1997 NFL Draft

1997 NFL Draft

General Information
Date(s)	April 19–20, 1997
Location	Paramount Theatre at MSG in New York City, NY
TV coverage (US)	ESPN
Overview
240 total selections  in 7 rounds
First selection	Orlando Pace, OT St. Louis Rams
Mr. Irrelevant	Ronnie McAda, QB Green Bay Packers
Most selections (14)	Miami Dolphins
Fewest selections (3)	Denver Broncos, San Francisco 49ers
Hall of Famers	2 OT Walter Jones OT Orlando Pace

The 1997 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 19–20, 1997, at the Paramount Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.^[1][2] No teams chose to claim any players in the supplemental draft that year.

This draft was notable for its high-profile offensive linemen. The first overall selection was Orlando Pace, who has appeared in seven consecutive Pro Bowls from 2000 to 2006. Tarik Glenn was selected 19th overall and has been named to three Pro Bowls as well. Arguably the best of the bunch, Walter Jones, who made nine Pro Bowls (including eight consecutive from 2001–08), was a seven time All-Pro, and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2014, was selected 6th overall. Others include Chris Naeole, Dan Neil, Ryan Tucker, Jeff Mitchell, Mike Flynn, and Joe Andruzzi.

The '97 Draft is also well known for its running backs. Warrick Dunn was drafted 12th overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and rushed for over 10,000 yards in his career. Corey Dillon, Tiki Barber, Antowain Smith, Priest Holmes, and Duce Staley all enjoyed productive seasons in the NFL.

This draft is also well known for its undrafted Pro Bowl players. Jake Delhomme, Holmes, Pat Williams, and four others made Pro-Bowl trips at some point in their careers.

Player selections

Jump to round: 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 * = compensatory selection † = Pro Bowler[N 1] ‡ = Hall of Famer[3]

Positions key C Center CB Cornerback DB Defensive back DE Defensive end DL Defensive lineman DT Defensive tackle FB Fullback FS Free safety G Guard HB Halfback K Placekicker KR Kick returner LB Linebacker LS Long snapper OT Offensive tackle OL Offensive lineman NT Nose tackle P Punter PR Punt returner QB Quarterback RB Running back S Safety SS Strong safety TB Tailback TE Tight end WR Wide receiver

