1997 Draft
Search By:
- Arizona Cardinals
- Atlanta Falcons
- Baltimore Ravens
- Buffalo Bills
- Carolina Panthers
- Chicago Bears
- Cincinnati Bengals
- Dallas Cowboys
- Denver Broncos
- Detroit Lions
- Green Bay Packers
- Indianapolis Colts
- Jacksonville Jaguars
- Kansas City Chiefs
- Miami Dolphins
- Minnesota Vikings
- New England Patriots
- New Orleans Saints
- New York Giants
- New York Jets
- Oakland Raiders
- Philadelphia Eagles
- Pittsburgh Steelers
- San Diego Chargers
- San Francisco 49ers
- Seattle Seahawks
- St. Louis Rams
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Tennessee Oilers
- Washington Redskins
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002
- 2001
- 2000
- 1999
- 1998
- 1997
- 1996
- 1995
- 1994
- 1993
- 1992
- 1991
- 1990
- 1989
- 1988
- 1987
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984
- 1983
- 1982
- 1981
- 1980
- 1979
- 1978
- 1977
- 1976
- 1975
- 1974
- 1973
- 1972
- 1971
- 1970
- 1969
- 1968
- 1967
- 1966
- 1965
- 1964
- 1963
- 1962
- 1961
- 1960
- 1959
- 1958
- 1957
- 1956
- 1955
- 1954
- 1953
- 1952
- 1951
- 1950
- 1949
- 1948
- 1947
- 1946
- 1945
- 1944
- 1943
- 1942
- 1941
- 1940
- 1939
- 1938
- 1937
- 1936
1997 NFL Draft & Order
The 1997 NFL Draft consisted of 7 rounds with a total of 240 players drafted. The top pick was Orlando Pace out of Ohio State drafted by the St. Louis Rams. Of the 30 players selected in the first round 14 played offense and 16 played defense. Florida state had the most players selected in the first round of the 1997 draft with 4. Some of the top drafted players were Jake Plummer (drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in Round 2), Corey Dillon (drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in Round 2), Tiki Barber (drafted by the New York Giants in Round 2), Warrick Dunn (drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Round 1) and Antowain Smith (drafted by the Buffalo Bills in Round 1). View all of the players selected in the 1997 NFL Draft round by round.
1997 NFL Draft
Round 1
| Selection | Player | Position | College | Drafted By |
| 1 | Orlando Pace | OL | Ohio State | St. Louis Rams |
| 2 | Darrell Russell | DL | USC | Oakland Raiders |
| 3 | Shawn Springs | DB | Ohio State | Seattle Seahawks |
| 4 | Peter Boulware | LB | Florida State | Baltimore Ravens |
| 5 | Bryant Westbrook | DB | Texas | Detroit Lions |
| 6 | Walter Jones | OL | Florida State | Seattle Seahawks |
| 7 | Ike Hilliard | WR | Florida | New York Giants |
| 8 | James Farrior | LB | Virginia | New York Jets |
| 9 | Tom Knight | DB | Iowa | Arizona Cardinals |
| 10 | Chris Naeole | OL | Colorado | New Orleans Saints |
| 11 | Michael Booker | DB | Nebraska | Atlanta Falcons |
| 12 | Warrick Dunn | RB | Florida State | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 13 | Tony Gonzalez | TE | California | Kansas City Chiefs |
| 14 | Reinard Wilson | DL | Florida State | Cincinnati Bengals |
| 15 | Yatil Green | WR | Miami (Fla.) | Miami Dolphins |
| 16 | Reidel Anthony | WR | Florida | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 17 | Kenard Lang | DL | Miami (Fla.) | Washington Redskins |
| 18 | Kenny Holmes | DL | Miami (Fla.) | Tennessee Oilers |
| 19 | Tarik Glenn | OL | California | Indianapolis Colts |
| 20 | Dwayne Rudd | LB | Alabama | Minnesota Vikings |
| 21 | Renaldo Wynn | DL | Notre Dame | Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 22 | David LaFleur | TE | Louisiana State | Dallas Cowboys |
| 23 | Antowain Smith | RB | Houston | Buffalo Bills |
