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1997
Round	Pick	Player	Name	Team	Position	College
1	1	1	Orlando Pace	Rams	T	Ohio State
	2	2	Darrell Russell	Raiders	DT	USC
	3	3	Shawn Springs	Seahawks	DB	Ohio State
	4	4	Peter Boulware	Ravens	DE	Florida State
	5	5	Bryant Westbrook	Lions	DB	Texas
	6	6	Walter Jones	Seahawks	T	Florida State
	7	7	Ike Hilliard	Giants	WR	Florida
	8	8	James Farrior	Jets	LB	Virginia
	9	9	Tom Knight	Cardinals	DB	Iowa
	10	10	Chris Naeole	Saints	G	Colorado
	11	11	Michael Booker	Falcons	DB	Nebraska
	12	12	Warrick Dunn	Buccaneers	RB	Florida State
	13	13	Tony Gonzalez	Chiefs	TE	California
	14	14	Reinard Wilson	Bengals	DE	Florida State
	15	15	Yatil Green	Dolphins	WR	Miami (FL)
	16	16	Reidel Anthony	Buccaneers	WR	Florida
	17	17	Kenard Lang	Redskins	DE	Miami (FL)
	18	18	Kenny Holmes	Oilers	DE	Miami (FL)
	19	19	Tarik Glenn	Colts	T	California
	20	20	Dwayne Rudd	Vikings	LB	Alabama
	21	21	Renaldo Wynn	Jaguars	DE	Notre Dame
	22	22	David LaFleur	Cowboys	TE	Louisiana State
	23	23	Antowain Smith	Bills	RB	Houston
	24	24	Chad Scott	Steelers	DB	Maryland
	25	25	Jon Harris	Eagles	DE	Virginia
	26	26	Jim Druckenmiller	49ers	QB	Virginia Tech
	27	27	Rae Carruth	Panthers	WR	Colorado
	28	28	Trevor Pryce	Broncos	DE	Clemson
	29	29	Chris Canty	Patriots	DB	Kansas State
	30	30	Ross Verba	Packers	G	Iowa
2	1	31	Rick Terry	Jets	DT	North Carolina
	2	32	Nathan Davis	Falcons	DT	Indiana
	3	33	Rob Kelly	Saints	DB	Ohio State
	4	34	Jamie Sharper	Ravens	LB	Virginia
	5	35	Juan Roque	Lions	T	Arizona State
	6	36	Tiki Barber	Giants	RB	Virginia
	7	37	Jerry Wunsch	Buccaneers	T	Wisconsin
	8	38	John Allred	Bears	TE	USC
	9	39	Jared Tomich	Saints	DE	Nebraska
	10	40	Dexter McCleon	Rams	DB	Clemson
	11	41	Byron Hanspard	Falcons	RB	Texas Tech
	12	42	Jake Plummer	Cardinals	QB	Arizona State
	13	43	Corey Dillon	Bengals	RB	Washington
	14	44	Sam Madison	Dolphins	DB	Louisville
	15	45	Freddie Jones	Chargers	TE	North Carolina
	16	46	Joey Kent	Oilers	WR	Tennessee
	17	47	Kevin Lockett	Chiefs	WR	Kansas State
	18	48	Adam Meadows	Colts	T	Georgia
	19	49	Torrian Gray	Vikings	DB	Virginia Tech
	20	50	Mike Logan	Jaguars	DB	West Virginia
	21	51	Greg Jones	Redskins	LB	Colorado
	22	52	Marcellus Wiley	Bills	DE	Columbia
	23	53	Will Blackwell	Steelers	WR	San Diego State
	24	54	Kevin Abrams	Lions	DB	Syracuse
	25	55	Marc Edwards	49ers	RB	Notre Dame
	26	56	Mike Minter	Panthers	DB	Nebraska
	27	57	James Darling	Eagles	LB	Washington State
	28	58	Kim Herring	Ravens	DB	Penn State
	29	59	Brandon Mitchell	Patriots	DE	Texas A&M
	30	60	Darren Sharper	Packers	DB	William & Mary
3	1	61	Sedrick Shaw	Patriots	RB	Iowa