	Rnd.	Pick #	NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
	1	1	St. Louis Rams	Pace, OrlandoOrlando Pace^†	OT	Ohio State	Big Ten	from NY Jets
	1	2	Oakland Raiders	Russell, DarrellDarrell Russell ^†	DT	USC	Pac-10
	1	3	Seattle Seahawks	Springs, ShawnShawn Springs ^†	CB	Ohio State	Big Ten
	1	4	Baltimore Ravens	Boulware, PeterPeter Boulware ^†	LB	Florida State	ACC
	1	5	Detroit Lions	Westbrook, BryantBryant Westbrook	CB	Texas	Big 12
	1	6	Seattle Seahawks	Jones, WalterWalter Jones^†	OT	Florida State	ACC	from St. Louis via NY Jets and Tampa Bay
	1	7	New York Giants	Hilliard, IkeIke Hilliard	WR	Florida	SEC
	1	8	New York Jets	Farrior, JamesJames Farrior ^†	LB	Virginia	ACC	from Tampa Bay
	1	9	Arizona Cardinals	Knight, TomTom Knight	CB	Iowa	Big Ten
	1	10	New Orleans Saints	Naeole, ChrisChris Naeole	G	Colorado	Big 12
	1	11	Atlanta Falcons	Booker, MichaelMichael Booker	CB	Nebraska	Big 12
	1	12	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Dunn, WarrickWarrick Dunn ^†	RB	Florida State	ACC
	1	13	Kansas City Chiefs	Gonzalez, TonyTony Gonzalez ^†	TE	California	Pac-10
	1	14	Cincinnati Bengals	Wilson, ReinardReinard Wilson	LB	Florida State	ACC
	1	15	Miami Dolphins	Green, YatilYatil Green	WR	Miami	Big East
	1	16	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Anthony, ReidelReidel Anthony	WR	Florida	SEC
	1	17	Washington Redskins	Lang, KenardKenard Lang	DE	Miami	Big East
	1	18	Tennessee Oilers	Holmes, KennyKenny Holmes	DE	Miami	Big East
	1	19	Indianapolis Colts	Glenn, TarikTarik Glenn ^†	OT	California	Pac-10
	1	20	Minnesota Vikings	Rudd, DwayneDwayne Rudd	LB	Alabama	SEC
	1	21	Jacksonville Jaguars	Wynn, RenaldoRenaldo Wynn	DT	Notre Dame	Ind. (I-A)
	1	22	Dallas Cowboys	LaFleur, DavidDavid LaFleur	TE	LSU	SEC
	1	23	Buffalo Bills	Smith, AntowainAntowain Smith	RB	Houston	C-USA
	1	24	Pittsburgh Steelers	Scott, ChadChad Scott	CB	Maryland	ACC
	1	25	Philadelphia Eagles	Harris, JonJon Harris	DE	Virginia	ACC
	1	26	San Francisco 49ers	Druckenmiller, JimJim Druckenmiller	QB	Virginia Tech	Big East
	1	27	Carolina Panthers	Carruth, RaeRae Carruth	WR	Colorado	Big 12
	1	28	Denver Broncos	Pryce, TrevorTrevor Pryce ^†	DT	Clemson	ACC
	1	29	New England Patriots	Canty, ChrisChris Canty	CB	Kansas State	Big 12
	1	30	Green Bay Packers	Verba, RossRoss Verba	OT	Iowa	Big Ten
	2	31	New York Jets	Terry, RickRick Terry	DT	North Carolina	ACC
	2	32	Atlanta Falcons	Davis, NathanNathan Davis	DE	Indiana	Big Ten
	2	33	New Orleans Saints	Kelly, RobRob Kelly	S	Ohio State	Big Ten
	2	34	Baltimore Ravens	Sharper, JamieJamie Sharper	LB	Virginia	ACC
	2	35	Detroit Lions	Roque, JuanJuan Roque	OT	Arizona State	Pac-10
	2	36	New York Giants	Barber, TikiTiki Barber ^†	RB	Virginia	ACC
	2	37	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Wunsch, JerryJerry Wunsch	OT	Wisconsin	Big Ten
	2	38	Chicago Bears	Allred, JohnJohn Allred	TE	USC	Pac-10
	2	39	New Orleans Saints	Tomich, JaredJared Tomich	DE	Nebraska	Big 12
	2	40	St. Louis Rams	McCleon, DexterDexter McCleon	CB	Clemson	ACC
	2	41	Atlanta Falcons	Hanspard, ByronByron Hanspard	RB	Texas Tech	Big 12
	2	42	Arizona Cardinals	Plummer, JakeJake Plummer ^†	QB	Arizona State	Pac-10
	2	43	Cincinnati Bengals	Dillon, CoreyCorey Dillon ^†	RB	Washington	Pac-10
	2	44	Miami Dolphins	Madison, SamSam Madison ^†	CB	Louisville	C-USA
	2	45	San Diego Chargers	Jones, FreddieFreddie Jones	TE	North Carolina	ACC
	2	46	Tennessee Oilers	Kent, JoeyJoey Kent	WR	Tennessee	SEC
