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Herschel Walker → Vikings

The Great Train Robbery — Dallas turned one running back into a draft haul that built a 1990s dynasty.

Far-left column is the inventory at trade time · nodes sit under the year they occurred · amber nodes open that asset's own tree

Timeline
Acquired · 1989
1989
1990
1991
1992
1996
2000
2003
2004
DAL
A+
Dallas
Cowboys
Net
+156.6M
Draft Pick
1990 1st Round Pick
via MIN
ES
Drafted · #17 overall · 1990 · RB · 19902002
Draft Value
+$88.0M
generated on rookie deal
+22 AV
Exit · 2003
Released
to ARI
Draft Pick
1991 1st Round Pick
via MIN
RM
Drafted · #1 overall · 1991 · DT · 19911995
Draft Value
+$14.2M
generated on rookie deal
+8 AV
Exit · 1996
Free Agency
signed with OAK
Draft Pick
1992 1st Round Pick
via MIN
KS
Drafted · #17 overall · 1992 · CB · 19921999
Draft Value
+$11.8M
generated on rookie deal
+7 AV
Exit · 2000
Retired
end of career
Draft Pick
1992 2nd Round Pick
via MIN
DW
Drafted · #37 overall · 1992 · SS · 19922003
Draft Value
+$42.6M
generated on rookie deal
+14 AV
Exit · 2004
Retired
end of career
MIN
C
Minnesota
Vikings
Net
-20.0M
HW
Stint · RB · 19891991
Value Before
$18.5M
prior team
Δ Delta
-20.0M
surplus shift
Value After
$-1.5M
this stint
+12 AVDead $6.4M
Exit · 1992
Free Agency
signed with PHL