	2	62	Troy Davis	Saints	RB	Iowa State
	3	63	Frank Middleton	Buccaneers	G	Arizona
	4	64	Jay Graham	Ravens	RB	Tennessee
	5	65	Dexter Coakley	Cowboys	DB	Appalachian State
	6	66	Ronde Barber	Buccaneers	DB	Virginia
	7	67	Dan Neil	Broncos	G	Texas
	8	68	Ryan Phillips	Giants	DE	Idaho
	9	69	Bob Sapp	Bears	G	Washington
	10	70	O.J. Santiago	Falcons	TE	Kent State
	11	71	Duce Staley	Eagles	RB	South Carolina
	12	72	Adam Treu	Raiders	T	Nebraska
	13	73	Jason Taylor	Dolphins	DE	Akron
	14	74	Mike Hamilton	Chargers	LB	North Carolina A&T
	15	75	Denard Walker	Oilers	DB	Louisiana State
	16	76	Rod Payne	Bengals	C	Michigan
	17	77	Greg Clark	49ers	TE	Stanford
	18	78	Stalin Colinet	Vikings	DE	Boston College
	19	79	James Hamilton	Jaguars	LB	North Carolina
	20	80	Derek Smith	Redskins	LB	Arizona State
	21	81	Scott Sanderson	Oilers	T	Washington State
	22	82	Paul Wiggins	Steelers	T	Oregon
	23	83	Steve Scifres	Cowboys	G	Wyoming
	24	84	Ty Howard	Cardinals	DB	Ohio State
	25	85	Tim Kohn	Raiders	T	Iowa State
	26	86	Bertrand Berry	Colts	LB	Notre Dame
	27	87	Kinnon Tatum	Panthers	LB	Notre Dame
	28	88	Dedric Ward	Jets	WR	Northern Iowa
	29	89	Chris Carter	Patriots	DB	Texas
	30	90	Brett Conway	Packers	K	Penn State
	31	91	Mike Vrabel	Steelers	DE	Ohio State
	32	92	Derrick Rodgers	Dolphins	LB	Arizona State
	33	93	Ronnie Ward	Dolphins	LB	Kansas
	34	94	Kenny Wheaton	Cowboys	DB	Oregon
	35	95	Brad Maynard	Giants	P	Ball State
	36	96	Brent Smith	Dolphins	T	Mississippi State
4	1	97	Damon Denson	Patriots	G	Michigan
	2	98	Derrick Mason	Oilers	WR	Michigan State
	3	99	Danny Wuerffel	Saints	QB	Florida
	4	100	Henri Crockett	Falcons	LB	Florida State
	5	101	Antonio Anderson	Cowboys	DT	Syracuse
	6	102	Terry Day	Jets	DE	Mississippi State
	7	103	Pete Monty	Giants	LB	Wisconsin
	8	104	Leon Johnson	Jets	RB	North Carolina
	9	105	Darnell Autry	Bears	RB	Northwestern
	10	106	Chris Dishman	Cardinals	G	Nebraska
	11	107	Pratt Lyons	Oilers	DE	Troy
	12	108	Marcus Robinson	Bears	WR	South Carolina
	13	109	Raleigh Roundtree	Chargers	T	South Carolina State
	14	110	Pat Barnes	Chiefs	QB	California
	15	111	Tremain Mack	Bengals	DB	Miami (FL)
	16	112	Ryan Tucker	Rams	C	Texas Christian
	17	113	Antonio Banks	Vikings	DB	Virginia Tech
	18	114	Seth Payne	Jaguars	DT	Cornell
	19	115	Albert Connell	Redskins	WR	Texas A&M
	20	116	Keith Poole	Saints	WR	Arizona State
	21	117	Delmonico Montgomery	Colts	DB	Houston
	22	118	Tyrus McCloud	Ravens	LB	Louisville
	23	119	Damien Robinson	Eagles	DB	Iowa
	24	120	Jamie Nails	Bills	T	Florida A&M
	25	121	Jerome Daniels	Dolphins	G	Northeastern
	26	122	Tarek Saleh	Panthers	DE	Wisconsin
