    "blurb": "The 1989 Herschel Walker trade: Minnesota acquired Walker for five players and eight conditional picks; Dallas parlayed the picks into Emmitt Smith, Russell Maryland, Darren Woodson, Kevin Smith and others, building a 1990s dynasty."
  },
  "trades": [
    {
      "id": "hw-t1",
      "date": "1989-10-12",
      "season": 1989,
      "teams": [
        "DAL",
        "MIN",
        "SD"
      ],
      "legs": [
        {
          "team": "DAL",
          "sent": [
            "hw-pick-1990-r10-DAL",
            "hw-pick-1990-r3-DAL",
            "hw-pick-1991-r3-DAL",
            "hw-player-walker"
          ],
          "received": [
            "hw-pick-1990-r1-MIN",
            "hw-pick-1990-r2-MIN",
            "hw-pick-1990-r6-MIN",
            "hw-pick-1991-r1-MIN",
            "hw-pick-1991-r2-MIN",
            "hw-pick-1992-r1-MIN",
            "hw-pick-1992-r2-MIN",
            "hw-pick-1992-r3-MIN",
            "hw-player-holt",
            "hw-player-howard",
            "hw-player-solomon",
            "hw-player-stewart"
          ]
        },
        {
          "team": "MIN",
          "sent": [
            "hw-pick-1990-r1-MIN",
            "hw-pick-1990-r2-MIN",
            "hw-pick-1990-r6-MIN",
            "hw-pick-1991-r1-MIN",
            "hw-pick-1991-r2-MIN",
            "hw-pick-1992-r1-MIN",
            "hw-pick-1992-r2-MIN",
            "hw-pick-1992-r3-MIN",
            "hw-player-holt",
            "hw-player-howard",
            "hw-player-nelson",
            "hw-player-solomon",
            "hw-player-stewart"
          ],
          "received": [
            "hw-pick-1990-r10-DAL",
            "hw-pick-1990-r3-DAL",
            "hw-pick-1990-r5-SD",
            "hw-pick-1991-r3-DAL",
            "hw-player-walker"
          ]
        },
        {
          "team": "SD",
          "sent": [
            "hw-pick-1990-r5-SD"
          ],
          "received": [
            "hw-player-nelson"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "notes": "Root trade (agreement date 1989-10-12; Pro Football Reference lists 1989-10-13). Minnesota acquires Herschel Walker plus Dallas's 1990 3rd (#54 Mike Jones), San Diego's 1990 5th (#116 Reggie Thornton), Dallas's 1990 10th (#249 Pat Newman) and Dallas's 1991 3rd (#68 Jake Reed). Dallas acquires Jesse Solomon, David Howard, Issiac Holt, Alex Stewart and eight conditional Minnesota picks. San Diego acquires Darrin Nelson (who refused to report to Dallas) for its 1990 5th. The eight Minnesota picks were conditional; sources agree on the realized picks/outcomes but conflict over which conditional trigger produced which pick.",
      "sources": [
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_Walker_trade",
        "https://www.espn.ph/nfl/story/_/id/11659891/herschel-walker-trade-25th-anniversary-run-birthed-dallas-cowboys-dynasty",
        "https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2010/7/9/1561312/countdown-to-canton-emmitt-smiths"
      ],
      "summary": "On October 12, 1989, Dallas Cowboys sent a 1990 round-10-round pick (No. 249, became Pat Newman), a 1990 third-round pick (No. 54, became Mike Jones), a 1991 third-round pick (No. 68, became Jake Reed), and RB Herschel Walker; Minnesota Vikings sent a 1990 first-round pick (No. 21, became Eric Green), a 1990 second-round pick (No. 47, became Dennis Brown), a 1990 sixth-round pick (No. 158, became James Williams), a 1991 first-round pick (No. 11, became Pat Harlow), a 1991 second-round pick (No. 38, became Darryll Lewis), a 1992 first-round pick (No. 13, became Eugene Chung), a 1992 second-round pick (No. 40, became Matt Blundin), a 1992 third-round pick (No. 71, became Kevin Turner), CB Issiac Holt, LB David Howard, RB Darrin Nelson, LB Jesse Solomon, and DE Alex Stewart; SD sent a 1990 fifth-round pick (No. 116, became Reggie Thornton).",
      "truncated": false
    },
    {
      "id": "hw-t2",
      "date": "1990-04-19",
      "season": 1990,
      "teams": [
        "DAL",
        "SF"
      ],
      "legs": [
        {
          "team": "DAL",
          "sent": [
            "hw-pick-1990-r2-MIN",
            "hw-pick-1990-r3-UNK"
          ],
          "received": [
            "hw-pick-1990-r11-SF",
            "hw-pick-1990-r3-SF",
            "hw-player-flagler",
            "hw-player-stubbs"
          ]
        },
        {
          "team": "SF",
          "sent": [
            "hw-pick-1990-r11-SF",
            "hw-pick-1990-r3-SF",
            "hw-player-flagler",
            "hw-player-stubbs"
          ],
          "received": [
            "hw-pick-1990-r2-MIN",
            "hw-pick-1990-r3-UNK"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "notes": "Dallas sends Minnesota's 1990 2nd (#47 Dennis Brown, from the Walker trade) and a 1990 3rd (#68 Ron Lewis) to San Francisco for Terrence Flagler, Danny Stubbs, San Francisco's 1990 3rd (#81) and 1990 11th (#304).",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.ninersnation.com/2010/5/17/1475073/where-are-they-now-the-first-round",