	2	47	Kansas City Chiefs	Lockett, KevinKevin Lockett	WR	Kansas State	Big 12
	2	48	Indianapolis Colts	Meadows, AdamAdam Meadows	OT	Georgia	SEC
	2	49	Minnesota Vikings	Gray, TorrianTorrian Gray	S	Virginia Tech	Big East
	2	50	Jacksonville Jaguars	Logan, MikeMike Logan	CB	West Virginia	Big East
	2	51	Washington Redskins	Jones, GregGreg Jones	LB	Colorado	Big 12
	2	52	Buffalo Bills	Wiley, MarcellusMarcellus Wiley ^†	DE	Columbia	Ivy
	2	53	Pittsburgh Steelers	Blackwell, WillWill Blackwell	WR	San Diego State	WAC
	2	54	Detroit Lions	Abrams, KevinKevin Abrams	CB	Syracuse	Big East
	2	55	San Francisco 49ers	Edwards, MarcMarc Edwards	FB	Notre Dame	Ind. (I-A)
	2	56	Carolina Panthers	Minter, MikeMike Minter	S	Nebraska	Big 12
	2	57	Philadelphia Eagles	Darling, JamesJames Darling	LB	Washington State	Pac-10
	2	58	Baltimore Ravens	Herring, KimKim Herring	S	Penn State	Big Ten
	2	59	New England Patriots	Mitchell, BrandonBrandon Mitchell	DE	Texas A&M	Big 12
	2	60	Green Bay Packers	Sharper, DarrenDarren Sharper ^†	S	William & Mary	Yankee
	3	61	New England Patriots	Shaw, SedrickSedrick Shaw	RB	Iowa	Big Ten
	3	62	New Orleans Saints	Davis, TroyTroy Davis	RB	Iowa State	Big 12
	3	63	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Middleton, FrankFrank Middleton	G	Arizona	Pac-10
	3	64	Baltimore Ravens	Graham, JayJay Graham	RB	Tennessee	SEC
	3	65	Dallas Cowboys	Coakley, DexterDexter Coakley ^†	LB	Appalachian State	SoCon
	3	66	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Barber, RondeRonde Barber ^†	CB	Virginia	ACC
	3	67	Denver Broncos	Neil, DanDan Neil	G	Texas	Big 12
	3	68	New York Giants	Phillips, RyanRyan Phillips	LB	Idaho	Big West
	3	69	Chicago Bears	Sapp, BobBob Sapp	G	Washington	Pac-10
	3	70	Atlanta Falcons	Santiago, OJOJ Santiago	TE	Kent State	MAC
	3	71	Philadelphia Eagles	Staley, DuceDuce Staley	RB	South Carolina	SEC
	3	72	Oakland Raiders	Treu, AdamAdam Treu	G	Nebraska	Big 12
	3	73	Miami Dolphins	Taylor, JasonJason Taylor ^†	DE	Akron	MAC
	3	74	San Diego Chargers	Hamilton, MichaelMichael Hamilton	LB	North Carolina A&T	MEAC
	3	75	Tennessee Oilers	Walker, DenardDenard Walker	CB	Kent State	MAC
	3	76	Cincinnati Bengals	Payne, RodRod Payne	C	Michigan	Big Ten
	3	77	San Francisco 49ers	Clark, GregGreg Clark	TE	Stanford	Pac-10
	3	78	Minnesota Vikings	Colinet, StalinStalin Colinet	DE	Boston College	Big East
	3	79	Jacksonville Jaguars	Hamilton, JamesJames Hamilton	LB	North Carolina	ACC
	3	80	Washington Redskins	Smith, DerekDerek Smith	LB	Arizona State	Pac-10
	3	81	Tennessee Oilers	Sanderson, ScottScott Sanderson	OT	Washington State	Pac-10
	3	82	Pittsburgh Steelers	Wiggins, PaulPaul Wiggins	OT	Oregon	Pac-10
	3	83	Dallas Cowboys	Scifres, SteveSteve Scifres	G	Wyoming	WAC
	3	84	Arizona Cardinals	Howard, TyTy Howard	CB	Ohio State	Big Ten
	3	85	Oakland Raiders	Tim Kohn	G	Iowa State	Big 12
	3	86	Indianapolis Colts	Berry, BertrandBertrand Berry ^†	LB	Notre Dame	Ind. (I-A)
	3	87	Carolina Panthers	Tatum, KinnonKinnon Tatum	LB	Notre Dame	Ind. (I-A)
	3	88	New York Jets	Ward, DedricDedric Ward	WR	Northern Iowa	Gateway
	3	89	New England Patriots	Carter, ChrisChris Carter	S	Texas	Big 12
	3	90	Green Bay Packers	Conway, BrettBrett Conway	K	Penn State	Big Ten
	3*	91	Pittsburgh Steelers	Vrabel, MikeMike Vrabel ^†	LB	Ohio State	Big Ten
	3*	92	Miami Dolphins	Rodgers, DerrickDerrick Rodgers	LB	Arizona State	Pac-10
	3*	93	Miami Dolphins	Ronnie Ward	LB	Kansas	Big 12
