1996 - 97 Draft Review

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- 1996 - 97 Draft

Round	Selection	Team	Player	Position	College
1	1	New York Jets	Keyshawn Johnson	WR	Southern California
1	2	Jacksonville Jaguars	Kevin Hardy	LB	Illinois
1	3	Arizona Cardinals	Simeon Rice	DE	Illinois
1	4	Baltimore Ravens	Jonathan Ogden	T	UCLA
1	5	New York Giants	Cedric Jones	DE	Oklahoma
1	6	St. Louis Rams	Lawrence Phillips	RB	Nebraska
1	7	New England Patriots	Terry Glenn	WR	Ohio State
1	8	Carolina Panthers	Tim Biakabutuka	RB	Michigan
1	9	Oakland Raiders	Rickey Dudley	TE	Ohio State
1	10	Cincinnati Bengals	Willie Anderson	T	Auburn
1	11	New Orleans Saints	Alex Molden	DB	Oregon
1	12	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Regan Upshaw	DE	California
1	13	Chicago Bears	Walt Harris	DB	Mississippi State
1	14	Houston Oilers	Eddie George	RB	Ohio State
1	15	Denver Broncos	John Mobley	LB	Kutztown
1	16	Minnesota Vikings	Duane Clemons	DE	California
1	17	Detroit Lions	Reggie Brown	LB	Texas A&M
1	18	St. Louis Rams	Eddie Kennison	WR	Louisiana State
1	19	Indianapolis Colts	Marvin Harrison	WR	Syracuse
1	20	Miami Dolphins	Daryl Gardener	DT	Baylor
1	21	Seattle Seahawks	Pete Kendall	T	Boston College
1	22	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Marcus Jones	DT	North Carolina
1	23	Detroit Lions	Jeff Hartings	G	Penn State
1	24	Buffalo Bills	Eric Moulds	WR	Mississippi State
1	25	Philadelphia Eagles	Jermane Mayberry	T	Texas A&M-Kingsville
1	26	Baltimore Ravens	Ray Lewis	LB	Miami (Florida)
1	27	Green Bay Packers	John Michels	T	Southern California
1	28	Kansas City Chiefs	Jerome Woods	DB	Memphis
1	29	Pittsburgh Steelers	Jamain Stephens	T	North Carolina A&T State
1	30	Washington Redskins	Andre Johnson	T	Penn State
2	31	New York Jets	Alex Van Dyke	WR	Nevada-Reno
2	32	Arizona Cardinals	Leeland McElroy	RB	Texas A&M
2	33	Jacksonville Jaguars	Tony Brackens	DE	Texas
2	34	New York Giants	Amani Toomer	WR	Michigan
2	35	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Mike Alstott	RB	Purdue
2	36	New England Patriots	Lawyer Milloy	DB	Washington
2	37	Dallas Cowboys	Kavika Pittman	DE	McNeese State
2	38	Houston Oilers	Bryant Mix	DE	Alcorn State
2	39	Cincinnati Bengals	Marco Battaglia	TE	Rutgers
2	40	New Orleans Saints	Je'rod Cherry	DB	California
2	41	San Diego Chargers	Bryan Still	WR	Virginia Tech
2	42	St. Louis Rams	Tony Banks	QB	Michigan State
2	43	Carolina Panthers	Muhsin Muhammad	WR	Michigan State
2	44	Denver Broncos	Tory James	DB	Louisiana State
2	45	Minnesota Vikings	James Manley	DT	Vanderbilt
2	46	San Francisco 49ers	Israel Ifeanyi	DE	Southern California
2	47	Seattle Seahawks	Fred Thomas	DB	Tennessee-Martin
2	48	Houston Oilers	Jason Layman	T	Tennessee
2	49	Dallas Cowboys	Randall Godfrey	LB	Georgia
2	50	San Diego Chargers	Patrick Sapp	LB	Clemson
2	51	Indianapolis Colts	Dedric Mathis	DB	Houston
2	52	Chicago Bears	Bobby Engram	WR	Penn State
2	53	Buffalo Bills	Gabe Northern	DE	Louisiana State
2	54	Philadelphia Eagles	Jason Dunn	TE	Eastern Kentucky
2	55	Baltimore Ravens	DeRon Jenkins	DB	Tennessee
2	56	Green Bay Packers	Derrick Mayes	WR	Notre Dame
2	57	Oakland Raiders	Lance Johnstone	DE	Temple
2	58	Kansas City Chiefs	Reggie Tongue	DB	Oregon State
2	59	St. Louis Rams	Ernie Conwell	TE	Washington
2	60	Jacksonville Jaguars	Michael Cheever	C	Georgia Tech
2	61	Philadelphia Eagles	Brian Dawkins	DB	Clemson
3	62	New York Jets	Ray Mickens	DB	Texas A&M
3	63	Jacksonville Jaguars	Aaron Beasley	DB	West Virginia
3	64	Arizona Cardinals	Johnny McWilliams	TE	Southern California