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers_draft_history",
        "https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2010/7/9/1561312/countdown-to-canton-emmitt-smiths"
      ],
      "summary": "On April 19, 1990, Dallas Cowboys sent a 1990 second-round pick (No. 47, became Dennis Brown) and a 1990 third-round pick (No. 68, became Ron Lewis) to San Francisco 49ers for a 1990 round-11-round pick (No. 304, became Myron Jones), a 1990 third-round pick (No. 81, became Craig Veasey), RB Terrence Flagler, and DE Danny Stubbs.",
      "truncated": false
    },
    {
      "id": "hw-t3",
      "date": "1990-04-22",
      "season": 1990,
      "teams": [
        "DAL",
        "PIT"
      ],
      "legs": [
        {
          "team": "DAL",
          "sent": [
            "hw-pick-1990-r1-MIN",
            "hw-pick-1990-r3-SF"
          ],
          "received": [
            "hw-pick-1990-r1-PIT"
          ]
        },
        {
          "team": "PIT",
          "sent": [
            "hw-pick-1990-r1-PIT"
          ],
          "received": [
            "hw-pick-1990-r1-MIN",
            "hw-pick-1990-r3-SF"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "notes": "Draft day 1990: Dallas sends Minnesota's 1990 1st (#21 Eric Green, from the Walker trade) and San Francisco's 1990 3rd (#81 Craig Veasey, from the 1990-04-19 trade) to Pittsburgh for Pittsburgh's 1990 1st (#17 Emmitt Smith).",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2010/7/9/1561312/countdown-to-canton-emmitt-smiths"
      ],
      "summary": "On April 22, 1990, Dallas Cowboys sent a 1990 first-round pick (No. 21, became Eric Green) and a 1990 third-round pick (No. 81, became Craig Veasey) to Pittsburgh Steelers for a 1990 first-round pick (No. 17, became Emmitt Smith).",
      "truncated": false
    },
    {
      "id": "hw-t4",
      "date": "1990-09-03",
      "season": 1990,
      "teams": [
        "DAL",
        "HOU"
      ],
      "legs": [
        {
          "team": "DAL",
          "sent": [
            "hw-pick-1991-r2-MIN",
            "hw-pick-1992-r5-DAL"
          ],
          "received": [
            "hw-player-highsmith"
          ]
        },
        {
          "team": "HOU",
          "sent": [
            "hw-player-highsmith"
          ],
          "received": [
            "hw-pick-1991-r2-MIN",
            "hw-pick-1992-r5-DAL"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "notes": "Dallas acquires Alonzo Highsmith from Houston for Minnesota's 1991 2nd (#38 Darryll Lewis, from the Walker trade) and Dallas's own 1992 5th (#136 Tim Roberts).",
      "sources": [
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonzo_Highsmith",
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Roberts"
      ],
      "summary": "On September 3, 1990, Dallas Cowboys sent a 1991 second-round pick (No. 38, became Darryll Lewis) and a 1992 fifth-round pick (No. 136, became Tim Roberts) to Houston Texans for FB Alonzo Highsmith.",
      "truncated": false
    },
    {
      "id": "hw-t5",
      "date": "1991-04-19",
      "season": 1991,
      "teams": [
        "DAL",
        "NE"
      ],
      "legs": [
        {
          "team": "DAL",
          "sent": [
            "hw-pick-1991-r1-MIN",
            "hw-pick-1991-r2-DAL",
            "hw-player-francis",
            "hw-player-howard",
            "hw-player-lockhart"
          ],
          "received": [
            "hw-pick-1991-r1-NE"
          ]
        },
        {
          "team": "NE",
          "sent": [
            "hw-pick-1991-r1-NE"
          ],
          "received": [
            "hw-pick-1991-r1-MIN",
            "hw-pick-1991-r2-DAL",
            "hw-player-francis",
            "hw-player-howard",
            "hw-player-lockhart"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "notes": "Dallas acquires New England's 1991 1st (#1 Russell Maryland) for Minnesota's 1991 1st (#11 Pat Harlow, from the Walker trade), Dallas's 1991 2nd (#41 Jerome Henderson), Ron Francis, David Howard (re-traded from the Walker deal) and Eugene Lockhart. Date verified via the Dallas Cowboys 1999 media guide and David Howard's biography (PFR erroneously lists April 23, 1990).",
      "sources": [
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Howard_(linebacker)",
        "https://www.espn.ph/nfl/story/_/id/35429888/nfl-draft-no-1-pick-trade-history-1967-every-top-selection-changed-teams",
        "https://library.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/publications/football/yearbooks/FDALCMG-1999-dallas-cowboys-media-guide.pdf"
      ],
      "summary": "On April 19, 1991, Dallas Cowboys sent a 1991 first-round pick (No. 11, became Pat Harlow), a 1991 second-round pick (No. 41, became Jerome Henderson), CB Ron Francis, LB David Howard, and LB Eugene Lockhart to New England Patriots for a 1991 first-round pick (No. 1, became Russell Maryland).",
      "truncated": false
    },
