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Nfl Draft 1997

NFL Draft Selections

Selections from the 1997 NFL draft with team, player, projected position and college (x-compensatory selection):

Fourth Round

97. New England (from New York Jets), Damon Denson, g, Michigan.

98. Houston (from Atlanta), Derrick Mason, wr, Michigan State.

99. New Orleans, Danny Wuerffel, qb, Florida.

100. Atlanta (from Baltimore through Seattle), Henri Crockett, lb, Florida State.

101. Dallas (from Detroit), Antonio Anderson, dt, Syracuse.

102. New York Jets (from St. Louis), Terry Day, de, Mississippi State.

103. New York Giants, Pete Monty, lb, Wisconsin.

104. New York Jets (from Tampa Bay), Leon Johnson, rb, North Carolina.

105. Chicago (from Seattle), Darnell Autry, rb, Northwestern.

106. Arizona, Chris Dishman, g, Nebraska.

107. Houston (from Oakland through New Orleans), Pratt Lyons, de, Troy State.

108. Chicago, Marcus Robinson, wr, South Carolina.

109. San Diego, Raleigh Roundtree, t, South Carolina State.

110. Kansas City (from Houston), Pat Barnes, qb, California.

111. Cincinnati, Tremain Mack, db, Miami.

112. St. Louis (from Miami), Ryan Tucker, c, Texas Christian.

113. Minnesota, Antonio Banks, db, Virginia Tech.

114. Jacksonville, Seth Payne, dt, Cornell.

115. Washington, Albert Connell, wr, Texas A&M.

116. New Orleans (from Kansas City through Houston), Keith Poole, wr, Arizona State.

117. Indianapolis, Delmonico Montgomery, db, Houston.

118. Baltimore (from Dallas), Tyrus McCloud, lb, Louisville.

119. Philadelphia, Damien Robinson, db, Iowa.

120. Buffalo, Jamie Nails, t, Florida A&M.

121. Miami (from Pittsburgh through St. Louis), Jerome Daniels, t, Northeastern.

122. Carolina, Tarek Saleh, lb, Wisconsin.

123. Oakland (from San Francisco through Miami), Chad Levitt, rb, Cornell.

124. Denver, Corey Gilliard, db, Ball State.

125. New England, Ed Ellis, t, Buffalo.

126. Green Bay, Jermaine Smith, dt, Georgia.

127. x-Dallas, Macey Brooks, wr, James Madison.

128. x-Tampa Bay, Alshermond Singleton, lb, Temple.

129. x-Dallas, Nicky Sualua, rb, Ohio State.

130. x-Detroit, Matt Russell, lb, Colorado.

Fifth Round

131. New York Jets, Lamont Burns, g, East Carolina.

132. Washington (from Houston), Jamel Williams, db, Nebraska.

133. Atlanta, Marcus Wimberly, db, Miami.

134. Baltimore, Jeff Mitchell, c, Florida.

135. Detroit, Pete Chryplewicz, te, Notre Dame.

136. New York Giants, Sam Garnes, db, Cincinnati.

137. Tampa Bay, Patrick Hape, te, Alabama.

138. San Diego (from St. Louis), Kenny Bynum rb, South Carolina State.

139. Arizona, Chad Carpenter, wr, Washington State.

140. Washington (from Oakland through Atlanta), Keith Thibodeaux, db, NW Louisiana.

141. Chicago, Van Hiles, db, Kentucky.

142. Seattle, Eric Stokes, db, Nebraska.

143. Houston, George McCullough, db, Baylor.

144. Cincinnati, Andre Purvis, dt, North Carolina.

145. New York Jets (from Miami), Raymond Austin, db, Tennessee.

146. San Diego (from San Diego through Pittsburgh), Paul Bradford, db, Portland State.

147. Jacksonville, Damon Jones, te, Southern Illinois.

148. Washington, Twan Russell, lb, Miami.

149. Miami (from Kansas City), 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 (from Dallas), Luther Broughton, te, Furman.

156. Indianapolis (from San Francisco), Carl Powell, de, Louisville.

157. Miami (from Carolina through Oakland), Nicholas Lopez, de, Texas Southern.

158. St. Louis (from Denver), Taje Allen, db, Texas.

159. New England, Vernon Crawford, lb, Florida State.

160. Green Bay, Anthony Hicks, lb, Arkansas.

161. x-Detroit, Duane Ashman, de, Virginia.

162. x-Washington, Brad Badger, g, Stanford.

163. x-Kansas City, June Henley, rb, Kansas.

