1997 NFL Draft Results


(I'm pretty sure that everybody's signed, but I didn't see the transaction
entries for some of these guys.)

+--Date Signed
| Round/Overall Pos-Player Selected (School)
| Team (from/thru)

Round One
8/15 1 1 STL (NYJ) T Orlando Pace (Ohio State)
7/23 2 2 OAK (NO) DT Darrell Russell (USC)
8/02 3 3 SEA (ATL) CB Shawn Springs (Ohio State)
8/15 4 4 BAL DE Peter Boulware (Florida State)
8/08 5 5 DET CB Bryant Westbrook (Texas)
8/02 6 6 SEA (STL/NYJ/TB) T Walter Jones (Florida State)
7/19 7 7 NYG WR Ike Hilliard (Florida)
7/20 8 8 NYJ (TB) LB James Farrior (Virginia)
7/?? 9 9 ARZ CB Tom Knight (Iowa)
7/17 10 10 NO (OAK) G Chris Naeole (Colorado)
7/16 11 11 ATL (SEA/CHI) CB Michael Booker (Nebraska)
7/24 12 12 TB (SEA) RB Warrick Dunn (Florida State)
7/29 13 13 KC (HOU) TE Tony Gonzalez (California)
7/18 14 14 CIN DL Reinard Wilson (Florida State)
6/13 15 15 MIA WR Yatil Green (Miami - Florida)
7/20 16 16 TB (SD) WR Reidel Anthony (Florida)
7/29 17 17 WAS DE Kenard Lang (Miami - Florida)
7/18 18 18 HOU (KC) DE Kenny Holmes (Miami - Florida)
8/11 19 19 IND T Tarik Glenn (California)
7/18 20 20 MIN LB Dwayne Rudd (Alabama)
7/21 21 21 JAC DT Renaldo Wynn (Notre Dame)
7/16 22 22 DAL (PHI) TE David LaFleur (Louisiana State)
?/?? 23 23 BUF RB Antowain Smith (Houston)
7/15 24 24 PIT CB Chad Scott (Maryland)
6/10 25 25 PHI (DAL) DE Jon Harris (Virginia)
7/30 26 26 SF QB Jim Druckenmiller (Virginia Tech)
7/16 27 27 CAR WR Rae Carruth (Colorado)
7/24 28 28 DEN DE Trevor Pryce (Clemson)
7/16 29 29 NE CB Chris Canty (Kansas State)
7/31 30 30 GB G Ross Verba (Iowa)

Round Two
7/14 1 31 NYJ DT Rick Terry (North Carolina)
6/16 2 32 ATL DT Nathan Davis (Indiana)
7/17 3 33 NO S Rob Kelly (Ohio State)
7/22 4 34 BAL LB Jamie Sharper (Virginia)
7/13 5 35 DET T Juan Roque (Arizona State)
7/17 6 36 NYG RB Tiki Barber (Virginia)
7/18 7 37 TB T Jerry Wunsch (Wisconsin)
7/13 8 38 CHI (STL) TE John Allred (USC)
7/17 9 39 NO (OAK) DE Jared Tomich (Nebraska)
7/04 10 40 STL (CHI) CB Dexter McCleon (Clemson)
7/14 11 41 ATL (SEA) RB Byron Hanspard (Texas Tech)
7/14 12 42 ARZ QB Jake Plummer (Arizona State)
7/20 13 43 CIN RB Corey Dillon (Washington)
6/16 14 44 MIA CB Sam Madison (Louisville)
5/21 15 45 SD TE Freddie Jones (North Carolina)
7/12 16 46 HOU WR Joey Kent (Tennessee)
7/25 17 47 KC WR Kevin Lockett (Kansas State)
7/07 18 48 IND T Adam Meadows (Georgia)
6/05 19 49 MIN DB Torrian Gray (Virginia Tech)
5/23 20 50 JAC CB Mike Logan (West Virginia)
7/11 21 51 WAS LB Greg Jones (Colorado)
6/20 22 52 BUF DL Marcellus Wiley (Columbia)
7/15 23 53 PIT WR Will Blackwell (San Diego State)
7/15 24 54 DET (DAL) CB Kevin Abrams (Syracuse)
7/22 25 55 SF (PHI) FB Marc Edwards (Notre Dame)
6/12 26 56 CAR S Mike Minter (Nebraska)
6/12 27 57 PHI (SF) LB James Darling (Washington State)
7/18 28 58 BAL (DEN) S Kim Herring (Penn State)
6/06 29 59 NE DE Brandon Mitchell (Texas A&M)
7/11 30 60 GB S Darren Sharper (William & Mary)

