NFL Draft
1997 NFL Draft
Every pick from the 1997 NFL Draft — player profiles, drafting teams and career production.
240 picks
30 round 1
30 round 2
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| Pick | Player | Drafted by | NFL G | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
OP
Orlando Pace
Ohio St.
|
— | — | |
| 2 |
DR
Darrell Russell
USC
|
— | — | |
| 3 |
SS
Shawn Springs
Ohio St.
|
— | — | |
| 4 |
PB
Peter Boulware
Florida St.
|
— | — | |
| 5 |
BW
Bryant Westbrook
Texas
|
— | — | |
| 6 |
WJ
Walter Jones
Florida St.
|
— | — | |
| 7 |
IH
Ike Hilliard
Florida
|
— | — | |
| 8 |
JF
James Farrior
Virginia
|
— | — | |
| 9 |
TK
Tom Knight
Iowa
|
— | — | |
| 10 |
CN
Chris Naeole
Colorado
|
NOR
|
— | — |
| 11 |
MB
Michael Booker
Nebraska
|
— | — | |
| 12 |
WD
Warrick Dunn
Florida St.
|
TAM
|
— | — |
| 13 |
TG
Tony Gonzalez
California
|
KAN
|
— | — |
| 14 |
RW
Reinard Wilson
Florida St.
|
— | — | |
| 15 |
YG
Yatil Green
Miami (FL)
|
— | — | |
| 16 |
RA
Reidel Anthony
Florida
|
TAM
|
— | — |
| 17 |
KL
Kenard Lang
Miami (FL)
|
— | — | |
| 18 |
KH
Kenny Holmes
Miami (FL)
|
— | — | |
| 19 |
TG
Tarik Glenn
California
|
— | — | |
| 20 |
DR
Dwayne Rudd
Alabama
|
— | — | |
| 21 |
RW
Renaldo Wynn
Notre Dame
|
— | — | |
| 22 |
DL
David LaFleur
LSU
|
— | — | |
| 23 |
AS
Antowain Smith
Houston
|
— | — | |
| 24 |
CS
Chad Scott
Maryland
|
— | — | |
| 25 |
JH
Jon Harris
Virginia
|
— | — | |
| 26 |
JD
Jim Druckenmiller
Virginia Tech
|
SFO
|
— | — |
| 27 |
RC
Rae Carruth
Colorado
|
— | — | |
| 28 |
TP
Trevor Pryce
Clemson
|
— | — | |
| 29 |
CC
Chris Canty
Kansas St.
|
NWE
|
— | — |
| 30 |
RV
Ross Verba
Iowa
|
GNB
|
— | — |
| 31 |
RT
Rick Terry
North Carolina
|
— | — | |
| 32 |
ND
Nathan Davis
Indiana
|
— | — | |
| 33 |
RK
Rob Kelly
Ohio St.
|
NOR
|
— | — |
| 34 |
JS
Jamie Sharper
Virginia
|
— | — | |
| 35 |
JR
Juan Roque
Arizona St.
|
— | — | |
| 36 |
TB
Tiki Barber
Virginia
|
— | — | |
| 37 |
JW
Jerry Wunsch
Wisconsin
|
TAM
|
— | — |
| 38 |
JA
John Allred
USC
|
— | — | |
| 39 |
JT
Jared Tomich
Nebraska
|
NOR
|
— | — |
| 40 |
DM
Dexter McCleon
Clemson
|
— | — | |
| 41 |
BH
Byron Hanspard
Texas Tech
|
— | — | |
| 42 |
JP
Jake Plummer
Arizona St.
|
— | — | |
| 43 |
CD
Corey Dillon
Washington
|
— | — | |
| 44 |
SM
Sam Madison
Louisville
|
— | — | |
| 45 |
FJ
Freddie Jones
North Carolina
|
SDG
|
— | — |
| 46 |
JK
Joey Kent
Tennessee
|
— | — | |
| 47 |
KL
Kevin Lockett
Kansas St.