Sixth Round

164. New York Jets, Tim Scharf, lb, Northwestern.

165. New Orleans (from Atlanta through Houston), Nicky Savoie, te, LSU.

166. Miami (from New Orleans through Oakland), John Fiala, lb, Washington.

167. Baltimore, Steve Lee, rb, Indiana.

168. Detroit, Tony Ramirez, t, Northern Colorado.

169. Tampa Bay, Al Harris, db, Texas A&M-Kingsville.

170. Miami (from St. Louis), Brian Manning, wr, Stanford.

171. New York Giants, Mike Cherry, qb, Murray State.

172. Oakland, Calvin Brach, rb, Colorado State.

173. Miami (from Chicago through St. Louis), Mike Crawford, lb, Nevada.

174. Seattle, Itula Mili, te, Brigham Young.

175. Arizona, Rod Brown, rb, North Carolina State.

176. Cincinnati, Canute Curtis, lb, West Virginia.

177. Miami, Ed Perry, te, James Madison.

178. San Diego, Daniel Palmer, c, Air Force.

179. St. Louis (from Houston), Muadianvita Kazadi, lb, Tulsa.

180. Atlanta (from Washington), Calvin Collins, c, Texas A&M.

181. Houston (from Kansas City), Dennis Stallings, lb, Illinois.

182. Indianapolis, Scott Von Der Ahe, lb, Arizona State.

183. Minnesota, Robert Tate, wr, Cincinnati.

184. Jacksonville, Daimon Shelton, rb, CS Sacramento.

185. Buffalo, Marcus Spriggs, t, Houston.

186. Pittsburgh, Daryl Porter, db, Boston College.

187. Dallas, Lee Vaughn, db, Wyoming.

188. Arizona (from Philadelphia), Tony McCombs, lb, Eastern Kentucky.

189. Carolina, Matt Finkes, de, Ohio State.

190. Philadelphia (from San Francisco), Antwuan Wyatt, wr, Bethune-Cookman.

191. New York Jets (from Denver), Chuck Clements, qb, Houston.

192. New England, Tony Gaiter, wr, Miami.

193. Oakland (from Green Bay), Grady Jackson, de, Knoxville.

194. x-Baltimore, Cornell Brown, lb, Virginia Tech.

195. x-Kansas City, Isaac Byrd, wr, Kansas.

196. x-Chicago, Shawn Swayda, de, Arizona State.

197. x-Tampa Bay, Nigea Carter, wr, Michigan State.

198. x-Philadelphia, Edward Jasper, dt, Texas A&M.

199. x-Pittsburgh, Rod Manuel, de, Oklahoma.

200. x-Chicago, Richard Hogans, lb, Memphis.

201. x-Chicago, Ricky Parker, db, San Diego State.

Seventh Round

202. New York Jets, Steve Rosga, db, Colorado.

203. Miami (from New Orleans through Oakland), 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 (from St. Louis through New York Jets), Koy Detmer, qb, Colorado.

208. New York Giants, Matt Keneley, dt, Southern California.

209. Tampa Bay, Anthony DeGrate, dt, Stephen F. Austin.

210. Chicago, Mike Miano, dt, Southwest Missouri State.

211. Seattle, Carlos Jones, db, Miami.

212. Arizona, Mark Smith, de, Auburn.

213. Green Bay (from Oakland), Chris Miller, wr, Southern California.

214. Kansas City (from Miami), Nathan Parks, t, Stanford.

215. St. Louis (from San Diego), Cedric White, de, North Carolina A&T.

216. Houston, Armon Williams, db, Arizona.

217. Cincinnati, William Carr, dt, Michigan.

218. San Diego (from Kansas City through Pittsburgh), Toran James, lb, North Carolina A&T.

219. Indianapolis, Clarence Thompson, db, Knoxville.

220. Minnesota, Artie Ulmer, lb, Valdosta State.

221. Jacksonville, Jon Hesse, lb, Nebraska.

222. Atlanta (from Washington), Chris Bayne, db, Fresno State.

223. Pittsburgh, Michael Adams, wr, Texas.

224. Dallas, Omar Stoutmire, db, Fresno State.

225. Philadelphia, Byron Capers, db, Florida State.

226. Buffalo, Pat Fitzgerald, te, Texas.

227. Philadelphia (from San Francisco), Deauntae Brown, db, Central State, Ohio.

228. Carolina, Kris Mangum, te, Mississippi.

229. New York Jets (from Denver), Jason Ferguson, dt, Georgia.

230. New England, Scott Rehberg, t, Central Michigan.

231. Green Bay, Jerald Sowell, rb, Tulane.

232. x-Detroit, Marcus Harris, wr, Wyoming.

233. x-Chicago, Marvin Thomas, de, Memphis.