	27	123	Chad Levitt	Raiders	RB	Cornell
	28	124	Cory Gilliard	Broncos	DB	Ball State
	29	125	Ed Ellis	Patriots	T	Buffalo
	30	126	Jermaine Smith	Packers	DT	Georgia
	31	127	Macey Brooks	Cowboys	WR	James Madison
	32	128	Alshermond Singleton	Buccaneers	LB	Temple
	33	129	Nicky Sualua	Cowboys	RB	Ohio State
	34	130	Matt Russell	Lions	LB	Colorado
5	1	131	Lamont Burns	Jets	G	East Carolina
	2	132	Jamel Williams	Redskins	DB	Nebraska
	3	133	Marcus Wimberly	Falcons	DB	Miami (FL)
	4	134	Jeff Mitchell	Ravens	C	Florida
	5	135	Pete Chryplewicz	Lions	TE	Notre Dame
	6	136	Sam Garnes	Giants	DB	Cincinnati
	7	137	Patrick Hape	Buccaneers	TE	Alabama
	8	138	Kenny Bynum	Chargers	RB	South Carolina State
	9	139	Chad Carpenter	Cardinals	WR	Washington State
	10	140	Keith Thibodeaux	Redskins	DB	Northwestern State (LA)
	11	141	Van Hiles	Bears	DB	Kentucky
	12	142	Eric Stokes	Seahawks	DB	Nebraska
	13	143	George McCullough	Oilers	DB	Baylor
	14	144	Andre Purvis	Bengals	DT	North Carolina
	15	145	Raymond Austin	Jets	DB	Tennessee
	16	146	Paul Bradford	Chargers	DB	Portland State
	17	147	Damon Jones	Jaguars	TE	Southern Illinois
	18	148	Twan Russell	Redskins	LB	Miami (FL)
	19	149	Barron Tanner	Dolphins	DT	Oklahoma
	20	150	Nathaniel Jacquet	Colts	WR	San Diego State
	21	151	Tony Williams	Vikings	DT	Memphis
	22	152	Ndukwe Kalu	Eagles	DE	Rice
	23	153	Sean Woodson	Bills	DB	Jackson State
	24	154	George Jones	Steelers	RB	San Diego State
	25	155	Luther Broughton	Eagles	TE	Furman
	26	156	Carl Powell	Colts	DE	Louisville
	27	157	Nick Lopez	Dolphins	DE	Texas Southern
	28	158	Taje Allen	Rams	DB	Texas
	29	159	Vernon Crawford	Patriots	LB	Florida State
	30	160	Anthony Hicks	Packers	LB	Arkansas
	31	161	Duane Ashman	Lions	DE	Virginia
	32	162	Brad Badger	Redskins	G	Stanford
	33	163	June Henley	Chiefs	RB	Kansas
6	1	164	Tim Scharf	Jets	LB	Northwestern
	2	165	Nicky Savoie	Saints	TE	Louisiana State
	3	166	John Fiala	Dolphins	LB	Washington
	4	167	Steve Lee	Ravens	RB	Indiana
	5	168	Tony Ramirez	Lions	G	Northern Colorado
	6	169	Al Harris	Buccaneers	DB	Texas A&M-Kingsville
	7	170	Brian Manning	Dolphins	WR	Stanford
	8	171	Mike Cherry	Giants	QB	Murray State
	9	172	Calvin Branch	Raiders	RB	Colorado State
	10	173	Mike Crawford	Dolphins	LB	Nevada
	11	174	Itula Mili	Seahawks	TE	Brigham Young
	12	175	Rod Brown	Cardinals	RB	North Carolina State
	13	176	Canute Curtis	Bengals	LB	West Virginia
	14	177	Ed Perry	Dolphins	TE	James Madison
	15	178	Daniel Palmer	Chargers	C	Air Force
	16	179	Muadianvita Kazadi	Rams	LB	Tulsa
	17	180	Calvin Collins	Falcons	C	Texas A&M
	18	181	Dennis Stallings	Oilers	LB	Illinois