Round Three
7/15 1 61 NE (NYJ) RB Sedrick Shaw (Iowa)
6/13 2 62 NO RB Troy Davis (Iowa State)
7/20 3 63 TB (ATL/SEA) G Frank Middleton (Arizona)
4 64 BAL RB Jay Graham (Tennessee)
7/14 5 65 DAL (DET) LB Dexter Coakley (Appalachian State)
7/18 6 66 TB CB Ronde Barber (Virginia)
7 67 DEN (STL/NYJ) G Dan Neil (Texas)
7/?? 8 68 NYG DE Ryan Phillips (Idaho)
7/10 9 69 CHI G Bob Sapp (Washington)
7/11 10 70 ATL (SEA) TE O.J. Santiago (Kent)
11 71 PHI (ARZ) RB Duce Staley (South Carolina)
12 72 OAK T Adam Treu (Nebraska)
7/09 13 73 MIA DE Jason Taylor (Akron)
6/12 14 74 SD LB Michael Hamilton (North Carolina A&T)
7/10 15 75 HOU CB Denard Walker (Louisiana State)
7/17 16 76 CIN C Rod Payne (Michigan)
7/17 17 77 SF (IND) TE Greg Clark (Stanford)
7/?? 18 78 MIN DE Stalin Colinet (Boston College)
5/23 19 79 JAC LB James Hamilton (North Carolina)
7/11 20 80 WAS LB Derek Smith (Arizona State)
7/09 21 81 HOU (KC) T Scott Sanderson (Washington State)
7/10 22 82 PIT T Paul Wiggins (Oregon)
7/14 23 83 DAL G Steve Scifres (Wyoming)
6/11 24 84 ARZ (PHI) CB Ty Howard (Ohio State)
25 85 OAK (BUF) T Tim Kohn (Iowa State)
7/09 26 86 IND (SF) LB Bert Berry (Notre Dame)
6/03 27 87 CAR LB Kinnon Tatum (Notre Dame)
7/17 28 88 NYJ (DEN) WR Dedrick Ward (Northern Iowa)
7/15 29 89 NE S Chris Carter (Texas)
7/08 30 90 GB K Brett Conway (Penn State)
7/?? 31 91 PIT (Comp) DE Mike Vrabel (Ohio State)
32 92 MIA (Comp) LB Derrick Rodgers (Arizona State)
33 93 MIA (Comp) LB Ronnie Ward (Kansas)
7/14 34 94 DAL (Comp) CB Kenny Wheaton (Oregon)
7/?? 35 95 NYG (Comp) P Brad Maynard (Ball State)
7/08 36 96 MIA (Comp) T Brent Smith (Mississippi State)

Round Four
7/16 1 97 NE (NYJ) G Damon Denson (Michigan)
7/11 2 98 HOU (ATL) WR Derrick Mason (Michigan State)
7/17 3 99 NO QB Danny Wuerffel (Florida)
7/14 4 100 ATL (SEA/BAL) LB Henri Crockett (Florida State)
7/14 5 101 DAL (DET) DT Antonio Anderson (Syracuse)
7/17 6 102 NYJ (STL) DE Terry Day (Mississippi State)
7/?? 7 103 NYG LB Pete Monty (Wisconsin)
7/17 8 104 NYJ (TB) RB Leon Johnson (North Carolina)
7/13 9 105 CHI (SEA) RB Darnell Autry (Northwestern)
7/09 10 106 ARZ G Chris Dishman (Nebraska)
7/10 11 107 HOU (OAK/NO) DL Pratt Lyons (Troy State - Alabama)
7/11 12 108 CHI WR Marcus Robinson (South Carolina)
7/14 13 109 SD T Raleigh Roundtree (South Carolina State)
5/08 14 110 KC (HOU) QB Pat Barnes (California)
6/05 15 111 CIN S Tremain Mack (Miami - Florida)
7/04 16 112 STL (MIA) C Ryan Tucker (Texas Christian)
7/?? 17 113 MIN CB Antonio Banks (Virginia Tech)
5/23 18 114 JAC DT Seth Payne (Cornell)
5/28 19 115 WAS WR Albert Connell (Texas A&M)
6/10 20 116 NO (KC/HOU) WR Keith Poole (Arizona State)
21 117 IND CB Delmonico Montgomery (Houston)
7/07 22 118 BAL (DAL) LB Tyrus McCloud (Louisville)
6/04 23 119 PHI S Damien Robinson (Iowa)
7/01 24 120 BUF T Jamie Nails (Florida A&M)
6/10 25 121 MIA (PIT/STL) T Jerome Daniels (Northeastern)
26 122 CAR LB Tarek Saleh (Wisconsin)
27 123 OAK (SF/MIA) RB Chad Levitt (Cornell)
7/25 28 124 DEN S Cory Gilliard (Ball State)
6/19 29 125 NE T Ed Ellis (Buffalo State College - NY)
7/09 30 126 GB DT Jermaine Smith (Georgia)
7/14 31 127 DAL (Comp) WR Macey Brooks (James Madison)
7/17 32 128 TB (Comp) LB Alshermond Singleton (Temple)
7/14 33 129 DAL (Comp) FB Nicky Sualua (Ohio State)
7/13 34 130 DET (Comp) LB Matt Russell (Colorado)