234. x-Baltimore, Wally Richardson, qb, Penn State.

235. x-Minnesota, Matthew Hatchette, wr, Langston.

236. x-Baltimore, Ralph Staten, db, Alabama.

237. x-San Diego, Tony Corbin, qb, CS Sacramento.

238. x-Baltimore, Leland Taylor, dt, Louisville.

239. x-Detroit, Richard Jordan, lb, Missouri Southern.

240. x-Green Bay, Ronnie McAda, qb, Army.

NFL Team-by-Team Draft New York

The team-by-team selections from the 1997 NFL draft. Players listed by round, position, school and overall pick in parentheses:

Arizona

1, Tom Knight, db, Iowa (9); 2, Jake Plummer, qb, Arizona State (42); 3, Ty Howard, db, Ohio State (84); 4, Chris Dishman, g, Nebraska (106); 5, Chad Carpenter, wr, Washington State (139); 6, Rod Brown, rb, North Carolina State (175); 6, Tony McCombs, lb, Eastern Kentucky (188); 7, Mark Smith, de, Auburn (212).

Atlanta

1, Michael Booker, db, Nebraska (11); 2, Nathan Davis, de, Indiana (32); 2, Byron Hanspard, rb, Texas Tech (41); 3, O.J. Santiago, te, Kent (70); 4, Henri Crockett, lb, Florida State (100); 5, Marcus Wimberly, db, Miami (133); 6, Calvin Collins, c, Texas A&M (180); 7, Tony Graziani, qb, Oregon (204); 7, Chris Bayne, db, Fresno State (222).

Baltimore

1, Peter Boulware, de, Florida State (4); 2, Jamie Sharper, lb, Virginia (34); 2, Kim Herring, db, Penn State (58); 3, Jay Graham, rb, Tennessee (64); 4, Tyrus McCloud, lb, Louisville (118); 5, Jeff Mitchell, c, Florida (134); 6, Steve Lee, rb, Indiana (167); 6, Cornell Brown, lb, Virginia Tech (194); 7, Chris Ward, de, Kentucky (205); 7, Wally Richardson, qb, Penn State (234); 7, Ralph Staten, db, Alabama (236); 7, Leland Taylor, dt, Louisville (238).

Buffalo

1, Antowain Smith, rb, Houston (23); 2, Marcellus Wiley, de, Columbia (52); 4, Jamie Nails, t, Florida A&M (120); 5, Sean Woodson, db, Jackson State (153); 6, Marcus Spriggs, t, Houston (185); 7, Pat Fitzgerald, te, Texas (226).

Carolina

1, Rae Carruth, wr, Colorado (27); 2, Mike Minter, db, Nebraska (56); Kinnon Tatum, lb, Notre Dame (87); 4, Tarek Saleh, lb, Wisconsin (122); 6, Matt Finkes, de, Ohio State (189); 7, Kris Mangum, te, Mississippi (228).

Chicago

2, John Allred, te, Southern California (38); 3, Bob Sapp, g, Washington (69); 4, Darnell Autry, rb, Northwestern (105); 4, Marcus Robinson, wr, South Carolina (108); 5, Van Hiles, db, Kentucky (141); 6, Shawn Swayda, de, Arizona State (196); 6, Richard Hogans, lb, Memphis (200); 6, Ricky Parker, db, San Diego State (201); 7, Mike Miano, dt, Southwest Missouri State (210); 7, Marvin Thomas, de, Memphis (233).

Cincinnati

1, Reinard Wilson, lb, Florida State (14); 2, Corey Dillon, rb, Washington (43); 3, Rod Payne, c, Michigan (76); 4, Tremain Mack, db, Miami (111); 5, Andre Purvis, dt, North Carolina (144); 6, Canute Curtis, lb, West Virginia (176); 7, William Carr, dt, Michigan (217).

Dallas

1, David LaFleur, te, LSU (22); 3, Dexter Coakley, lb, Appalachian State (65); 3, Steve Scifres, t, Wyoming (83); 3, Kenny Wheaton, db, Oregon (94); 4, Antonio Anderson, dt, Syracuse (101); 4, Macey Brooks, wr, James Madison (127); 4, Nicky Sualua, rb, Ohio State (129); 6, Lee Vaughn, db, Wyoming (187); 7, Omar Stoutmire, db, Fresno State (224).

Denver

1, Trevor Pryce, dt, Clemson (28); 3, Dan Neil, c, Texas (67); 4, Corey Gilliard, db, Ball State (124).