	19	182	Scott Von der Ahe	Colts	LB	Arizona State
	20	183	Robert Tate	Vikings	WR	Cincinnati
	21	184	Daimon Shelton	Jaguars	RB	Sacramento State
	22	185	Marcus Spriggs	Bills	G	Houston
	23	186	Daryl Porter	Steelers	DB	Boston College
	24	187	Lee Vaughn	Cowboys	DB	Wyoming
	25	188	Tony McCombs	Cardinals	LB	Eastern Kentucky
	26	189	Matt Finkes	Panthers	DE	Ohio State
	27	190	Antwuan Wyatt	Eagles	WR	Bethune-Cookman
	28	191	Chuck Clements	Jets	QB	Houston
	29	192	Tony Gaiter	Patriots	WR	Miami (FL)
	30	193	Grady Jackson	Raiders	DT	Knoxville
	31	194	Cornell Brown	Ravens	DE	Virginia Tech
	32	195	Isaac Byrd	Chiefs	WR	Kansas
	33	196	Shawn Swayda	Bears	DT	Arizona State
	34	197	Nigea Carter	Buccaneers	WR	Michigan State
	35	198	Edward Jasper	Eagles	DT	Texas A&M
	36	199	Rod Manuel	Steelers	DE	Oklahoma
	37	200	Richard Hogans	Bears	LB	Memphis
	38	201	Ricky Parker	Bears	DB	San Diego State
7	1	202	Steve Rosga	Jets	DB	Colorado
	2	203	Hudhaifa Ismaeli	Dolphins	DB	Northwestern
	3	204	Tony Graziani	Falcons	QB	Oregon
	4	205	Chris Ward	Ravens	DE	Kentucky
	5	206	Terry Battle	Lions	RB	Arizona State
	6	207	Koy Detmer	Eagles	QB	Colorado
	7	208	Matt Keneley	Giants	DT	USC
	8	209	Anthony DeGrate	Buccaneers	DT	Stephen F. Austin
	9	210	Mike Miano	Bears	DT	SW Missouri State
	10	211	Carlos Jones	Seahawks	DB	Miami (FL)
	11	212	Mark Smith	Cardinals	DE	Auburn
	12	213	Chris Miller	Packers	WR	USC
	13	214	Nathan Parks	Chiefs	T	Stanford
	14	215	Cedric White	Rams	DE	North Carolina A&T
	15	216	Armon Williams	Oilers	LB	Arizona
	16	217	William Carr	Bengals	DT	Michigan
	17	218	Torin James	Chargers	LB	North Carolina A&T
	18	219	Clarence Thompson	Colts	DB	Knoxville
	19	220	Artie Ulmer	Vikings	LB	Valdosta State
	20	221	Jon Hesse	Jaguars	LB	Nebraska
	21	222	Chris Bayne	Falcons	DB	Fresno State
	22	223	Michael Adams	Steelers	WR	Texas
	23	224	Omar Stoutmire	Cowboys	DB	Fresno State
	24	225	Byron Capers	Eagles	DB	Florida State
	25	226	Pat Fitzgerald	Bills	TE	Texas
	26	227	Deauntae Brown	Eagles	DB	Central State (OH)
	27	228	Kris Mangum	Panthers	TE	Mississippi
	28	229	Jason Ferguson	Jets	DT	Georgia
	29	230	Scott Rehberg	Patriots	T	Central Michigan
	30	231	Jerald Sowell	Packers	RB	Tulane
	31	232	Marcus Harris	Lions	WR	Wyoming
	32	233	Marvin Thomas	Bears	DE	Memphis
	33	234	Wally Richardson	Ravens	QB	Penn State
	34	235	Matthew Hatchette	Vikings	WR	Langston
	35	236	Ralph Staten	Ravens	LB	Alabama
	36	237	Tony Corbin	Chargers	QB	Sacramento State
	37	238	Leland Taylor	Ravens	DT	Louisville
	38	239	Richard Jordan	Lions	LB	Missouri Southern State
	39	240	Ronnie McAda	Packers	QB	Army

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