    {
      "id": "hw-t6",
      "date": "1992-04-26",
      "season": 1992,
      "teams": [
        "DAL",
        "NE"
      ],
      "legs": [
        {
          "team": "DAL",
          "sent": [
            "hw-pick-1992-r1-MIN",
            "hw-pick-1992-r3-MIN"
          ],
          "received": [
            "hw-pick-1992-r1-ATL",
            "hw-pick-1992-r2-UNK",
            "hw-pick-1992-r4-ATL"
          ]
        },
        {
          "team": "NE",
          "sent": [
            "hw-pick-1992-r1-ATL",
            "hw-pick-1992-r2-UNK",
            "hw-pick-1992-r4-ATL"
          ],
          "received": [
            "hw-pick-1992-r1-MIN",
            "hw-pick-1992-r3-MIN"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "notes": "Draft day 1992: Dallas sends Minnesota's 1992 1st (#13 Eugene Chung) and 1992 3rd (#71 Kevin Turner, both from the Walker trade) to New England for Atlanta's 1992 1st (#19), a 1992 2nd (#37 Darren Woodson) and Atlanta's 1992 4th (#104). Dallas kept #37 (Woodson) and immediately re-traded #19 and #104 to Atlanta.",
      "sources": [
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_England_Patriots_first-round_draft_picks",
        "http://www.sidelinescouting.com/articles/draft-metrics/pdf/articles/first-round-transactions.pdf",
        "http://www.buccaneersfan.com/Pages/TeamZone/Draft/1992-draft-17.htm"
      ],
      "summary": "On April 26, 1992, Dallas Cowboys sent a 1992 first-round pick (No. 13, became Eugene Chung) and a 1992 third-round pick (No. 71, became Kevin Turner) to New England Patriots for a 1992 first-round pick (No. 19, became Tony Smith), a 1992 second-round pick (No. 37, became Darren Woodson), and a 1992 fourth-round pick (No. 104, became Frankie Smith).",
      "truncated": false
    },
    {
      "id": "hw-t7",
      "date": "1992-04-26",
      "season": 1992,
      "teams": [
        "ATL",
        "DAL"
      ],
      "legs": [
        {
          "team": "ATL",
          "sent": [
            "hw-pick-1992-r1-UNK2",
            "hw-pick-1992-r5-UNK"
          ],
          "received": [
            "hw-pick-1992-r1-ATL",
            "hw-pick-1992-r4-ATL"
          ]
        },
        {
          "team": "DAL",
          "sent": [
            "hw-pick-1992-r1-ATL",
            "hw-pick-1992-r4-ATL"
          ],
          "received": [
            "hw-pick-1992-r1-UNK2",
            "hw-pick-1992-r5-UNK"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "notes": "Draft day 1992: Dallas sends Atlanta's 1992 1st (#19 Tony Smith) and 1992 4th (#104 Frankie Smith) \u2014 acquired from New England earlier the same day \u2014 back to Atlanta for a 1992 1st (#17 Kevin Smith) and 1992 5th (#120 Greg Briggs).",
      "sources": [
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Falcons_draft_history"
      ],
      "summary": "On April 26, 1992, Atlanta Falcons sent a 1992 first-round pick (No. 17, became Kevin Smith) and a 1992 fifth-round pick (No. 120, became Greg Briggs) to Dallas Cowboys for a 1992 first-round pick (No. 19, became Tony Smith) and a 1992 fourth-round pick (No. 104, became Frankie Smith).",
      "truncated": false
    }
  ],
  "assets": [
    {
      "id": "hw-pick-1990-r1-MIN",
      "kind": "pick",
      "player_name": null,
      "position": "TE",
      "pick_year": 1990,
      "pick_round": 1,
      "original_club": "MIN",
      "pick_number": 21,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": "Eric Green",
      "condition": null,
      "notes": "Conditional pick from the Herschel Walker trade. Year, round, overall number and drafted player are verified; sources conflict over which specific conditional trigger produced this pick, so only the trigger-to-pick mapping is unverified.",
      "unverified": true
    },
    {
      "id": "hw-pick-1990-r1-PIT",
      "kind": "pick",
      "player_name": null,
      "position": "RB",
      "pick_year": 1990,
      "pick_round": 1,
      "original_club": "PIT",
      "pick_number": 17,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": "Emmitt Smith",
      "condition": null,
      "notes": "",
      "unverified": false
    },
    {
      "id": "hw-pick-1990-r10-DAL",
      "kind": "pick",
      "player_name": null,
      "position": "WR",
      "pick_year": 1990,
      "pick_round": 10,
      "original_club": "DAL",
      "pick_number": 249,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": "Pat Newman",
      "condition": null,
      "notes": "",
      "unverified": false
    },
    {
      "id": "hw-pick-1990-r11-SF",
      "kind": "pick",
      "player_name": null,
      "position": null,
      "pick_year": 1990,
      "pick_round": 11,
      "original_club": "SF",
      "pick_number": 304,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": "Myron Jones",
      "condition": null,
      "notes": "San Francisco traded this 1990 late-round pick (#304) to Dallas on 1990-04-19; Dallas later sent it to the LA Rams (Stan Smagala deal, exact date unverified, not modeled) and it was used on Myron Jones. Round and original-club details could not be fully verified.",