| 24 | Chad Scott | DB | Maryland | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 25 | Jon Harris | DL | Virginia | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 26 | Jim Druckenmiller | QB | Virginia Tech | San Francisco 49ers |
| 27 | Rae Carruth | WR | Colorado | Carolina Panthers |
| 28 | Trevor Pryce | DL | Clemson | Denver Broncos |
| 29 | Chris Canty | DB | Kansas State | New England Patriots |
| 30 | Ross Verba | OL | Iowa | Green Bay Packers |
Round 2
| Selection | Player | Position | College | Drafted By |
| 31 | Rick Terry | DL | North Carolina | New York Jets |
| 32 | Nathan Davis | DL | Indiana | Atlanta Falcons |
| 33 | Rob Kelly | DB | Ohio State | New Orleans Saints |
| 34 | Jamie Sharper | LB | Virginia | Baltimore Ravens |
| 35 | Juan Roque | OL | Arizona State | Detroit Lions |
| 36 | Tiki Barber | RB | Virginia | New York Giants |
| 37 | Jerry Wunsch | OL | Wisconsin | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 38 | John Allred | TE | USC | Chicago Bears |
| 39 | Jared Tomich | DL | Nebraska | New Orleans Saints |
| 40 | Dexter McCleon | DB | Clemson | St. Louis Rams |
| 41 | Byron Hanspard | RB | Texas Tech | Atlanta Falcons |
| 42 | Jake Plummer | QB | Arizona State | Arizona Cardinals |
| 43 | Corey Dillon | RB | Washington | Cincinnati Bengals |
| 44 | Sam Madison | DB | Louisville | Miami Dolphins |
| 45 | Freddie Jones | TE | North Carolina | San Diego Chargers |
| 46 | Joey Kent | WR | Tennessee | Tennessee Oilers |
| 47 | Kevin Lockett | WR | Kansas State | Kansas City Chiefs |
| 48 | Adam Meadows | OL | Georgia | Indianapolis Colts |
| 49 | Torrian Gray | DB | Virginia Tech | Minnesota Vikings |
| 50 | Mike Logan | DB | West Virginia | Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 51 | Greg Jones | LB | Colorado | Washington Redskins |
| 52 | Marcellus Wiley | DL | Columbia | Buffalo Bills |
| 53 | Will Blackwell | WR | San Diego State | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 54 | Kevin Abrams | DB | Syracuse | Detroit Lions |
| 55 | Marc Edwards | RB | Notre Dame | San Francisco 49ers |
| 56 | Mike Minter | DB | Nebraska | Carolina Panthers |
| 57 | James Darling | LB | Washington State | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 58 | Kim Herring | DB | Penn State | Baltimore Ravens |
| 59 | Brandon Mitchell | DL | Texas A&M | New England Patriots |
| 60 | Darren Sharper | DB | William & Mary | Green Bay Packers |
Round 3
| Selection | Player | Position | College | Drafted By |
| 61 | Sedrick Shaw | RB | Iowa | New England Patriots |
| 62 | Troy Davis | RB | Iowa State | New Orleans Saints |
| 63 | Frank Middleton | OL | Arizona | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 64 | Jay Graham | RB | Tennessee | Baltimore Ravens |
| 65 | Dexter Coakley | LB | Appalachian State | Dallas Cowboys |
| 66 | Ronde Barber | DB | Virginia | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 67 | Dan Neil | OL | Texas | Denver Broncos |
| 68 | Ryan Phillips | LB | Idaho | New York Giants |
| 69 | Bob Sapp | OL | Washington | Chicago Bears |
| 70 | O.J. Santiago | TE | Kent State | Atlanta Falcons |
| 71 | Duce Staley | RB | South Carolina | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 72 | Adam Treu | OL | Nebraska | Oakland Raiders |
| 73 | Jason Taylor | DL | Akron | Miami Dolphins |
| 74 | Michael Hamilton | LB | North Carolina A&T | San Diego Chargers |
| 75 | Denard Walker | DB | Louisiana State | Tennessee Oilers |
| 76 | Rod Payne | OL | Michigan | Cincinnati Bengals |
| 77 | Greg Clark | TE | Stanford | San Francisco 49ers |
| 78 | Stalin Colinet | DL | Boston College | Minnesota Vikings |