	3*	94	Dallas Cowboys	Wheaton, KennyKenny Wheaton	LB	Oregon	Pac-10
	3*	95	New York Giants	Maynard, BradBrad Maynard	P	Ball State	MAC
	3*	96	Miami Dolphins	Smith, BrentBrent Smith	OT	Mississippi State	SEC
	4	97	New England Patriots	Denson, DamonDamon Denson	G	Michigan	Big Ten
	4	98	Tennessee Oilers	Mason, DerrickDerrick Mason ^†	WR	Michigan State	Big Ten
	4	99	New Orleans Saints	Wuerffel, DannyDanny Wuerffel	QB	Florida	SEC
	4	100	Atlanta Falcons	Crockett, HenriHenri Crockett	LB	Florida State	ACC
	4	101	Dallas Cowboys	Anderson, AntonioAntonio Anderson	DT	Syracuse	Big East
	4	102	New York Jets	Terry Day	DE	Mississippi State	SEC
	4	103	New York Giants	Monty, PetePete Monty	LB	Wisconsin	Big Ten
	4	104	New York Jets	Johnson, LeonLeon Johnson	RB	North Carolina	ACC
	4	105	Chicago Bears	Autry, DarnellDarnell Autry	RB	Northwestern	Big Ten
	4	106	Arizona Cardinals	Dishman, ChrisChris Dishman	G	Nebraska	Big 12
	4	107	Tennessee Oilers	Lyons, PrattPratt Lyons	DE	Troy State	Southland
	4	108	Chicago Bears	Robinson, MarcusMarcus Robinson	WR	South Carolina	SEC
	4	109	San Diego Chargers	Roundtree, RaleighRaleigh Roundtree	G	South Carolina State	MEAC
	4	110	Kansas City Chiefs	Barnes, PatPat Barnes	QB	California	Pac-10
	4	111	Cincinnati Bengals	Mack, TremainTremain Mack	S	Miami	Big East
	4	112	St. Louis Rams	Tucker, RyanRyan Tucker	OT	TCU	WAC
	4	113	Minnesota Vikings	Banks, AntonioAntonio Banks	CB	Virginia Tech	Big East
	4	114	Jacksonville Jaguars	Payne, SethSeth Payne	DT	Cornell	Ivy
	4	115	Washington Redskins	Connell, AlbertAlbert Connell	WR	Texas A&M	Big 12
	4	116	New Orleans Saints	Poole, KeithKeith Poole	WR	Arizona State	Pac-10
	4	117	Indianapolis Colts	Montgomery, MontyMonty Montgomery	CB	Houston	C-USA
	4	118	Baltimore Ravens	McCloud, TyrusTyrus McCloud	LB	Louisville	C-USA
	4	119	Philadelphia Eagles	Robinson, DamienDamien Robinson	S	Iowa	Big Ten
	4	120	Buffalo Bills	Nails, JamieJamie Nails	G	Florida A&M	MEAC
	4	121	Miami Dolphins	Jerome Daniels	OT	Northeastern	Yankee
	4	122	Carolina Panthers	Saleh, TarekTarek Saleh	LB	Wisconsin	Big Ten
	4	123	Oakland Raiders	Levitt, ChadChad Levitt	RB	Cornell	Ivy
	4	124	Denver Broncos	Cory Gilliard	CB	Ball State	MAC
	4	125	New England Patriots	Ellis, EdEd Ellis	OT	Buffalo	Ind. (FCS)
	4	126	Green Bay Packers	Smith, JermaineJermaine Smith	DT	Georgia	SEC
	4*	127	Dallas Cowboys	Brooks, MaceyMacey Brooks	WR	James Madison	Yankee
	4*	128	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Singleton, AlshermondAlshermond Singleton	LB	Temple	Big East
	4*	129	Dallas Cowboys	Sualua, NickyNicky Sualua	FB	Ohio State	Big Ten
	4*	130	Detroit Lions	Russell, MattMatt Russell	LB	Colorado	Big 12
	5	131	New York Jets	Burns, LamontLamont Burns	G	East Carolina	Ind. (I-A)
	5	132	Washington Redskins	Williams, JamelJamel Williams	S	Nebraska	Big 12
	5	133	Atlanta Falcons	Marcus Wimberly	S	Miami	Big East
	5	134	Baltimore Ravens	Mitchell, JeffJeff Mitchell	C	Florida	SEC
	5	135	Detroit Lions	Pete Chryplewicz	TE	Notre Dame	Ind. (I-A)
	5	136	New York Giants	Garnes, SamSam Garnes	S	Cincinnati	C-USA
	5	137	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Hape, PatrickPatrick Hape	TE	Alabama	SEC
	5	138	San Diego Chargers	Bynum, KennyKenny Bynum	RB	South Carolina State	MEAC
	5	139	Arizona Cardinals	Chad Carpenter	WR	Washington State	Pac-10
	5	140	Washington Redskins	Thibodeaux, KeithKeith Thibodeaux	CB	Northwestern State	Southland