      "unverified": true
    },
    {
      "id": "hw-pick-1990-r2-MIN",
      "kind": "pick",
      "player_name": null,
      "position": "DE",
      "pick_year": 1990,
      "pick_round": 2,
      "original_club": "MIN",
      "pick_number": 47,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": "Dennis Brown",
      "condition": null,
      "notes": "Conditional pick from the Herschel Walker trade. Year, round, overall number and drafted player are verified; sources conflict over which specific conditional trigger produced this pick, so only the trigger-to-pick mapping is unverified.",
      "unverified": true
    },
    {
      "id": "hw-pick-1990-r3-DAL",
      "kind": "pick",
      "player_name": null,
      "position": "TE",
      "pick_year": 1990,
      "pick_round": 3,
      "original_club": "DAL",
      "pick_number": 54,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": "Mike Jones",
      "condition": null,
      "notes": "",
      "unverified": false
    },
    {
      "id": "hw-pick-1990-r3-SF",
      "kind": "pick",
      "player_name": null,
      "position": null,
      "pick_year": 1990,
      "pick_round": 3,
      "original_club": "SF",
      "pick_number": 81,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": "Craig Veasey",
      "condition": null,
      "notes": "San Francisco's own 1990 3rd-round pick (Super Bowl champions picked last in the round).",
      "unverified": false
    },
    {
      "id": "hw-pick-1990-r3-UNK",
      "kind": "pick",
      "player_name": null,
      "position": "WR",
      "pick_year": 1990,
      "pick_round": 3,
      "original_club": "UNK",
      "pick_number": 68,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": "Ron Lewis",
      "condition": null,
      "notes": "Dallas traded this 1990 3rd-round pick (#68, Ron Lewis) to San Francisco on 1990-04-19. The club that originally owned the pick could not be verified; it was not Dallas's own (Dallas's own 1990 3rd, #54, went to Minnesota in the Walker trade).",
      "unverified": true
    },
    {
      "id": "hw-pick-1990-r5-SD",
      "kind": "pick",
      "player_name": null,
      "position": "WR",
      "pick_year": 1990,
      "pick_round": 5,
      "original_club": "SD",
      "pick_number": 116,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": "Reggie Thornton",
      "condition": null,
      "notes": "",
      "unverified": false
    },
    {
      "id": "hw-pick-1990-r6-MIN",
      "kind": "pick",
      "player_name": null,
      "position": null,
      "pick_year": 1990,
      "pick_round": 6,
      "original_club": "MIN",
      "pick_number": 158,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": "James Williams",
      "condition": null,
      "notes": "Conditional pick from the Herschel Walker trade. Year, round, overall number and drafted player are verified; sources conflict over which specific conditional trigger produced this pick, so only the trigger-to-pick mapping is unverified. Later custody between Dallas and the drafting club was not fully verified and is not modeled.",
      "unverified": true
    },
    {
      "id": "hw-pick-1991-r1-MIN",
      "kind": "pick",
      "player_name": null,
      "position": "T",
      "pick_year": 1991,
      "pick_round": 1,
      "original_club": "MIN",
      "pick_number": 11,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": "Pat Harlow",
      "condition": null,
      "notes": "Conditional pick from the Herschel Walker trade. Year, round, overall number and drafted player are verified; sources conflict over which specific conditional trigger produced this pick, so only the trigger-to-pick mapping is unverified.",
      "unverified": true
    },
    {
      "id": "hw-pick-1991-r1-NE",
      "kind": "pick",
      "player_name": null,
      "position": "DT",
      "pick_year": 1991,
      "pick_round": 1,
      "original_club": "NE",
      "pick_number": 1,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": "Russell Maryland",
      "condition": null,
      "notes": "New England's own 1991 1st-round pick (1-15 in 1990).",
      "unverified": false
    },
    {
      "id": "hw-pick-1991-r2-DAL",
      "kind": "pick",
      "player_name": null,
      "position": "DB",
      "pick_year": 1991,
      "pick_round": 2,
      "original_club": "DAL",
      "pick_number": 41,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": "Jerome Henderson",
      "condition": null,
      "notes": "Dallas's own 1991 2nd-round pick (7-9 in 1990).",
      "unverified": false
    },
    {
      "id": "hw-pick-1991-r2-MIN",
      "kind": "pick",
      "player_name": null,
      "position": null,
      "pick_year": 1991,
      "pick_round": 2,
      "original_club": "MIN",
      "pick_number": 38,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": "Darryll Lewis",
      "condition": null,