Detroit

1, Bryant Westbrook, db, Texas (5); 2, Juan Roque, g, Arizona State (35); 2, Kevin Abrams, db, Syracuse (54); 4, Matt Russell, lb, Colorado (130); 5, Pete Chryplewicz, te, Notre Dame (135); 5, Duane Ashman, de, Virginia (161); 6, Tony Ramirez, t, Northern Colorado (168); 7, Terry Battle, rb, Arizona State (206); 7, Marcus Harris, wr, Wyoming (232); 7, Richard Jordan, lb, Missouri Southern (239).

Green Bay

1, Ross Verba, t, Iowa (30); 2, Darren Sharper, db, William & Mary (60); 3, Brett Conway, pk, Penn State (90); 4, Jermaine Smith, dt, Georgia (126); 5, Anthony Hicks, lb, Arkansas (160); 7, Chris Miller, wr, Southern California (213); 7, Jerald Sowell, rb, Tulane (231); 7, Ronnie McAda, qb, Army (240).

Houston

1, Kenny Holmes, de, Miami (18); 2, Joey Kent, wr, Tennessee (46); 3, Denard Walker, db, LSU (75); 3, Scott Sanderson, t, Washington State (81); 4, Derrick Mason, wr, Michigan State (98); 4, Pratt Lyons, de, Troy State (107); 5, George McCullough, db, Baylor (143); 6, Dennis Stallings, lb, Illinois (181); 7, Armon Williams, db, Arizona (216).

Indianapolis

1, Tarik Glenn, t, California (19); 2, Adam Meadows, t, Georgia (48); 3, Bert Berry, lb, Notre Dame (86); 4, Delmonico Montgomery, db, Houston (117); 5, Nate Jacquet, wr, San Diego State (150); 5, Carl Powell, de, Louisville (156); 6, Scott Von Der Ahe, lb, Arizona State (182); 7, Clarence Thompson, db, Knoxville (219).

Jacksonville

1, Renaldo Wynn, dt, Notre Dame (21); 2, Mike Logan, db, West Virginia (50); 3, James Hamilton, lb, North Carolina (79); 4, Seth Payne, dt, Cornell (114); 5, Damon Jones, te, Southern Illinois (147); 6, Daimon Shelton, rb, CS Sacramento (184); 7, Jon Hesse, lb, Nebraska (221).

Kansas City

1, Tony Gonzalez, te, California (13); 2, Kevin Lockett, wr, Kansas State (47); 4, Pat Barnes, qb, California (110); 5, June Henley, rb, Kansas (163); 6, Isaac Byrd, wr, Kansas (195); 7, Nathan Parks, t, Stanford (214).

Miami

1, Yatil Green, wr, Miami (15); 2, Sam Madison, db, Louisville (44); 3, Jason Taylor, de, Akron (73); 3, Derrick Rodgers, lb, Arizona State (92); 3, Ronnie Ward, lb, Kansas (93); 3, Brent Smith, t, Mississippi State (96); 4, Jerome Daniels, t, Northeastern (121); 5, Barron Tanner, dt, Oklahoma (149); 5, Nicholas Lopez, de, Texas Southern (157); 6, John Fiala, lb, Washington (166); 6, Brian Manning, wr, Stanford (170); 6, Mike Crawford, lb, Nevada (173); 6, Ed Perry, te, James Madison (177); 7, Hudhaifa Ismaeli, db, Northwestern (203).

Minnesota

1, Dwayne Rudd, lb, Alabama (20); 2, Torrian Gray, db, Virginia Tech (49); 3, Stalin Colinet, de, Boston College (78); 4, Antonio Banks, db, Virginia Tech (113); 5, Tony Williams, dt, Memphis (151); 6, Robert Tate, wr, Cincinnati (183); 7, Artie Ulmer, lb, Valdosta State (220); 7, Matthew Hatchette, wr, Langston (235).

New England

1, Chris Canty, db, Kansas State (29); 2, Brandon Mitchell, dt, Texas A&M (59); 3, Sedrick Shaw, rb, Iowa (61); 3, Chris Carter, db, Texas (89); 4, Damon Denson, g, Michigan (97); 4, Ed Ellis, t, Buffalo (125); 5, Vernon Crawford, lb, Florida State (159); 6, Tony Gaiter, wr, Miami (192); 7, Scott Rehberg, t, Central Michigan (230).

New Orleans

1, Chris Naeole, g, Colorado (10); 2, Rob Kelly, db, Ohio State (33); 2, Jared Tomich, de, Nebraska (39); 3, Troy Davis, rb, Iowa State (62); 4, Danny Wuerffel, qb, Florida (99); 4, Keith Poole, wr, Arizona State (116); 6, Nicky Savoie, te, LSU (165).