|
KAN
|
— | — |
| 48 |
AM
Adam Meadows
Georgia
|
— | — | |
| 49 |
TG
Torrian Gray
Virginia Tech
|
— | — | |
| 50 |
ML
Mike Logan
West Virginia
|
— | — | |
| 51 |
GJ
Greg Jones
Colorado
|
— | — | |
| 52 |
MW
Marcellus Wiley
Columbia
|
— | — | |
| 53 |
WB
Will Blackwell
San Diego St.
|
— | — | |
| 54 |
KA
Kevin Abrams
Syracuse
|
— | — | |
| 55 |
ME
Marc Edwards
Notre Dame
|
SFO
|
— | — |
| 56 |
MM
Mike Minter
Nebraska
|
— | — | |
| 57 |
JD
James Darling
Washington St.
|
— | — | |
| 58 |
KH
Kim Herring
Penn St.
|
— | — | |
| 59 |
BM
Brandon Mitchell
Texas A&M
|
NWE
|
— | — |
| 60 |
DS
Darren Sharper
William & Mary
|
GNB
|
— | — |
| 61 |
SS
Sedrick Shaw
Iowa
|
NWE
|
— | — |
| 62 |
TD
Troy Davis
Iowa St.
|
NOR
|
— | — |
| 63 |
FM
Frank Middleton
Arizona
|
TAM
|
— | — |
| 64 |
JG
Jay Graham
Tennessee
|
— | — | |
| 65 |
DC
Dexter Coakley
Appalachian St.
|
— | — | |
| 66 |
RB
Ronde Barber
Virginia
|
TAM
|
— | — |
| 67 |
DN
Dan Neil
Texas
|
— | — | |
| 68 |
RP
Ryan Phillips
Idaho
|
— | — | |
| 69 |
BS
Bob Sapp
Washington
|
— | — | |
| 70 |
OS
O.J. Santiago
Kent St.
|
— | — | |
| 71 |
DS
Duce Staley
South Carolina
|
— | — | |
| 72 |
AT
Adam Treu
Nebraska
|
— | — | |
| 73 |
JT
Jason Taylor
Akron
|
— | — | |
| 74 |
MH
Michael Hamilton
North Carolina A&T
|
SDG
|
— | — |
| 75 |
DW
Denard Walker
LSU
|
— | — | |
| 76 |
RP
Rod Payne
Michigan
|
— | — | |
| 77 |
GC
Greg Clark
Stanford
|
SFO
|
— | — |
| 78 |
SC
Stalin Colinet
Boston Col.
|
— | — | |
| 79 |
JH
James Hamilton
North Carolina
|
— | — | |
| 80 |
DS
Derek Smith
Arizona St.
|
— | — | |
| 81 |
SS
Scott Sanderson
Washington St.
|
— | — | |
| 82 |
PW
Paul Wiggins
Oregon
|
— | — | |
| 83 |
SS
Steve Scifres
Wyoming
|
— | — | |
| 84 |
TH
Ty Howard
Ohio St.
|
— | — | |
| 85 |
TK
Tim Kohn
Iowa St.
|
— | — | |
| 86 |
BB
Bertrand Berry
Notre Dame
|
— | — | |
| 87 |
KT
Kinnon Tatum
Notre Dame
|
— | — | |
| 88 |
DW
Dedric Ward
Northern Iowa
|
— | — | |
| 89 |
CC
Chris Carter
Texas
|
NWE
|
— | — |
| 90 |
BC
Brett Conway
Penn St.
|
GNB
|
— | — |
| 91 |
MV
Mike Vrabel
Ohio St.
|
— | — | |
| 92 |
DR
Derrick Rodgers
Arizona St.
|
— | — | |
| 93 |
RW
Ronnie Ward
Kansas
|
— | — | |
| 94 |
KW
Kenny Wheaton
Oregon
|
— | — | |
| 95 |
BM
Brad Maynard
Ball St.