Round Five
7/09 1 131 NYJ G Lamont Burns (East Carolina)
6/02 2 132 WAS (NO) S Jamel Williams (Nebraska)
6/16 3 133 ATL S Marcus Wimberly (Miami - Florida)
7/07 4 134 BAL C Jeff Mitchell (Florida)
7/10 5 135 DET TE Pete Chryplewicz (Notre Dame)
7/?? 6 136 NYG S Sam Garnes (Cincinnati)
7/19 7 137 TB TE Patrick Hape (Alabama)
6/16 8 138 SD (STL) RB Kenny Bynum (South Carolina State)
6/04 9 139 ARZ WR Chad Carpenter (Washington State)
5/28 10 140 WAS (OAK/ATL) CB Keith Thivodeaux (Northwest Louisiana)
7/10 11 141 CHI CB CB Van Hiles (Kentucky)
12 142 SEA S Eric Stokes (Nebraska)
7/?? 13 143 HOU CB George McCullough (Baylor)
6/05 14 144 CIN DT Andre Purvis (North Carolina)
6/26 15 145 NYJ (MIA) S Raymond Austin (Tennessee)
6/02 16 146 SD (SD/PIT) CB Paul Bradford (Portland State)
17 147 JAC TE Damon Jones (Southern Illinois)
5/09 18 148 WAS LB Twan Russell (Miami - Florida)
7/08 19 149 MIA (KC) DT Barron Tanner (Oklahoma)
6/26 20 150 IND WR Nathaniel Jacquet (San Diego State)
7/?? 21 151 MIN DT Tony Williams (Memphis)
22 152 PHI DE Ndukwe Kalu (Rice)
6/08 23 153 BUF S Sean Woodson (Jackson State)
7/15 24 154 PIT RB George Jones (San Diego State)
25 155 PHI (DAL) TE Luther Broughton (Furman - S.C.)
26 156 IND (SF) DE Carl Powell (Louisville)
6/10 27 157 MIA (CAR/OAK) DE Nicholas Lopez (Texas Southern)
7/04 28 158 STL (DEN) CB Taje Allen (Texas)
6/19 29 159 NE LB Vernon Crawford (Florida State)
7/08 30 160 GB LB Anthony Hicks (Middle Tennessee)
7/12 31 161 DET (Comp) DE Duane Ashman (Virginia)
5/05 32 162 WAS (Comp) G Brad Badger (Stanford)
5/05 33 163 KC (Comp) RB Charles Henley (Kansas)