| 79 | James Hamilton | LB | North Carolina | Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 80 | Derek M. Smith | LB | Arizona State | Washington Redskins |
| 81 | Scott Sanderson | OL | Washington State | Tennessee Oilers |
| 82 | Paul Wiggins | OL | Oregon | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 83 | Steve Scifres | OL | Wyoming | Dallas Cowboys |
| 84 | Ty Howard | DB | Ohio State | Arizona Cardinals |
| 85 | Tim Kohn | OL | Iowa State | Oakland Raiders |
| 86 | Bertrand Berry | DL | Notre Dame | Indianapolis Colts |
| 87 | Kinnon Tatum | LB | Notre Dame | Carolina Panthers |
| 88 | Dedric Ward | WR | Northern Iowa | New York Jets |
| 89 | Chris Carter | DB | Texas | New England Patriots |
| 90 | Brett Conway | K | Penn State | Green Bay Packers |
| 91 | Mike Vrabel | LB | Ohio State | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 92 | Derrick Rodgers | LB | Arizona State | Miami Dolphins |
| 93 | Ronnie Ward | LB | Kansas | Miami Dolphins |
| 94 | Kenny Wheaton | DB | Oregon | Dallas Cowboys |
| 95 | Brad Maynard | P | Ball State | New York Giants |
| 96 | Brent Smith | OL | Mississippi State | Miami Dolphins |
Round 4
| Selection | Player | Position | College | Drafted By |
| 97 | Damon Denson | OL | Michigan | New England Patriots |
| 98 | Derrick Mason | WR | Michigan State | Tennessee Oilers |
| 99 | Danny Wuerffel | QB | Florida | New Orleans Saints |
| 100 | Henri Crockett | LB | Florida State | Atlanta Falcons |
| 101 | Antonio Anderson | DL | Syracuse | Dallas Cowboys |
| 102 | Terry Day | DL | Mississippi State | New York Jets |
| 103 | Pete Monty | LB | Wisconsin | New York Giants |
| 104 | Leon Johnson | RB | North Carolina | New York Jets |
| 105 | Darnell Autry | RB | Northwestern | Chicago Bears |
| 106 | Chris Dishman | OL | Nebraska | Arizona Cardinals |
| 107 | Pratt Lyons | DL | Troy State | Tennessee Oilers |
| 108 | Marcus Robinson | WR | South Carolina | Chicago Bears |
| 109 | Raleigh Roundtree | OL | South Carolina State | San Diego Chargers |
| 110 | Pat Barnes | QB | California | Kansas City Chiefs |
| 111 | Tremain Mack | DB | Miami (Fla.) | Cincinnati Bengals |
| 112 | Ryan Tucker | OL | Texas Christian | St. Louis Rams |
| 113 | Antonio Banks | DB | Virginia Tech | Minnesota Vikings |
| 114 | Seth Payne | DL | Cornell | Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 115 | Albert Connell | WR | Texas A&M | Washington Redskins |
| 116 | Keith Poole | WR | Arizona State | New Orleans Saints |
| 117 | Monty Montgomery | DB | Houston | Indianapolis Colts |
| 118 | Tyrus McCloud | LB | Louisville | Baltimore Ravens |
| 119 | Damien Robinson | DB | Iowa | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 120 | Jamie Nails | OL | Florida A&M | Buffalo Bills |
| 121 | Jerome Daniels | OL | Northeastern | Miami Dolphins |
| 122 | Tarek Saleh | RB | Wisconsin | Carolina Panthers |
| 123 | Chad Levitt | RB | Cornell | Oakland Raiders |
| 124 | Cory Gilliard | DB | Ball State | Denver Broncos |
| 125 | Ed Ellis | OL | Buffalo | New England Patriots |
| 126 | Jermaine Smith | DL | Georgia | Green Bay Packers |
| 127 | Macey Brooks | WR | James Madison | Dallas Cowboys |
| 128 | Alshermond Singleton | LB | Temple | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 129 | Nicky Sualua | RB | Ohio State | Dallas Cowboys |
| 130 | Matt Russell | LB | Colorado | Detroit Lions |
Round 5
| Selection | Player | Position | College | Drafted By |
| 131 | Lamont Burns | OL | East Carolina | New York Jets |
| 132 | Jamel Williams | DB | Nebraska | Washington Redskins |