3	65	Denver Broncos	Detron Smith	RB	Texas A&M
3	66	New York Giants	Roman Oben	T	Louisville
3	67	Dallas Cowboys	Clay Shiver	C	Florida State
3	68	Kansas City Chiefs	John Browning	DE	West Virginia
3	69	Cincinnati Bengals	Ken Blackman	T	Illinois
3	70	New Orleans Saints	Brady Smith	DE	Colorado State
3	71	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Donnie Abraham	DB	East Tennessee State
3	72	Pittsburgh Steelers	Steve Conley	LB	Arkansas
3	73	Carolina Panthers	Winslow Oliver	RB	New Mexico
3	74	Houston Oilers	Terry Killens	LB	Penn State
3	75	Minnesota Vikings	Moe Williams	RB	Kentucky
3	76	Detroit Lions	Ryan Stewart	DB	Georgia Tech
3	77	Seattle Seahawks	Robert Barr	T	Rutgers
3	78	Denver Broncos	Mark Campbell	DT	Florida
3	79	Miami Dolphins	Dorian Brew	DB	Kansas
3	80	Miami Dolphins	Karim Abdul-Jabbar	RB	UCLA
3	81	San Diego Chargers	Brian Roche	TE	San Jose State
3	82	Indianapolis Colts	Scott Slutzker	TE	Iowa
3	83	St. Louis Rams	Jerald Moore	RB	Oklahoma
3	84	Atlanta Falcons	Shannon Brown	DT	Alabama
3	85	Philadelphia Eagles	Bobby Hoying	QB	Ohio State
3	86	New England Patriots	Tedy Bruschi	LB	Arizona
3	87	Buffalo Bills	Matt Stevens	DB	Appalachian State
3	88	Carolina Panthers	J.C. Price	DT	Virginia Tech
3	89	San Francisco 49ers	Terrell Owens	WR	Tennessee-Chattanooga
3	90	Green Bay Packers	Mike Flanagan	C	UCLA
3	91	Seattle Seahawks	Reggie Brown	RB	Fresno State
3	92	Pittsburgh Steelers	Jon Witman	RB	Penn State
3	93	Green Bay Packers	Tyrone Williams	DB	Nebraska
3	94	Dallas Cowboys	Stepfret Williams	WR	Louisiana-Monroe
3	95	Dallas Cowboys	Mike Ulufale	DT	Brigham Young
4	96	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Jason Odom	T	Florida
4	97	Minnesota Vikings	Hunter Goodwin	TE	Texas A&M
4	98	Kansas City Chiefs	Donnie Edwards	LB	UCLA
4	99	Seattle Seahawks	Phillip Daniels	DE	Georgia
4	100	Denver Broncos	Jeff Lewis	QB	Northern Arizona
4	101	New England Patriots	Heath Irwin	G	Colorado
4	102	Washington Redskins	Stephen Davis	RB	Auburn
4	103	New Orleans Saints	Ricky Whittle	RB	Oregon
4	104	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Eric Austin	DB	Jackson State
4	105	St. Louis Rams	Percell Gaskins	LB	Kansas State
4	106	Carolina Panthers	Norberto Davidds-Garrido	T	Southern California
4	107	Houston Oilers	Kendrick Burton	DE	Alabama
4	108	Cincinnati Bengals	Jevon Langford	DE	Oklahoma State
4	109	Houston Oilers	Jon Runyan	T	Michigan
4	110	Jacksonville Jaguars	Reggie Barlow	WR	Alabama State
4	111	Carolina Panthers	Emmanuel McDaniel	DB	East Carolina
4	112	Arizona Cardinals	Aaron Graham	C	Nebraska
4	113	Miami Dolphins	Kirk Pointer	DB	Austin Peay State
4	114	San Diego Chargers	Charlie Jones	WR	Fresno State
4	115	Indianapolis Colts	Brian Milne	RB	Penn State
4	116	Chicago Bears	Paul Grasmanis	DT	Notre Dame
4	117	Atlanta Falcons	Richard Huntley	RB	Winston-Salem State
4	118	Miami Dolphins	Stanley Pritchett	RB	South Carolina
4	119	New England Patriots	Chris Sullivan	DE	Boston College
4	120	Buffalo Bills	Sean Moran	DE	Colorado State
4	121	Philadelphia Eagles	Ray Farmer	LB	Duke
4	122	Denver Broncos	Darrius Johnson	DB	Oklahoma
4	123	Green Bay Packers	Chris Darkins	RB	Minnesota
4	124	New England Patriots	Kantroy Barber	RB	West Virginia
4	125	Miami Dolphins	LaCurtis Jones	LB	Baylor
4	126	Pittsburgh Steelers	Earl Holmes	LB	Florida A&M
4	127	Atlanta Falcons	Juran Bolden	DB	Mississippi Delta CC
4	128	San Francisco 49ers	Daryl Price	DE	Colorado
4	129	Detroit Lions	Brad Ford	DB	Alabama
4	130	New York Giants	Danny Kanell	QB	Florida State