Round Six
7/17 1 164 NYJ LB Tim Scharf (Northwestern)
2 165 NO (ATL/HOU) TE Nicky Savoie (Louisiana State)
6/17 3 166 MIA (NO/OAK) LB John Fiala (Washington)
4 167 BAL FB Steve Lee (Indiana)
7/12 5 168 DET G Tony Ramirez (Northern Colorado)
7/01 6 169 TB S Al Harris (Texas A&M - Kingsville)
6/17 7 170 MIA (STL) WR Brian Manning (Stanford)
7/?? 8 171 NYG QB Mike Cherry (Murray State - Kentucky)
7/21 9 172 OAK RB Calvin Branch (Colorado State)
6/10 10 173 MIA (CHI/STL) LB Mike Crawford (Nevada)
6/10 11 174 SEA TE Itula Mili (Brigham Young)
12 175 ARZ FB Rod Brown (North Carolina State)
7/11 13 176 CIN LB Canute Curtis (West Virginia)
6/13 14 177 MIA TE Ed Perry (James Madison)
7/14 15 178 SD C Daniel Palmer (Air Force)
7/04 16 179 STL (HOU) LB Muadianvita Kazadi (Tulsa)
6/21 17 180 ATL (WAS) C Calvin Collins (Texas A&M)
7/11 18 181 HOU (KC) LB Dennis Stallings (Illinois)
19 182 IND LB Scott Van der Ahe (Arizona State)
7/?? 20 183 MIN WR Robert Tate (Cincinnati)
5/23 21 184 JAC FB Daimon Shelton (Cal. State-Sacramento)
6/13 22 185 BUF G Marcus Spriggs (Houston)
6/06 23 186 PIT CB Daryl Porter (Boston College)
7/14 24 187 DAL CB Lee Vaughn (Wyoming)
6/02 25 188 ARZ (PHI) LB Tony McCombs (Eastern Kentucky)
26 189 CAR DE Matt Finkes (Ohio State)
7/01 27 190 PHI (SF) WR Antwuan Wyatt (Bethune-Cookman)
7/17 28 191 NYJ (DEN) QB Chuck Clements (Houston)
7/16 29 192 NE WR Tony Gaiter (Miami - Florida)
30 193 OAK (GB) DT Grady Jackson (Knoxville College - Tenn)
7/07 31 194 BAL (Comp) LB Cornell Brown (Virginia Tech)
5/06 32 195 KC (Comp) WR Isaac Byrd (Kansas)
7/10 33 196 CHI (Comp) DT Shawn Swayda (Arizona State)
7/01 34 197 TB (Comp) WR Nigea Carter (Michigan State)
7/16 35 198 PHI (Comp) DT Edward Jasper (Texas A&M)
7/?? 36 199 PIT (Comp) DE Rod Manuel (Oklahoma)
7/10 37 200 CHI (Comp) LB Richard Hogans (Memphis)
7/10 38 201 CHI (Comp) S Ricky Parker (San Diego State)

Round Seven
6/04 1 202 NYJ S Steve Rosga (Colorado)
7/08 2 203 MIA (NO/OAK) S Hudhaifa Ismaeli (Northwestern)
7/?? 3 204 ATL QB Tony Graziani (Oregon)
4 205 BAL DE Chris Ward (Kentucky)
5 206 DET RB Terry Battle (Arizona State)
6/04 6 207 PHI (STL/NYJ) QB Koy Detmer (Colorado)
7/?? 7 208 NYG DT Matt Keneley (USC)
7/01 8 209 TB DE Anthony DeGrate (Steven F. Austin)
7/10 9 210 CHI DT Mike Miano (Southwest Missouri State)
10 211 SEA CB Carlos Jones (Miami - Florida)
5/05 11 212 ARZ DE Mark Smith (Auburn)
6/03 12 213 GB (OAK) WR Chris Miller (USC)
5/01 13 214 KC (MIA) T Nathan Parks (Stanford)
7/04 14 215 STL (SD) DE Cedric White (North Carolina A&T)
7/09 15 216 HOU LB Armon Williams (Arizona)
6/27 16 217 CIN DT William Carr (Michigan)
6/17 17 218 SD (KC/PIT) LB Torin James (North Carolina A&T)
18 219 IND S Clarence Thompson (Knoxville Col. - Tenn)
7/?? 19 220 MIN LB Artie Ulmer (Valdosta State - Georgia)
5/23 20 221 JAC LB Jon Hesse (Nebraska)
6/12 21 222 ATL (WAS) S Chris Bayne (Fresno State)
7/10 22 223 PIT WR Michael Adams (Texas)
7/14 23 224 DAL S Omar Stoutmire (Fresno Dtate)
6/04 24 225 PHI CB Byron Capers (Florida State)
6/08 25 226 BUF TE Pat Fitzgerald (Texas)
6/04 26 227 PHI (SF) CB Deauntae Brown (Central State - Ohio)
6/03 27 228 CAR TE Kris Mangum (Mississippi)
4/30 28 229 NYJ (DEN) DT Jason Ferguson (Georgia)
6/19 29 230 NE T Scott Rehberg (Central Michigan)
7/10 30 231 GB FB Jerald Sowell (Tulane)
7/13 31 232 DET (Comp) WR Marcus Harris (Wyoming)
7/10 32 233 CHI (Comp) DE Marvin Thomas (Memphis)
7/07 33 234 BAL (Comp) QB Wally Richardson (Penn State)
7/?? 34 235 MIN (Comp) WR Matthew Hatchette (Langston - Oklahoma)
7/07 35 236 BAL (Comp) LB Ralph Staten (Alabama)
7/11 36 237 SD (Comp) QB Tony Corbin (Sacramento State)
37 238 BAL (Comp) DT Leland Taylor (Louisville)
38 239 DET (Comp) LB Richard Jordan (Missouri State)
39 240 GB (Comp) QB Ronnie McAda (Army)




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