| 133 | Marcus Wimberly | DB | Miami (Fla.) | Atlanta Falcons |
| 134 | Jeff Mitchell | OL | Florida | Baltimore Ravens |
| 135 | Pete Chryplewicz | TE | Notre Dame | Detroit Lions |
| 136 | Sam Garnes | DB | Cincinnati | New York Giants |
| 137 | Patrick Hape | RB | Alabama | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 138 | Kenny Bynum | RB | South Carolina State | San Diego Chargers |
| 139 | Chad Carpenter | WR | Washington State | Arizona Cardinals |
| 140 | Keith Thibodeaux | DB | Northwestern State-Louisiana | Washington Redskins |
| 141 | Van Hiles | DB | Kentucky | Chicago Bears |
| 142 | Eric Stokes | DB | Nebraska | Seattle Seahawks |
| 143 | George McCullough | DB | Baylor | Tennessee Oilers |
| 144 | Andre Purvis | DL | North Carolina | Cincinnati Bengals |
| 145 | Ray Austin | DB | Tennessee | New York Jets |
| 146 | Paul Bradford | DB | Portland State | San Diego Chargers |
| 147 | Damon Jones | TE | Southern Illinois | Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 148 | Twan Russell | LB | Miami (Fla.) | Washington Redskins |
| 149 | Barron Tanner | DL | Oklahoma | Miami Dolphins |
| 150 | Nate Jacquet | WR | San Diego State | Indianapolis Colts |
| 151 | Tony Williams | DL | Memphis | Minnesota Vikings |
| 152 | N. D. Kalu | DL | Rice | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 153 | Sean Woodson | DB | Jackson State | Buffalo Bills |
| 154 | George Jones | RB | San Diego State | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 155 | Luther Broughton | TE | Furman | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 156 | Carl Powell | DL | Louisville | Indianapolis Colts |
| 157 | Nicholas Lopez | Texas Southern | Miami Dolphins | |
| 158 | Taje Allen | DB | Texas | St. Louis Rams |
| 159 | Vernon Crawford | LB | Florida State | New England Patriots |
| 160 | Anthony Hicks | LB | Arkansas | Green Bay Packers |
| 161 | Duane Ashman | Virginia | Detroit Lions | |
| 162 | Brad Badger | OL | Stanford | Washington Redskins |
Round 6
| Selection | Player | Position | College | Drafted By |
| 163 | June Henley | RB | Kansas | Kansas City Chiefs |
| 164 | Tim Scharf | Northwestern | New York Jets | |
| 165 | Nicky Savoie | TE | Louisiana State | New Orleans Saints |
| 166 | John Fiala | LB | Washington | Miami Dolphins |
| 167 | Steve Lee | Indiana | Baltimore Ravens | |
| 168 | Tony Ramirez | OL | Northern Colorado | Detroit Lions |
| 169 | Al Harris | DB | Texas A&M - Kingsville | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 170 | Brian Manning | WR | Stanford | Miami Dolphins |
| 171 | Mike Cherry | QB | Murray State | New York Giants |
| 172 | Calvin Branch | DB | Colorado State | Oakland Raiders |
| 173 | Mike Crawford | LB | Nevada-Las Vegas | Miami Dolphins |
| 174 | Itula Mili | TE | Brigham Young | Seattle Seahawks |
| 175 | Rod Brown | North Carolina State | Arizona Cardinals | |
| 176 | Canute Curtis | LB | West Virginia | Cincinnati Bengals |
| 177 | Ed Perry | OL | James Madison | Miami Dolphins |
| 178 | Dan Palmer | OL | Air Force | San Diego Chargers |
| 179 | Muadianvita Kazadi | LB | Tulsa | St. Louis Rams |
| 180 | Calvin Collins | OL | Texas A&M | Atlanta Falcons |
| 181 | Dennis Stallings | LB | Illinois | Tennessee Oilers |
| 182 | Scott Von der Ahe | LB | Arizona State | Indianapolis Colts |
| 183 | Robert Tate | DB | Cincinnati | Minnesota Vikings |
| 184 | Daimon Shelton | RB | Sacramento State | Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 185 | T. Marcus Spriggs | OL | Houston | Buffalo Bills |
| 186 | Daryl Porter | DB | Boston College | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 187 | Lee Vaughn | DB | Wyoming | Dallas Cowboys |