      "notes": "Conditional pick from the Herschel Walker trade. Year, round, overall number and drafted player are verified; sources conflict over which specific conditional trigger produced this pick, so only the trigger-to-pick mapping is unverified.",
      "unverified": true
    },
    {
      "id": "hw-pick-1991-r3-DAL",
      "kind": "pick",
      "player_name": null,
      "position": "WR",
      "pick_year": 1991,
      "pick_round": 3,
      "original_club": "DAL",
      "pick_number": 68,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": "Jake Reed",
      "condition": null,
      "notes": "",
      "unverified": false
    },
    {
      "id": "hw-pick-1992-r1-ATL",
      "kind": "pick",
      "player_name": null,
      "position": "RB",
      "pick_year": 1992,
      "pick_round": 1,
      "original_club": "ATL",
      "pick_number": 19,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": "Tony Smith",
      "condition": null,
      "notes": "Atlanta's own 1992 1st-round pick (10-6 in 1991); Atlanta reacquired it via Dallas on 1992-04-26.",
      "unverified": false
    },
    {
      "id": "hw-pick-1992-r1-MIN",
      "kind": "pick",
      "player_name": null,
      "position": "T",
      "pick_year": 1992,
      "pick_round": 1,
      "original_club": "MIN",
      "pick_number": 13,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": "Eugene Chung",
      "condition": null,
      "notes": "Conditional pick from the Herschel Walker trade. Year, round, overall number and drafted player are verified; sources conflict over which specific conditional trigger produced this pick, so only the trigger-to-pick mapping is unverified.",
      "unverified": true
    },
    {
      "id": "hw-pick-1992-r1-UNK2",
      "kind": "pick",
      "player_name": null,
      "position": "DB",
      "pick_year": 1992,
      "pick_round": 1,
      "original_club": "UNK",
      "pick_number": 17,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": "Kevin Smith",
      "condition": null,
      "notes": "Atlanta traded this 1992 1st-round pick (#17, Kevin Smith) to Dallas on 1992-04-26. The club that originally owned the pick could not be verified; it was not Atlanta's own (Atlanta's own 1992 1st was #19).",
      "unverified": true
    },
    {
      "id": "hw-pick-1992-r2-MIN",
      "kind": "pick",
      "player_name": null,
      "position": "QB",
      "pick_year": 1992,
      "pick_round": 2,
      "original_club": "MIN",
      "pick_number": 40,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": "Matt Blundin",
      "condition": null,
      "notes": "Conditional pick from the Herschel Walker trade. Year, round, overall number and drafted player are verified; sources conflict over which specific conditional trigger produced this pick, so only the trigger-to-pick mapping is unverified. Dallas traded this pick to Kansas City on 1992-04-26 (terms not fully verified; not modeled).",
      "unverified": true
    },
    {
      "id": "hw-pick-1992-r2-UNK",
      "kind": "pick",
      "player_name": null,
      "position": "DB",
      "pick_year": 1992,
      "pick_round": 2,
      "original_club": "UNK",
      "pick_number": 37,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": "Darren Woodson",
      "condition": null,
      "notes": "New England traded this 1992 2nd-round pick (#37, Darren Woodson) to Dallas on 1992-04-26. The club that originally owned the pick could not be verified; it was likely not New England's own (New England used #35 in the same round on Rod Smith).",
      "unverified": true
    },
    {
      "id": "hw-pick-1992-r3-MIN",
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      "unverified": false
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      "unverified": false
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      "unverified": false
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      "unverified": false
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      "unverified": false
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      "resolved_player": null,
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      "resolved_player": null,
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      "resolved_player": null,
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      "pick_year": null,
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      "resolved_player": null,
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      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": null,
      "condition": null,
      "notes": "Drafted 1990 round 1 (pick originally PIT)",
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    },
    {
      "id": "player-eric-green",
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      "player_name": "Eric Green",
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      "pick_year": null,
      "pick_round": null,
      "original_club": null,
      "pick_number": null,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": null,
      "condition": null,
      "notes": "Drafted 1990 round 1 (pick originally MIN)",
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      "pick_year": null,
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      "original_club": null,
      "pick_number": null,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": null,
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      "original_club": null,
      "pick_number": null,
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      "resolved_player": null,
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      "pick_number": null,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": null,
      "condition": null,
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      "kind": "player",
      "player_name": "Jake Reed",
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      "pick_year": null,
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      "pick_number": null,
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      "resolved_player": null,
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      "original_club": null,
      "pick_number": null,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": null,
      "condition": null,
      "notes": "Drafted 1990 round 6 (pick originally MIN)",
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    },
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      "id": "player-jerome-henderson",
      "kind": "player",
      "player_name": "Jerome Henderson",
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      "pick_year": null,
      "pick_round": null,
      "original_club": null,
      "pick_number": null,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": null,
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      "pick_round": null,
      "original_club": null,
      "pick_number": null,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": null,
      "condition": null,
      "notes": "Drafted 1992 round 1 (pick originally UNK)",
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      "id": "player-kevin-turner",
      "kind": "player",
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      "pick_year": null,
      "pick_round": null,
      "original_club": null,
      "pick_number": null,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": null,
      "condition": null,
      "notes": "Drafted 1992 round 3 (pick originally MIN)",
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      "id": "player-matt-blundin",
      "kind": "player",
      "player_name": "Matt Blundin",
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      "pick_year": null,
      "pick_round": null,
      "original_club": null,
      "pick_number": null,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": null,
      "condition": null,
      "notes": "Drafted 1992 round 2 (pick originally MIN)",
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    },
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      "id": "player-mike-jones",
      "kind": "player",
      "player_name": "Mike Jones",
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      "pick_year": null,
      "pick_round": null,
      "original_club": null,
      "pick_number": null,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": null,
      "condition": null,
      "notes": "Drafted 1990 round 3 (pick originally DAL)",
      "unverified": false
    },
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      "id": "player-myron-jones",
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      "original_club": null,
      "pick_number": null,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": null,
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      "notes": "Drafted 1990 round 11 (pick originally SF)",
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    },
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      "id": "player-pat-harlow",
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      "pick_year": null,
      "pick_round": null,
      "original_club": null,
      "pick_number": null,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": null,
      "condition": null,
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    },
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      "id": "player-pat-newman",
      "kind": "player",
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      "pick_year": null,
      "pick_round": null,
      "original_club": null,
      "pick_number": null,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": null,
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    },
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      "id": "player-reggie-thornton",
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      "id": "player-ron-lewis",
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      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": null,
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