New York Giants

1, Ike Hilliard, wr, Florida (7); 2, Tiki Barber, rb, Virginia (36); 3, Ryan Phillips, lb, Idaho (68); 3, Brad Maynard, p, Ball State (95); 4, Pete Monty, lb, Wisconsin (103); 5, Sam Garnes, db, Cincinnati (136); 6, Mike Cherry, qb, Murray State (171); 7, Matt Keneley, dt, Southern California (208).

New York Jets

1, James Farrior, lb, Virginia (8); 2, Rick Terry, dt, North Carolina (31); 3, Dedric Ward, wr, Northern Iowa (88); 4, Terry Day, de, Mississippi State (102); 4, Leon Johnson, rb, North Carolina (104); 5, Lamont Burns, g, East Carolina (131); 5, Raymond Austin, db, Tennessee (145); 6, Tim Scharf, lb, Northwestern (164); 6, Chuck Clements, qb, Houston (191); 7, Steve Rosga, db, Colorado (202); 7, Jason Ferguson, dt, Georgia (229).

Oakland

1, Darrell Russell, dt, Southern Califiornia (2); 3, Adam Treu, g, Nebraska (72); 3, Tim Kohn, t, Iowa State (85); 4, Chad Levitt, rb, Cornell (123); 6, Calvin Brach, rb, Colorado State (172); 6, Grady Jackson, de, Knoxville (193).

Philadelphia

1, Jon Harris, de, Virginia (25); 2, James Darling, lb, Washington State (57); 3, Duce Staley, rb, South Carolina (71); 4, Damien Robinson, db, Iowa (119); 5, Ndukwe Kalu, de, Rice (152); 5, Luther Broughton, te, Furman (155); 6, Antwuan Wyatt, wr, Bethune-Cookman (190); 6, Edward Jasper, dt, Texas A&M (198); 7, Koy Detmer, qb, Colorado (207); 7, Byron Capers, db, Florida State (225); 7, Deauntae Brown, db, Central State, Ohio (227).

Pittsburgh

1, Chad Scott, db, Maryland (24); 2, Will Blackwell, wr, San Diego State (53); 3, Paul Wiggins, t, Oregon (82); 3, Mike Vrabel, de, Ohio State (91); 5, George Jones, rb, San Diego State (154); 6, Daryl Porter, db, Boston College (186); 6, Rod Manuel, de, Oklahoma (199); 7, Michael Adams, wr, Texas (223).

St. Louis

1, Orlando Pace, t, Ohio State (1); 2, Dexter McCleon, db, Clemson (40); 4, Ryan Tucker, c, Texas Christian (112); 5, Taje Allen, db, Texas (158); 6, Muadianvita Kazadi, lb, Tulsa (179); 7, Cedric White, de, North Carolina A&T (215).

San Diego

2, Freddie Jones, te, North Carolina (45); 3, Michael Hamilton, lb, North Carolina A&T (74); 4, Raleigh Roundtree, t, South Carolina State (109); 5, Kenny Bynum rb, South Carolina State (138); 5, Paul Bradford, db, Portland State (146); 6, Daniel Palmer, c, Air Force (178); 7, Toran James, lb, North Carolina A&T (218); 7, Tony Corbin, qb, CS Sacramento (237).

San Francisco

1, Jim Druckenmiller, qb, Virginia Tech (26); 2, Marc Edwards, fb, Notre Dame (55); 3, Greg Clark, te, Stanford (77).

Seattle

1, Shawn Springs, cb, Ohio State (3); 1, Walter Jones, t, Florida State (6); 5, Eric Stokes, db, Nebraska (142); 6, Itula Mili, te, Brigham Young (174); 7, Carlos Jones, db, Miami (211).

Tampa Bay

1, Warrick Dunn, rb, Florida State (12); 1, Reidel Anthony, wr, Florida (16); 2, Jerry Wunsch, t, Wisconsin (37); 3, Frank Middleton, g, Arizona (63); 3, Ronde Barber, db, Virginia (66); 4, Alshermond Singleton, lb, Temple (128); 5, Patrick Hape, te, Alabama (137); 6, Al Harris, db, Texas A&M-Kingsville (169); 6, Nigea Carter, wr, Michigan State (197); 7, Anthony DeGrate, dt, Stephen F. Austin (209).

Washington

1, Kenard Lang, de, Miami (17); 2, Greg Jones, lb, Colorado (51); 3, Derek Smith, lb, Arizona State (80); 4, Albert Connell, wr, Texas A&M (115); 5, Jamel Williams, db, Nebraska (132); 5, Keith Thibodeaux, db, NW Louisiana (140); 5, Twan Russell, lb, Miami (148); 5, Brad Badger, g, Stanford (162).