	5	141	Chicago Bears	Van Hiles	CB	Kentucky	SEC
	5	142	Seattle Seahawks	Stokes, EricEric Stokes	CB	Nebraska	Big 12
	5	143	Tennessee Oilers	McCullough, GeorgeGeorge McCullough	CB	Baylor	Big 12
	5	144	Cincinnati Bengals	Purvis, AndreAndre Purvis	DT	North Carolina	ACC
	5	145	New York Jets	Austin, RaymondRaymond Austin	CB	Tennessee	SEC
	5	146	San Diego Chargers	Paul Bradford	CB	Portland State	Big Sky
	5	147	Jacksonville Jaguars	Jones, DamonDamon Jones	TE	Southern Illinois	Gateway
	5	148	Washington Redskins	Russell, TwanTwan Russell	LB	Miami	Big East
	5	149	Miami Dolphins	Tanner, BarronBarron Tanner	DT	Oklahoma	Big 12
	5	150	Indianapolis Colts	Jacquet, NateNate Jacquet	WR	San Diego State	WAC
	5	151	Minnesota Vikings	Williams, TonyTony Williams	DT	Memphis	C-USA
	5	152	Philadelphia Eagles	Kalu, N. D.N. D. Kalu	DE	Rice	WAC
	5	153	Buffalo Bills	Sean Woodson	CB	Jackson State	SWAC
	5	154	Pittsburgh Steelers	Jones, GeorgeGeorge Jones	RB	San Diego State	WAC
	5	155	Philadelphia Eagles	Broughton, LutherLuther Broughton	TE	Furman	SoCon
	5	156	Indianapolis Colts	Powell, CarlCarl Powell	DE	Louisville	C-USA
	5	157	Miami Dolphins	Nick Lopez	DE	Texas Southern	SWAC
	5	158	St. Louis Rams	Allen, TajeTaje Allen	CB	Texas	Big 12
	5	159	New England Patriots	Crawford, VernonVernon Crawford	LB	Florida State	ACC
	5	160	Green Bay Packers	Anthony Hicks	LB	Middle Tennessee State	Ohio Valley
	5*	161	Detroit Lions	Duane Ashman	DE	Virginia	ACC
	5*	162	Washington Redskins	Badger, BradBrad Badger	G	Stanford	Pac-10
	5*	163	Kansas City Chiefs	Henley, JuneJune Henley	RB	Kansas	Big 12
	6	164	New York Jets	Tim Scharf	LB	Northwestern	Big Ten
	6	165	New Orleans Saints	Savoie, NickyNicky Savoie	TE	LSU	SEC
	6	166	Miami Dolphins	Fiala, JohnJohn Fiala	LB	Washington	Pac-10
	6	167	Baltimore Ravens	Steve Lee	RB	Indiana	Big Ten
	6	168	Detroit Lions	Troy Ramirez	G	Northern Colorado	NCIAC
	6	169	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Harris, AlAl Harris ^†	CB	Texas A&M–Kingsville	Lone Star
	6	170	Miami Dolphins	Manning, BrianBrian Manning	WR	Stanford	Pac-10
	6	171	New York Giants	Mike Cherry	QB	Murray State	OVC
	6	172	Oakland Raiders	Branch, CalvinCalvin Branch		Colorado State	WAC
	6	173	Miami Dolphins	Crawford, MikeMike Crawford	LB	Nevada	Big West
	6	174	Seattle Seahawks	Mili, ItulaItula Mili	TE	BYU	WAC
	6	175	Arizona Cardinals	Rod Brown	RB	NC State	ACC
	6	176	Cincinnati Bengals	Curtis, CanuteCanute Curtis	LB	West Virginia	Big East
	6	177	Miami Dolphins	Perry, EdEd Perry	TE	James Madison	Yankee
	6	178	San Diego Chargers	Daniel Palmer	C	Air Force	WAC
	6	179	St. Louis Rams	Muadianvita Kazadi	LB	Tulsa	WAC
	6	180	Atlanta Falcons	Collins, CalvinCalvin Collins	C	Texas A&M	Big 12
	6	181	Tennessee Oilers	Dennis Stallings	LB	Illinois	Big Ten
	6	182	Indianapolis Colts	Scott Von der Ahe	LB	Arizona State	Pac-10
	6	183	Minnesota Vikings	Tate, RobertRobert Tate	WR	Cincinnati	C-USA
	6	184	Jacksonville Jaguars	Shelton, DaimonDaimon Shelton	FB	Sacramento State	Big Sky
	6	185	Buffalo Bills	Spriggs, MarcusMarcus Spriggs	G	Houston	C-USA
	6	186	Pittsburgh Steelers	Porter, DarylDaryl Porter	S	Houston	C-USA
	6	187	Dallas Cowboys	Lee Vaughn	CB	Boston College	Big East
	6	188	Arizona Cardinals	Tony McCombs	LB	Eastern Kentucky	OVC
	6	189	Carolina Panthers	Matt Finkes	DE	Ohio State	Big Ten
	6	190	Philadelphia Eagles	Wyatt, AntwuanAntwuan Wyatt	WR	Bethune-Cookman	MEAC