|
— | — | |
| 96 |
BS
Brent Smith
Mississippi St.
|
— | — | |
| 97 |
DD
Damon Denson
Michigan
|
NWE
|
— | — |
| 98 |
DM
Derrick Mason
Michigan St.
|
— | — | |
| 99 |
DW
Danny Wuerffel
Florida
|
NOR
|
— | — |
| 100 |
HC
Henri Crockett
Florida St.
|
— | — | |
| 101 |
AA
Antonio Anderson
Syracuse
|
— | — | |
| 102 |
TD
Terry Day
Mississippi St.
|
— | — | |
| 103 |
PM
Pete Monty
Wisconsin
|
— | — | |
| 104 |
LJ
Leon Johnson
North Carolina
|
— | — | |
| 105 |
DA
Darnell Autry
Northwestern
|
— | — | |
| 106 |
CD
Chris Dishman
Nebraska
|
— | — | |
| 107 |
PL
Pratt Lyons
Troy
|
— | — | |
| 108 |
MR
Marcus Robinson
South Carolina
|
— | — | |
| 109 |
RR
Raleigh Roundtree
South Carolina St.
|
SDG
|
— | — |
| 110 |
PB
Pat Barnes
California
|
KAN
|
— | — |
| 111 |
TM
Tremain Mack
Miami (FL)
|
— | — | |
| 112 |
RT
Ryan Tucker
TCU
|
— | — | |
| 113 |
AB
Antonio Banks
Virginia Tech
|
— | — | |
| 114 |
SP
Seth Payne
Cornell
|
— | — | |
| 115 |
AC
Albert Connell
Texas A&M
|
— | — | |
| 116 |
KP
Keith Poole
Arizona St.
|
NOR
|
— | — |
| 117 |
MM
Monty Montgomery
Houston
|
— | — | |
| 118 |
TM
Tyrus McCloud
Louisville
|
— | — | |
| 119 |
DR
Damien Robinson
Iowa
|
— | — | |
| 120 |
JN
Jamie Nails
Florida A&M
|
— | — | |
| 121 |
JD
Jerome Daniels
Northeastern
|
— | — | |
| 122 |
TS
Tarek Saleh
Wisconsin
|
— | — | |
| 123 |
CL
Chad Levitt
Cornell
|
— | — | |
| 124 |
CG
Cory Gilliard
Ball St.
|
— | — | |
| 125 |
EE
Ed Ellis
Buffalo
|
NWE
|
— | — |
| 126 |
JS
Jermaine Smith
Georgia
|
GNB
|
— | — |
| 127 |
MB
Macey Brooks
James Madison
|
— | — | |
| 128 |
AS
Alshermond Singleton
Temple
|
TAM
|
— | — |
| 129 |
NS
Nicky Sualua
Ohio St.
|
— | — | |
| 130 |
MR
Matt Russell
Colorado
|
— | — | |
| 131 |
LB
Lamont Burns
East Carolina
|
— | — | |
| 132 |
JW
Jamel Williams
Nebraska
|
— | — | |
| 133 |
MW
Marcus Wimberly
Miami (FL)
|
— | — | |
| 134 |
JM
Jeff Mitchell
Florida
|
— | — | |
| 135 |
PC
Pete Chryplewicz
Notre Dame
|
— | — | |
| 136 |
SG
Sam Garnes
Cincinnati
|
— | — | |
| 137 |
PH
Patrick Hape
Alabama
|
TAM
|
— | — |
| 138 |
KB
Kenny Bynum
South Carolina St.
|
SDG
|
— | — |
| 139 |
CC
Chad Carpenter
Washington St.
|
— | — | |
| 140 |
KT
Keith Thibodeaux
Northwestern St. (LA)
|
— | — | |
| 141 |
VH
Van Hiles
Kentucky
|
— | — | |
| 142 |
ES
Eric Stokes
Nebraska
|
— | — | |
| 143 |
GM
George McCullough
Baylor
|
— | — | |
| 144 |
AP
Andre Purvis
North Carolina
|
— | — | |
| 145 |
RA
Raymond Austin
Tennessee
|
— | — | |
| 146 |
PB
Paul Bradford
Portland St.
