1997 NFL Draft

240 picks · 7 rounds · Showing 106

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Round

All Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4-7

Side

All Offense Defense Special

Round 1

#	Player	Pos	Team	College	Pro Bowls	All-Pros	Games
1	Orlando Pace★ T · Ohio St. · 7 Pro Bowls · 3 All-Pros · 169 games	T	STL	Ohio St.	7	3	169
6	Walter Jones★ T · Florida St. · 9 Pro Bowls · 4 All-Pros · 180 games	T	SEA	Florida St.	9	4	180
7	Ike Hilliard WR · Florida · 161 games	WR	NYG	Florida	0	0	161
10	Chris Naeole G · Colorado · 154 games	G	NOR	Colorado	0	0	154
12	Warrick Dunn RB · Florida St. · 3 Pro Bowls · 181 games	RB	TAM	Florida St.	3	0	181
13	Tony Gonzalez★ TE · California · 14 Pro Bowls · 6 All-Pros · 270 games	TE	KAN	California	14	6	270
15	Yatil Green WR · Miami (FL) · 8 games	WR	MIA	Miami (FL)	0	0	8
16	Reidel Anthony WR · Florida · 73 games	WR	TAM	Florida	0	0	73
19	Tarik Glenn T · California · 3 Pro Bowls · 154 games	T	IND	California	3	0	154
22	David LaFleur TE · LSU · 60 games	TE	DAL	LSU	0	0	60
23	Antowain Smith RB · Houston · 131 games	RB	BUF	Houston	0	0	131
26	Jim Druckenmiller QB · Virginia Tech · 6 games	QB	SFO	Virginia Tech	0	0	6
27	Rae Carruth WR · Colorado · 22 games	WR	CAR	Colorado	0	0	22
30	Ross Verba T · Iowa · 113 games	T	GNB	Iowa	0	0	113

Round 2

#	Player	Pos	Team	College	Pro Bowls	All-Pros	Games
35	Juan Roque T · Arizona St. · 17 games	T	DET	Arizona St.	0	0	17
36	Tiki Barber RB · Virginia · 3 Pro Bowls · 1 All-Pro · 154 games	RB	NYG	Virginia	3	1	154
37	Jerry Wunsch T · Wisconsin · 113 games	T	TAM	Wisconsin	0	0	113
38	John Allred TE · USC · 53 games	TE	CHI	USC	0	0	53
41	Byron Hanspard RB · Texas Tech · 28 games	RB	ATL	Texas Tech	0	0	28
42	Jake Plummer QB · Arizona St. · 1 Pro Bowl · 143 games	QB	ARI	Arizona St.	1	0	143
43	Corey Dillon RB · Washington · 4 Pro Bowls · 150 games	RB	CIN	Washington	4	0	150
45	Freddie Jones TE · North Carolina · 123 games	TE	SDG	North Carolina	0	0	123
46	Joey Kent WR · Tennessee · 30 games	WR	TEN	Tennessee	0	0	30
47	Kevin Lockett WR · Kansas St. · 86 games	WR	KAN	Kansas St.	0	0	86
48	Adam Meadows T · Georgia · 106 games	T	IND	Georgia	0	0	106
53	Will Blackwell WR · San Diego St. · 47 games	WR	PIT	San Diego St.	0	0	47
55	Marc Edwards FB · Notre Dame · 132 games	FB	SFO	Notre Dame	0	0	132

Round 3

#	Player	Pos	Team	College	Pro Bowls	All-Pros	Games
61	Sedrick Shaw RB · Iowa · 18 games	RB	NWE	Iowa	0	0	18
62	Troy Davis RB · Iowa St. · 46 games	RB	NOR	Iowa St.	0	0	46
63	Frank Middleton G · Arizona · 109 games	G	TAM	Arizona	0	0	109
64	Jay Graham RB · Tennessee · 36 games	RB	BAL	Tennessee	0	0	36
67	Dan Neil G · Texas · 108 games	G	DEN	Texas	0	0	108
69	Bob Sapp G · Washington · 1 games	G	CHI	Washington	0	0	1
70	O.J. Santiago TE · Kent St. · 78 games	TE	ATL	Kent St.	0	0	78
71	Duce Staley RB · South Carolina · 114 games	RB	PHI	South Carolina	0	0	114
72	Adam Treu C · Nebraska · 155 games	C	OAK	Nebraska	0	0	155
76	Rod Payne C · Michigan · 6 games	C	CIN	Michigan	0	0	6
77	Greg Clark TE · Stanford · 55 games	TE	SFO	Stanford	0	0	55
81	Scott Sanderson T · Washington St. · 45 games	T	TEN	Washington St.	0	0	45
82	Paul Wiggins T · Oregon · 2 games	T	PIT	Oregon	0	0	2
83	Steve Scifres G · Wyoming · 7 games	G	DAL	Wyoming	0	0	7
85	Tim Kohn T · Iowa St.	T	OAK	Iowa St.	0	0	—
88	Dedric Ward WR · Northern Iowa · 103 games	WR	NYJ	Northern Iowa	0	0	103
96	Brent Smith G · Mississippi St. · 57 games	G	MIA	Mississippi St.	0	0	57

Round 4

#	Player	Pos	Team	College	Pro Bowls	All-Pros	Games
97	Damon Denson G · Michigan · 14 games	G	NWE	Michigan	0	0	14
98	Derrick Mason WR · Michigan St. · 2 Pro Bowls · 1 All-Pro · 230 games	WR	TEN	Michigan St.	2	1	230
99	Danny Wuerffel QB · Florida · 25 games	QB	NOR	Florida	0	0	25
104	Leon Johnson RB · North Carolina · 74 games	RB	NYJ	North Carolina	0	0	74
105	Darnell Autry RB · Northwestern · 24 games	RB	CHI	Northwestern	0	0	24
106	Chris Dishman G · Nebraska · 98 games	G	ARI	Nebraska	0	0	98
108	Marcus Robinson WR · South Carolina · 107 games	WR	CHI	South Carolina	0	0	107
109	Raleigh Roundtree G · South Carolina St. · 72 games	G	SDG	South Carolina St.	0	0	72
110	Pat Barnes QB · California · 1 games	QB	KAN	California	0	0	1
112	Ryan Tucker T · TCU · 134 games	T	STL	TCU	0	0	134
115	Albert Connell WR · Texas A&M · 61 games	WR	WAS	Texas A&M	0	0	61
116	Keith Poole WR · Arizona St. · 54 games	WR	NOR	Arizona St.	0	0	54
120	Jamie Nails G · Florida A&M · 78 games	G	BUF	Florida A&M	0	0	78
121	Jerome Daniels G · Northeastern · 8 games	G	MIA	Northeastern	0	0	8
123	Chad Levitt RB · Cornell · 10 games	RB	OAK	Cornell	0	0	10
125	Ed Ellis T · Buffalo · 54 games	T	NWE	Buffalo	0	0	54
127	Macey Brooks WR · James Madison · 25 games	WR	DAL	James Madison	0	0	25
129	Nicky Sualua RB · Ohio St. · 26 games	RB	DAL	Ohio St.	0	0	26

Round 5

#	Player	Pos	Team	College	Pro Bowls	All-Pros	Games
131	Lamont Burns G · East Carolina · 4 games	G	NYJ	East Carolina	0	0	4
134	Jeff Mitchell C · Florida · 119 games	C	BAL	Florida	0	0	119
135	Pete Chryplewicz TE · Notre Dame · 37 games	TE	DET	Notre Dame	0	0	37
137	Patrick Hape TE · Alabama · 124 games	TE	TAM	Alabama	0	0	124
138	Kenny Bynum RB · South Carolina St. · 53 games	RB	SDG	South Carolina St.	0	0	53
139	Chad Carpenter WR · Washington St.	WR	ARI	Washington St.	0	0	—
147	Damon Jones TE · Southern Illinois · 50 games	TE	JAX	Southern Illinois	0	0	50
150	Nate Jacquet WR · San Diego St. · 55 games	WR	IND	San Diego St.	0	0	55
154	George Jones RB · San Diego St. · 34 games	RB	PIT	San Diego St.	0	0	34
155	Luther Broughton TE · Furman · 62 games	TE	PHI	Furman	0	0	62
162	Brad Badger G · Stanford · 134 games	G	WAS	Stanford	0	0	134
163	June Henley RB · Kansas · 11 games	RB	KAN	Kansas	0	0	11

Round 6

#	Player	Pos	Team	College	Pro Bowls	All-Pros	Games
165	Nick Savoie TE · LSU · 1 games	TE	NOR	LSU	0	0	1
167	Steve Lee RB · Indiana	RB	BAL	Indiana	0	0	—
168	Tony Ramirez T · Northern Colorado · 30 games	T	DET	Northern Colorado	0	0	30
170	Brian Manning WR · Stanford · 10 games	WR	MIA	Stanford	0	0	10
171	Mike Cherry QB · Murray St. · 2 games	QB	NYG	Murray St.	0	0	2
174	Itula Mili TE · BYU · 114 games	TE	SEA	BYU	0	0	114
175	Rod Brown RB · North Carolina St.	RB	ARI	North Carolina St.	0	0	—
177	Ed Perry TE · James Madison · 109 games	TE	MIA	James Madison	0	0	109
178	Daniel Palmer C · Air Force	C	SDG	Air Force	0	0	—
180	Calvin Collins G · Texas A&M · 68 games	G	ATL	Texas A&M	0	0	68
184	Daimon Shelton FB · Sacramento St. · 133 games	FB	JAX	Sacramento St.	0	0	133
185	Marcus Spriggs T · Houston · 49 games	T	BUF	Houston	0	0	49
190	Antwuan Wyatt WR · Bethune-Cookman · 1 games	WR	PHI	Bethune-Cookman	0	0	1
191	Chuck Clements QB · Houston · 1 games	QB	NYJ	Houston	0	0	1
192	Tony Gaiter WR · Miami (FL) · 6 games	WR	NWE	Miami (FL)	0	0	6
195	Isaac Byrd WR · Kansas · 61 games	WR	KAN	Kansas	0	0	61
197	Nigea Carter WR · Michigan St.	WR	TAM	Michigan St.	0	0	—

Round 7

#	Player	Pos	Team	College	Pro Bowls	All-Pros	Games
204	Tony Graziani QB · Oregon · 18 games	QB	ATL	Oregon	0	0	18
206	Terry Battle RB · Arizona St.	RB	DET	Arizona St.	0	0	—
207	Koy Detmer QB · Colorado · 103 games	QB	PHI	Colorado	0	0	103
213	Chris Miller WR · USC	WR	GNB	USC	0	0	—
214	Nathan Parks T · Stanford · 2 games	T	KAN	Stanford	0	0	2
223	Mike Adams WR · Texas · 6 games	WR	PIT	Texas	0	0	6
226	Pat Fitzgerald TE · Texas	TE	BUF	Texas	0	0	—
228	Kris Mangum TE · Mississippi · 126 games	TE	CAR	Mississippi	0	0	126
230	Scott Rehberg G · Central Michigan · 79 games	G	NWE	Central Michigan	0	0	79
231	Jerald Sowell FB · Tulane · 148 games	FB	GNB	Tulane	0	0	148
232	Marcus Harris WR · Wyoming	WR	DET	Wyoming	0	0	—
234	Wally Richardson QB · Penn St. · 1 games	QB	BAL	Penn St.	0	0	1
235	Matthew Hatchette WR · Langston · 65 games	WR	MIN	Langston	0	0	65
237	Tony Corbin QB · Sacramento St.	QB	SDG	Sacramento St.	0	0	—
240	Ron McAda QB · Army	QB	GNB	Army	0	0	—

Source: nflverse draft_picks release. Pro Bowls / All-Pros / Games are career totals · ★ = Pro Football Hall of Fame.