	6	191	New York Jets	Clements, ChuckChuck Clements	QB	Houston	C-USA
	6	192	New England Patriots	Tony Gaiter	WR	Miami	Big East
	6	193	Oakland Raiders	Jackson, GradyGrady Jackson	DT	Knoxville	Ind. (Div. II)	from Green Bay
	6*	194	Baltimore Ravens	Brown, CornellCornell Brown	DE	Virginia Tech	Big East
	6*	195	Kansas City Chiefs	Byrd, IsaacIsaac Byrd	WR	Kansas	Big 12
	6*	196	Chicago Bears	Swayda, ShawnShawn Swayda	DT	Arizona State	Pac-10
	6*	197	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Carter, NigeaNigea Carter	WR	Michigan State	Big Ten
	6*	198	Philadelphia Eagles	Jasper, EdEd Jasper	DT	Texas A&M	Big 12
	6*	199	Pittsburgh Steelers	Manuel, RodRod Manuel	DE	Oklahoma	Big 12
	6*	200	Chicago Bears	Richard Hogans	LB	Memphis	C-USA
	6*	201	Chicago Bears	Ricky Parker	CB	San Diego State	WAC
	7	202	New York Jets	Steve Rosga	CB	Colorado	Big 12
	7	203	Miami Dolphins	Hudhaifa Ismaeli	S	Northwestern	Big Ten
	7	204	Atlanta Falcons	Graziani, TonyTony Graziani	QB	Oregon	Pac-10
	7	205	Baltimore Ravens	Chris Ward	DE	Kentucky	SEC
	7	206	Detroit Lions	Terry Battle	RB	Arizona State	Pac-10
	7	207	Philadelphia Eagles	Detmer, KoyKoy Detmer	QB	Colorado	Big 12
	7	208	New York Giants	Matt Keneley	DT	USC	Pac-10
	7	209	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	DeGrate, AnthonyAnthony DeGrate	DT	Stephen F. Austin	Southland
	7	210	Chicago Bears	Miano, MikeMike Miano	DT	SW Missouri State	Gateway
	7	211	Seattle Seahawks	Carlos Jones	CB	Miami	Big East
	7	212	Arizona Cardinals	Smith, MarkMark Smith	DE	Auburn	SEC
	7	213	Green Bay Packers	Chris Miller	WR	USC	Pac-10
	7	214	Kansas City Chiefs	Nathan Parks	OT	Stanford	Pac-10
	7	215	St. Louis Rams	Cedric White	DE	North Carolina A&T	MEAC
	7	216	Tennessee Oilers	Armon Williams	LB	Arizona	Pac-10
	7	217	Cincinnati Bengals	Carr, WilliamWilliam Carr	DT	Michigan	Big Ten
	7	218	San Diego Chargers	James, ToranToran James	LB	North Carolina A&T	MEAC
	7	219	Indianapolis Colts	Clarence Thompson	CB	Knoxville	Ind. (Div. II)
	7	220	Minnesota Vikings	Ulmer, ArtieArtie Ulmer	LB	Valdosta State	Gulf South
	7	221	Jacksonville Jaguars	Hesse, JonJon Hesse	LB	Nebraska	Big 12
	7	222	Atlanta Falcons	Bayne, ChrisChris Bayne	CB	Fresno State	WAC
	7	223	Pittsburgh Steelers	Adams, MikeMike Adams	WR	Texas	Big 12
	7	224	Dallas Cowboys	Stoutmire, OmarOmar Stoutmire	S	Fresno State	WAC
	7	225	Philadelphia Eagles	Byron Capers	CB	Florida State	ACC
	7	226	Buffalo Bills	Pat Fitzgerald	TE	Texas	Big 12
	7	227	Philadelphia Eagles	Deaunte Brown	CB	Central State	Ind. (NAIA)
	7	228	Carolina Panthers	Mangum, KrisKris Mangum	TE	Ole Miss	SEC
	7	229	New York Jets	Ferguson, JasonJason Ferguson	DT	Georgia	SEC
	7	230	New England Patriots	Rehberg, ScottScott Rehberg	OT	Central Michigan	MAC
	7	231	Green Bay Packers	Sowell, JeraldJerald Sowell	FB	Tulane	C-USA
	7*	232	Detroit Lions	Harris, MarcusMarcus Harris	WR	Wyoming	WAC
	7*	233	Chicago Bears	Marvin Thomas	DE	Memphis	C-USA
	7*	234	Baltimore Ravens	Richardson, WallyWally Richardson	QB	Penn State	Big Ten
	7*	235	Minnesota Vikings	Hatchette, MatthewMatthew Hatchette	WR	Langston	NAIA Ind.
	7*	236	Baltimore Ravens	Staten, RalphRalph Staten	LB	Alabama	SEC
	7*	237	San Diego Chargers	Corbin, TonyTony Corbin	QB	Sacramento State	Big Sky
	7*	238	Baltimore Ravens	Leland Taylor	DT	Louisville	C-USA
	7*	239	Detroit Lions	Jordan, RichardRichard Jordan	LB	Missouri Southern	MIAA
	7*	240	Green Bay Packers	McAda, RonnieRonnie McAda	QB	Army	Ind. (I-A)

1. Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro Bowl at any time in their career.

Notable undrafted players

†	= Pro Bowler[N 1]

Original NFL team	Player	Pos.	College	Conf.	Notes
Atlanta Falcons	Akers, DavidDavid Akers ^†	K	Louisville	C-USA
Baltimore Ravens	Holmes, PriestPriest Holmes ^†	RB	Texas	Big 12	2nd All-time leading rusher in Kansas City Chiefs history
Baltimore Ravens	Flynn, MikeMike Flynn	C	Maine	Yankee
Buffalo Bills	Williams, PatPat Williams ^†	DT	Texas A&M	Big 12
Chicago Bears	Ayanbadejo, ObafemiObafemi Ayanbadejo	FB	San Diego State	WAC
Chicago Bears	Robinson, BryanBryan Robinson	DE	Fresno State	WAC
Chicago Bears	Cousin, TerryTerry Cousin	CB	South Carolina	SEC
Dallas Cowboys	Mathis, KevinKevin Mathis	CB	Texas A&M–Commerce	Lone Star
Detroit Lions	Kirschke, TravisTravis Kirschke	DE	UCLA	Pac-10
Denver Broncos	Lepsis, MattMatt Lepsis	OT	Colorado	Big 12
Green Bay Packers	Andruzzi, JoeJoe Andruzzi	OT	Southern Connecticut State	ECAC
Green Bay Packers	Longwell, RyanRyan Longwell	K	University of California, Berkeley	Pac-10
New Orleans Saints	Delhomme, JakeJake Delhomme ^†	QB	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	Ind. (I-A)
New Orleans Saints	Knight, SammySammy Knight ^†	S	USC	Pac-10
New Orleans Saints	Mitchell, KeithKeith Mitchell ^†	LB	Texas A&M	Big 12
New York Giants	Patten, DavidDavid Patten	WR	Western Carolina	SoCon
Philadelphia Eagles	Lewis, ChadChad Lewis ^†	TE	Brigham Young	WAC
San Francisco 49ers	Noble, BrandonBrandon Noble	DT	Penn State	Big Ten
Seattle Seahawks	Kitna, JonJon Kitna	QB	Central Washington	CFA	Started at least one game in 12 of 15 seasons with Seattle, Cincinnati, Detroit, and Dallas

1. Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro Bowl at any time in their career.

Hall of Famers

• Walter Jones, offensive tackle from Florida State University taken 1st round 6th overall by the Seattle Seahawks.

inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 2014.

• Orlando Pace, offensive tackle from Ohio State University taken 1st round 1st overall by the St.Louis Rams.

inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 2016.

References

1. "NFL Draft Locations". FootballGeography.com. October 2, 2014. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
2. Salomone, Dan (October 2, 2014). "NFL Draft headed to Chicago in 2015". Giants.com. New York Giants. Archived from the original on September 30, 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
3. Players are identified as a Hall of Famer if they have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

External links

• NFL.com – 1997 Draft
• databaseFootball.com – 1997 Draft
• Pro Football Hall of Fame