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Eugene Lockhart to the New England Patriots

April 19, 1991 · Dallas Cowboys, New England Patriots

This trade is a chapter of the Herschel Walker (1989) trade tree — the full chain is traced there.

The trade

Dallas Cowboys receives

  • a 1991 first-round pick (No. 1, became Russell Maryland)

New England Patriots receives

  • a 1991 first-round pick (No. 11, became Pat Harlow)
  • a 1991 second-round pick (No. 41, became Jerome Henderson)
  • LB David Howard
  • LB Eugene Lockhart
  • CB Ron Francis

Trade context

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. The date comes from the Dallas Cowboys' 1999 media guide and David Howard's biography (PFR lists April 23, 1990).

Full trade terms

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), LB David Howard, LB Eugene Lockhart, and CB Ron Francis to New England Patriots for a 1991 first-round pick (No. 1, became Russell Maryland).

What the assets did next

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