|
SDG
|
— | — |
| 147 |
DJ
Damon Jones
Southern Illinois
|
— | — | |
| 148 |
TR
Twan Russell
Miami (FL)
|
— | — | |
| 149 |
BT
Barron Tanner
Oklahoma
|
— | — | |
| 150 |
NJ
Nate Jacquet
San Diego St.
|
— | — | |
| 151 |
TW
Tony Williams
Memphis
|
— | — | |
| 152 |
NK
N.D. Kalu
Rice
|
— | — | |
| 153 |
SW
Sean Woodson
Jackson St.
|
— | — | |
| 154 |
GJ
George Jones
San Diego St.
|
— | — | |
| 155 |
LB
Luther Broughton
Furman
|
— | — | |
| 156 |
CP
Carl Powell
Louisville
|
— | — | |
| 157 |
NL
Nicholas Lopez
Texas Southern
|
— | — | |
| 158 |
TA
Taje Allen
Texas
|
— | — | |
| 159 |
VC
Vernon Crawford
Florida St.
|
NWE
|
— | — |
| 160 |
AH
Anthony Hicks
Arkansas
|
GNB
|
— | — |
| 161 |
DA
Duane Ashman
Virginia
|
— | — | |
| 162 |
BB
Brad Badger
Stanford
|
— | — | |
| 163 |
JH
June Henley
Kansas
|
KAN
|
— | — |
| 164 |
TS
Tim Scharf
Northwestern
|
— | — | |
| 165 |
NS
Nick Savoie
LSU
|
NOR
|
— | — |
| 166 |
JF
John Fiala
Washington
|
— | — | |
| 167 |
SL
Steve Lee
Indiana
|
— | — | |
| 168 |
TR
Tony Ramirez
Northern Colorado
|
— | — | |
| 169 |
AH
Al Harris
Texas A&M-Kingsville
|
TAM
|
— | — |
| 170 |
BM
Brian Manning
Stanford
|
— | — | |
| 171 |
MC
Mike Cherry
Murray St.
|
— | — | |
| 172 |
CB
Calvin Branch
Colorado St.
|
— | — | |
| 173 |
MC
Mike Crawford
Nevada
|
— | — | |
| 174 |
IM
Itula Mili
BYU
|
— | — | |
| 175 |
RB
Rod Brown
North Carolina St.
|
— | — | |
| 176 |
CC
Canute Curtis
West Virginia
|
— | — | |
| 177 |
EP
Ed Perry
James Madison
|
— | — | |
| 178 |
DP
Daniel Palmer
Air Force
|
SDG
|
— | — |
| 179 |
MK
Muadianvita Kazadi
Tulsa
|
— | — | |
| 180 |
CC
Calvin Collins
Texas A&M
|
— | — | |
| 181 |
DS
Dennis Stallings
Illinois
|
— | — | |
| 182 |
SV
Scott Von der Ahe
Arizona St.
|
— | — | |
| 183 |
RT
Robert Tate
Cincinnati
|
— | — | |
| 184 |
DS
Daimon Shelton
Sacramento St.
|
— | — | |
| 185 |
MS
Marcus Spriggs
Houston
|
— | — | |
| 186 |
DP
Daryl Porter
Boston Col.
|
— | — | |
| 187 |
LV
Lee Vaughn
Wyoming
|
— | — | |
| 188 |
TM
Tony McCombs
Eastern Kentucky
|
— | — | |
| 189 |
MF
Matt Finkes
Ohio St.