| 188 | Tony McCombs | LB | Eastern Kentucky | Arizona Cardinals |
| 189 | Matt Finkes | LB | Ohio State | Carolina Panthers |
| 190 | Antwuan Wyatt | WR | Bethune-Cookman | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 191 | Chuck Clements | QB | Houston | New York Jets |
| 192 | Tony Gaiter | WR | Miami (Fla.) | New England Patriots |
| 193 | Grady Jackson | DL | Knoxville | Oakland Raiders |
| 194 | Cornell Brown | LB | Virginia Tech | Baltimore Ravens |
| 195 | Isaac Byrd | WR | Kansas | Kansas City Chiefs |
| 196 | Shawn Swayda | DL | Arizona State | Chicago Bears |
| 197 | Nigea Carter | Michigan State | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| 198 | Ed Jasper | DL | Texas A&M | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 199 | Rod Manuel | DL | Oklahoma | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 200 | Richard Hogans | LB | Memphis | Chicago Bears |
| 201 | Ricky Parker | DB | San Diego State | Chicago Bears |
Round 7
| Selection | Player | Position | College | Drafted By |
| 202 | Steve Rosga | DB | Colorado | New York Jets |
| 203 | Hudhaifa Ismaeli | Northwestern | Miami Dolphins | |
| 204 | Tony Graziani | QB | Oregon | Atlanta Falcons |
| 205 | Chris Ward | DL | Kentucky | Baltimore Ravens |
| 206 | Terry Battle | RB | Arizona State | Detroit Lions |
| 207 | Koy Detmer | QB | Colorado | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 208 | Matt Keneley | DL | USC | New York Giants |
| 209 | Anthony DeGrate | Stephen F. Austin St. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| 210 | Mike Miano | Missouri State | Chicago Bears | |
| 211 | Carlos Jones | Miami (Fla.) | Seattle Seahawks | |
| 212 | Mark Smith | DL | Auburn | Arizona Cardinals |
| 213 | Chris Miller | USC | Green Bay Packers | |
| 214 | Nathan Parks | OL | Stanford | Kansas City Chiefs |
| 215 | Cedric White | North Carolina A&T | St. Louis Rams | |
| 216 | Armon Williams | DB | Arizona | Tennessee Oilers |
| 217 | William Carr | Michigan | Cincinnati Bengals | |
| 218 | Toran James | LB | North Carolina A&T | San Diego Chargers |
| 219 | Clarence Thompson | Knoxville | Indianapolis Colts | |
| 220 | Artie Ulmer | LB | Valdosta State | Minnesota Vikings |
| 221 | Jon Hesse | LB | Nebraska | Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 222 | Chris Bayne | DB | Fresno State | Atlanta Falcons |
| 223 | Mike Adams | WR | Texas | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 224 | Omar Stoutmire | DB | Fresno State | Dallas Cowboys |
| 225 | Byron Capers | Florida State | Philadelphia Eagles | |
| 226 | Pat Fitzgerald | Texas | Buffalo Bills | |
| 227 | DeAuntae Brown | DB | Central State (Ohio) | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 228 | Kris Mangum | TE | Mississippi | Carolina Panthers |
| 229 | Jason Ferguson | DL | Georgia | New York Jets |
| 230 | Scott Rehberg | OL | Central Michigan | New England Patriots |
| 231 | Jerald Sowell | RB | Tulane | Green Bay Packers |
| 232 | Marcus Harris | Wyoming | Detroit Lions | |
| 233 | Marvin Thomas | DL | Memphis | Chicago Bears |
| 234 | Wally Richardson | QB | Penn State | Baltimore Ravens |
| 235 | Matt Hatchette | WR | Langston | Minnesota Vikings |
| 236 | Ralph Staten | DB | Alabama | Baltimore Ravens |
| 237 | Tony Corbin | Sacramento State | San Diego Chargers | |
| 238 | Leland Taylor | DL | Louisville | Baltimore Ravens |
| 239 | Richard Jordan | LB | Missouri Southern State | Detroit Lions |
| 240 | Ronnie McAda | Army | Green Bay Packers |
Stay Connected: