1997 NFL Draft - Draft Day Picks

Round 1
Sel#	Team	Player	Pos.	School
1	St. Louis	Orlando Pace	T	Ohio State
2	Oakland	Darrell Russell	DT	Southern California
3	Seattle	Shawn Springs	CB	Ohio State
4	Baltimore	Peter Boulware	OLB	Florida State
5	Detroit	Bryant Westbrook	CB	Texas
6	Seattle	Walter Jones	T	Florida State
7	N.Y. Giants	Ike Hilliard	WR	Florida
8	N.Y. Jets	James Farrior	ILB	Virginia
9	Arizona	Tommy Knight	CB	Iowa
10	New Orleans	Chris Naeole	G	Colorado
11	Atlanta	Michael Booker	CB	Nebraska
12	Tampa Bay	Warrick Dunn	RB	Florida State
13	Kansas City	Tony Gonzalez	TE	California
14	Cincinnati	Reinard Wilson	DE	Florida State
15	Miami	Yatil Green	WR	Miami
16	Tampa Bay	Reidel Anthony	WR	Florida
17	Washington	Kenard Lang	DE	Miami
18	Tennessee	Kenny Holmes	DE	Miami
19	Indianapolis	Tarik Glenn	T	California
20	Minnesota	Dwayne Rudd	OLB	Alabama
21	Jacksonville	Renaldo Wynn	DE	Notre Dame
22	Dallas	David LaFleur	TE	Louisiana State
23	Buffalo	Antowain Smith	RB	Houston
24	Pittsburgh	Chad Scott	CB	Maryland
25	Philadelphia	Jon Harris	DE	Virginia
26	San Francisco	Jim Druckenmiller	QB	Virginia Tech
27	Carolina	Rae Carruth	WR	Colorado
28	Denver	Trevor Pryce	DE	Clemson
29	New England	Chris Canty	CB	Kansas State
30	Green Bay	Ross Verba	T	Iowa

Round 2
Sel#	Team	Player	Pos.	School
31	N.Y. Jets	Rick Terry	DT	North Carolina
32	Atlanta	Nathan Davis	DE	Indiana
33	New Orleans	Rob Kelly	FS	Ohio State
34	Baltimore	Jamie Sharper	OLB	Virginia
35	Detroit	Juan Roque	G	Arizona State
36	N.Y. Giants	Tiki Barber	RB	Virginia
37	Tampa Bay	Jerry Wunsch	G	Wisconsin
38	Chicago	John Allred	TE	Southern California
39	New Orleans	Jared Tomich	DE	Nebraska
40	St. Louis	Dexter McCleon	CB	Clemson
41	Atlanta	Byron Hanspard	RB	Texas Tech
42	Arizona	Jake Plummer	QB	Arizona State
43	Cincinnati	Corey Dillon	RB	Washington
44	Miami	Sam Madison	CB	Louisville
45	San Diego	Freddie Jones	TE	North Carolina
46	Tennessee	Joey Kent	WR	Tennessee
47	Kansas City	Kevin Lockett	WR	Kansas State
48	Indianapolis	Adam Meadows	T	Georgia
49	Minnesota	Torrian Gray	DB	Virginia Tech
50	Jacksonville	Mike Logan	FS	West Virginia
51	Washington	Greg Jones	OLB	Colorado
52	Buffalo	Marcellus Wiley	DE	Columbia
53	Pittsburgh	Will Blackwell	WR	San Diego State
54	Detroit	Kevin Abrams	CB	Syracuse
55	San Francisco	Marc Edwards	FB	Notre Dame
56	Carolina	Mike Minter	FS	Nebraska
57	Philadelphia	James Darling	MLB	Washington State
58	Baltimore	Kim Herring	S	Penn State
59	New England	Brandon Mitchell	DE	Texas A&M
60	Green Bay	Darren Sharper	FS	William & Mary

Round 3
Sel#	Team	Player	Pos.	School
61	New England	Sedrick Shaw	RB	Iowa
62	New Orleans	Troy Davis	RB	Iowa State
63	Tampa Bay	Frank Middleton	G	Arizona
64	Baltimore	Jay Graham	RB	Tennessee
65	Dallas	Dexter Coakley	OLB	Appalachian State
66	Tampa Bay	Ronde Barber	CB	Virginia
67	Denver	Dan Neil	G	Texas
68	N.Y. Giants	Ryan Phillips	OLB	Idaho
69	Chicago	Bob Sapp	T	Washington
70	Atlanta	O.J. Santiago	TE	Kent State
71	Philadelphia	Duce Staley	RB	South Carolina
72	Oakland	Adam Treu	C	Nebraska
73	Miami	Jason Taylor	DE	Akron
74	San Diego	Michael Hamilton	LB	North Carolina A&T
75	Tennessee	Denard Walker	CB	Louisiana State
76	Cincinnati	Rod Payne	C	Michigan
77	San Francisco	Greg Clark	TE	Stanford
78	Minnesota	Stalin Colinet	DE	Boston College
79	Jacksonville	James Hamilton	LB	North Carolina
80	Washington	Derek Smith	ILB	Arizona State
81	Tennessee	Scott Sanderson	T	Washington State
82	Pittsburgh	Paul Wiggins	T	Oregon
83	Dallas	Steve Scifres	T	Wyoming
84	Arizona	Ty Howard	CB	Ohio State
85	Oakland	Tim Kohn	G	Iowa State
86	Indianapolis	Bert Berry	DE	Notre Dame
87	Carolina	Kinnon Tatum	LB	Notre Dame
88	N.Y. Jets	Dedric Ward	WR	Northern Iowa
89	New England	Chris Carter	FS	Texas
90	Green Bay	Brett Conway	K	Penn State
91	Pittsburgh	Mike Vrabel	OLB	Ohio State
92	Miami	Derrick Rodgers	OLB	Arizona State
93	Miami	Ronnie Ward	LB	Kansas
94	Dallas	Kenny Wheaton	DB	Oregon
95	N.Y. Giants	Brad Maynard	P	Ball State
96	Miami	Brent Smith	G	Mississippi State

Round 4
Sel#	Team	Player	Pos.	School
97	New England	Damon Denson	G	Michigan
98	Tennessee	Derrick Mason	WR	Michigan State
99	New Orleans	Danny Wuerffel	QB	Florida
100	Atlanta	Henri Crockett	OLB	Florida State
101	Dallas	Antonio Anderson	DT	Syracuse
102	N.Y. Jets	Terry Day	DE	Mississippi State
103	N.Y. Giants	Pete Monty	MLB	Wisconsin
104	N.Y. Jets	Leon Johnson	RB	North Carolina
105	Chicago	Darnell Autry	RB	Northwestern
106	Arizona	Chris Dishman	G	Nebraska
107	Tennessee	Pratt Lyons	DE	Troy
108	Chicago	Marcus Robinson	WR	South Carolina
109	San Diego	Raleigh Roundtree	G	South Carolina State
110	Kansas City	Pat Barnes	QB	California
111	Cincinnati	Tremain Mack	FS	Miami
112	St. Louis	Ryan Tucker	T	Texas Christian
113	Minnesota	Antonio Banks	FS	Virginia Tech
114	Jacksonville	Seth Payne	NT	Cornell
115	Washington	Albert Connell	WR	Texas A&M
116	New Orleans	Keith Poole	WR	Arizona State
117	Indianapolis	Delmonico Montgomery	CB	Houston
118	Baltimore	Tyrus McCloud	LB	Louisville
119	Philadelphia	Damien Robinson	FS	Iowa
120	Buffalo	Jamie Nails	G	Florida A&M
121	Miami	Jerome Daniels	T	Northeastern
122	Carolina	Tarek Saleh	OLB	Wisconsin
123	Oakland	Chad Levitt	RB	Cornell
124	Denver	Cory Gilliard	S	Ball State
125	New England	Ed Ellis	T	Buffalo, N.Y.
126	Green Bay	Jermaine Smith	DT	Georgia
127	Dallas	Macey Brooks	WR	James Madison
128	Tampa Bay	Al Singleton	OLB	Temple
129	Dallas	Nicky Sualua	RB	Ohio State
130	Detroit	Matt Russell	LB	Colorado

Round 5
Sel#	Team	Player	Pos.	School
131	N.Y. Jets	Lamont Burns	G	East Carolina
132	Washington	Jamel Williams	DB	Nebraska
133	Atlanta	Marcus Wimberly	DB	Miami
134	Baltimore	Jeff Mitchell	C	Florida
135	Detroit	Pete Chryplewicz	TE	Notre Dame
136	N.Y. Giants	Sam Garnes	SS	Cincinnati
137	Tampa Bay	Patrick Hape	TE	Alabama
138	San Diego	Kenny Bynum	RB	South Carolina State
139	Arizona	Chad Carpenter	WR	Washington State
140	Washington	Keith Thibodeaux	CB	Northwestern State, La.
141	Chicago	Van Hiles	DB	Kentucky
142	Seattle	Eric Stokes	DB	Nebraska
143	Tennessee	George McCullough	CB	Baylor
144	Cincinnati	Andre Purvis	DT	North Carolina
145	N.Y. Jets	Raymond Austin	S	Tennessee
146	San Diego	Paul Bradford	CB	Portland State
147	Jacksonville	Damon Jones	TE	Southern Illinois
148	Washington	Twan Russell	MLB	Miami
149	Miami	Barron Tanner	DT	Oklahoma
150	Indianapolis	Nate Jacquet	WR	San Diego State
151	Minnesota	Tony Williams	DT	Memphis
152	Philadelphia	Ndukwe Kalu	DE	Rice
153	Buffalo	Sean Woodson	DB	Jackson State
154	Pittsburgh	George Jones	RB	San Diego State
155	Philadelphia	Luther Broughton	TE	Furman
156	Indianapolis	Carl Powell	DE	Louisville
157	Miami	Nicholas Lopez	DE	Texas Southern
158	St. Louis	Taje Allen	CB	Texas
159	New England	Vernon Crawford	LB	Florida State
160	Green Bay	Anthony Hicks	LB	Arkansas
161	Detroit	Duane Ashman	DE	Virginia
162	Washington	Brad Badger	G	Stanford
163	Kansas City	June Henley	RB	Kansas

Round 6
Sel#	Team	Player	Pos.	School
164	N.Y. Jets	Tim Scharf	LB	Northwestern
165	New Orleans	Nicky Savoie	TE	Louisiana State
166	Miami	John Fiala	ILB	Washington
167	Baltimore	Steve Lee	FB	Indiana
168	Detroit	Tony Ramirez	T	Northern Colorado
169	Tampa Bay	Al Harris	CB	Texas A&M-Kingsville
170	Miami	Brian Manning	WR	Stanford
171	N.Y. Giants	Mike Cherry	QB	Murray State
172	Oakland	Calvin Branch	FS	Colorado State
173	Miami	Mike Crawford	LB	Nevada
174	Seattle	Itula Mili	TE	Brigham Young
175	Arizona	Rod Brown	RB	North Carolina State
176	Cincinnati	Canute Curtis	OLB	West Virginia
177	Miami	Ed Perry	TE	James Madison
178	San Diego	Daniel Palmer	C	Air Force
179	St. Louis	Muadianvita Kazadi	LB	Tulsa
180	Atlanta	Calvin Collins	C	Texas A&M
181	Tennessee	Dennis Stallings	LB	Illinois
182	Indianapolis	Scott Von Der Ahe	LB	Arizona State
183	Minnesota	Robert Tate	CB	Cincinnati
184	Jacksonville	Daimon Shelton	FB	Sacramento State
185	Buffalo	Marcus Spriggs	T	Houston
186	Pittsburgh	Daryl Porter	S	Boston College
187	Dallas	Lee Vaughn	DB	Wyoming
188	Arizona	Tony McCombs	LB	Eastern Kentucky
189	Carolina	Matt Finkes	LB	Ohio State
190	Philadelphia	Antwuan Wyatt	WR	Bethune-Cookman
191	N.Y. Jets	Chuck Clements	QB	Houston
192	New England	Tony Gaiter	WR	Miami
193	Oakland	Grady Jackson	DT	Knoxville
194	Baltimore	Cornell Brown	OLB	Virginia Tech
195	Kansas City	Isaac Byrd	WR	Kansas
196	Chicago	Shawn Swayda	DT	Arizona State
197	Tampa Bay	Nigea Carter	WR	Michigan State
198	Philadelphia	Edward Jasper	DT	Texas A&M
199	Pittsburgh	Rod Manuel	DE	Oklahoma
200	Chicago	Richard Hogans	LB	Memphis
201	Chicago	Ricky Parker	DB	San Diego State

Round 7
Sel#	Team	Player	Pos.	School
202	N.Y. Jets	Steve Rosga	S	Colorado
203	Miami	Hudhaifa Ismaeli	DB	Northwestern
204	Atlanta	Tony Graziani	QB	Oregon
205	Baltimore	Chris Ward	DE	Kentucky
206	Detroit	Terry Battle	RB	Arizona State
207	Philadelphia	Koy Detmer	QB	Colorado
208	N.Y. Giants	Matt Keneley	DT	Southern California
209	Tampa Bay	Anthony DeGrate	DT	Stephen F. Austin
210	Chicago	Mike Miano	DT	Missouri State
211	Seattle	Carlos Jones	CB	Miami
212	Arizona	Mark Smith	DT	Auburn
213	Green Bay	Chris Miller	WR	Southern California
214	Kansas City	Nathan Parks	C	Stanford
215	St. Louis	Cedric White	DE	North Carolina A&T
216	Tennessee	Armon Williams	DB	Arizona
217	Cincinnati	William Carr	DT	Michigan
218	San Diego	Toran James	LB	North Carolina A&T
219	Indianapolis	Clarence Thompson	DB	Knoxville
220	Minnesota	Artie Ulmer	OLB	Valdosta State
221	Jacksonville	Jon Hesse	LB	Nebraska
222	Atlanta	Chris Bayne	DB	Fresno State
223	Pittsburgh	Michael Adams	WR	Texas
224	Dallas	Omar Stoutmire	FS	Fresno State
225	Philadelphia	Byron Capers	DB	Florida State
226	Buffalo	Pat Fitzgerald	TE	Texas
227	Philadelphia	DeAuntae Brown	CB	Central State, Ohio
228	Carolina	Kris Mangum	TE	Mississippi
229	N.Y. Jets	Jason Ferguson	NT	Georgia
230	New England	Scott Rehberg	G	Central Michigan
231	Green Bay	Jerald Sowell	FB	Tulane
232	Detroit	Marcus Harris	WR	Wyoming
233	Chicago	Marvin Thomas	DE	Memphis
234	Baltimore	Wally Richardson	QB	Penn State
235	Minnesota	Matthew Hatchette	WR	Langston, Okla.
236	Baltimore	Ralph Staten	DB	Alabama
237	San Diego	Tony Corbin	QB	Sacramento State
238	Baltimore	Leland Taylor	DT	Louisville
239	Detroit	Richard Jordan	LB	Missouri Southern
240	Green Bay	Ronnie McAda	QB	Army