|
— | — | |
| 190 |
AW
Antwuan Wyatt
Bethune-Cookman
|
— | — | |
| 191 |
CC
Chuck Clements
Houston
|
— | — | |
| 192 |
TG
Tony Gaiter
Miami (FL)
|
NWE
|
— | — |
| 193 |
GJ
Grady Jackson
Knoxville
|
— | — | |
| 194 |
CB
Cornell Brown
Virginia Tech
|
— | — | |
| 195 |
IB
Isaac Byrd
Kansas
|
KAN
|
— | — |
| 196 |
SS
Shawn Swayda
Arizona St.
|
— | — | |
| 197 |
NC
Nigea Carter
Michigan St.
|
TAM
|
— | — |
| 198 |
EJ
Ed Jasper
Texas A&M
|
— | — | |
| 199 |
RM
Rod Manuel
Oklahoma
|
— | — | |
| 200 |
RH
Richard Hogans
Memphis
|
— | — | |
| 201 |
RP
Ricky Parker
San Diego St.
|
— | — | |
| 202 |
SR
Steve Rosga
Colorado
|
— | — | |
| 203 |
HI
Hudhaifa Ismaeli
Northwestern
|
— | — | |
| 204 |
TG
Tony Graziani
Oregon
|
— | — | |
| 205 |
CW
Chris Ward
Kentucky
|
— | — | |
| 206 |
TB
Terry Battle
Arizona St.
|
— | — | |
| 207 |
KD
Koy Detmer
Colorado
|
— | — | |
| 208 |
MK
Matt Keneley
USC
|
— | — | |
| 209 |
AD
Anthony DeGrate
S.F. Austin
|
TAM
|
— | — |
| 210 |
MM
Mike Miano
Missouri State
|
— | — | |
| 211 |
CJ
Carlos Jones
Miami (FL)
|
— | — | |
| 212 |
MS
Mark Smith
Auburn
|
— | — | |
| 213 |
CM
Chris Miller
USC
|
GNB
|
— | — |
| 214 |
NP
Nathan Parks
Stanford
|
KAN
|
— | — |
| 215 |
CW
Cedric White
North Carolina A&T
|
— | — | |
| 216 |
AW
Armon Williams
Arizona
|
— | — | |
| 217 |
WC
William Carr
Michigan
|
— | — | |
| 218 |
TJ
Toran James
North Carolina A&T
|
SDG
|
— | — |
| 219 |
CT
Clarence Thompson
Knoxville
|
— | — | |
| 220 |
AU
Artie Ulmer
Valdosta St.
|
— | — | |
| 221 |
JH
Jon Hesse
Nebraska
|
— | — | |
| 222 |
CB
Chris Bayne
Fresno St.
|
— | — | |
| 223 |
MA
Mike Adams
Texas
|
— | — | |
| 224 |
OS
Omar Stoutmire
Fresno St.
|
— | — | |
| 225 |
BC
Byron Capers
Florida St.
|
— | — | |
| 226 |
PF
Pat Fitzgerald
Texas
|
— | — | |
| 227 |
DB
DeAuntae Brown
Central State (OH)
|
— | — | |
| 228 |
KM
Kris Mangum
Mississippi
|
— | — | |
| 229 |
JF
Jason Ferguson
Georgia
|
— | — | |
| 230 |
SR
Scott Rehberg
Central Michigan
|
NWE
|
— | — |
| 231 |
JS
Jerald Sowell
Tulane
|
GNB
|
— | — |
| 232 |
MH
Marcus Harris
Wyoming
|
— | — | |
| 233 |
MT
Marvin Thomas
Memphis
|
— | — | |
| 234 |
WR
Wally Richardson
Penn St.
|
— | — | |
| 235 |
MH
Matthew Hatchette
Langston
|
— | — | |
| 236 |
RS
Ralph Staten
Alabama
|
— | — | |
| 237 |
TC
Tony Corbin
Sacramento St.
|
SDG
|
— | — |
| 238 |
LT
Leland Taylor
Louisville
|
— | — | |
| 239 |
RJ
Richard Jordan
Missouri Southern
|
— | — | |
| 240 |
RM
Ron McAda
Army
|
GNB
|
— | — |