4	131	Seattle Seahawks	Eric Unverzagt	LB	Wisconsin
4	132	Pittsburgh Steelers	Jahine Arnold	WR	Fresno State
5	133	New York Jets	Marcus Coleman	DB	Texas Tech
5	134	Miami Dolphins	Jerris McPhail	RB	East Carolina
5	135	Kansas City Chiefs	Joe Horn	WR	Itawamba CC
5	136	New Orleans Saints	Mercury Hayes	WR	Michigan
5	137	Arizona Cardinals	James Dexter	T	South Carolina
5	138	Washington Redskins	Leomont Evans	DB	Clemson
5	139	New England Patriots	John Elmore	G	Texas
5	140	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Jason Maniecki	DT	Wisconsin
5	141	St. Louis Rams	Fred Miller	T	Baylor
5	142	Carolina Panthers	Marquette Smith	RB	Central Florida
5	143	Houston Oilers	Rayna Stewart	DB	Northern Arizona
5	144	Cincinnati Bengals	Greg Myers	DB	Colorado State
5	145	New Orleans Saints	Tom Ackerman	G	Eastern Washington
5	146	Jacksonville Jaguars	Jimmy Herndon	T	Houston
5	147	Philadelphia Eagles	Whit Marshall	LB	Georgia
5	148	Minnesota Vikings	Sean Boyd	DB	North Carolina
5	149	New England Patriots	Christian Peter	NT	Nebraska
5	150	Miami Dolphins	Shane Burton	DT	Tennessee
5	151	Indianapolis Colts	Steve Martin	DT	Missouri
5	152	Chicago Bears	Chris Villarrial	G	Indiana (Pennsylvania)
5	153	Baltimore Ravens	Jermaine Lewis	WR	Maryland
5	154	Miami Dolphins	Zach Thomas	LB	Texas Tech
5	155	San Diego Chargers	Junior Soli	DT	Arkansas
5	156	Buffalo Bills	Ray Jackson	DB	Colorado State
5	157	Dallas Cowboys	Kenneth McDaniel	T	Norfolk State
5	158	Detroit Lions	Kerwin Waldroup	DT	Central State (Ohio)
5	159	Denver Broncos	Patrick Jeffers	WR	Virginia
5	160	San Francisco 49ers	Iheanyi Uwaezuoke	WR	California
5	161	Arizona Cardinals	Harry Stamps	T	Oklahoma
5	162	Arizona Cardinals	Dell McGee	DB	Auburn
5	163	Pittsburgh Steelers	Israel Raybon	DE	North Alabama
5	164	Atlanta Falcons	Gary Bandy	DE	Baylor
5	165	New Orleans Saints	Terry Guess	WR	Gardner-Webb
5	166	Oakland Raiders	La'Roi Glover	DT	San Diego State
5	167	Dallas Cowboys	Alan Campos	LB	Louisville
6	168	New York Jets	Hugh Hunter	DE	Hampton
6	169	Arizona Cardinals	Mike Foley	DT	New Hampshire
6	170	Jacksonville Jaguars	John Fisher	DB	Missouri Western State
6	171	New York Giants	Doug Colman	LB	Nebraska
6	172	Baltimore Ravens	Dexter Daniels	LB	Florida
6	173	New England Patriots	Chris Griffin	TE	New Mexico
6	174	Washington Redskins	Kelvin Kinney	DE	Virginia State
6	175	St. Louis Rams	Derrick Harris	RB	Miami (Florida)
6	176	Kansas City Chiefs	Dietrich Jells	WR	Pittsburgh
6	177	Houston Oilers	Anthony Dorsett	DB	Pittsburgh
6	178	Cincinnati Bengals	Tom Tumulty	LB	Pittsburgh
6	179	New Orleans Saints	Keno Hills	T	Louisiana-Lafayette
6	180	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Nilo Silvan	WR	Tennessee
6	181	Denver Broncos	Tony Veland	DB	Nebraska
6	182	New York Giants	Scott Galyon	LB	Tennessee
6	183	Oakland Raiders	Tim Hall	RB	Robert Morris
6	184	Seattle Seahawks	Reggie Green	G	Florida
6	185	Jacksonville Jaguars	Chris Doering	WR	Florida
6	186	Baltimore Ravens	James Roe	WR	Norfolk State
6	187	Chicago Bears	Jon Clark	T	Temple
6	188	Atlanta Falcons	Craig Sauer	LB	Minnesota
6	189	Miami Dolphins	Shawn Wooden	DB	Notre Dame
6	190	San Diego Chargers	Jim Mills	T	Idaho
6	191	Indianapolis Colts	Keith Conlin	T	Penn State
6	192	San Diego Chargers	Bryan Stoltenberg	C	Colorado
6	193	Carolina Panthers	Scott Greene	RB	Michigan State
6	194	Philadelphia Eagles	Steve White	LB	Tennessee
6	195	New England Patriots	Marrio Grier	RB	Tennessee-Chattanooga
6	196	Buffalo Bills	Leon Neal	RB	Washington
6	197	Philadelphia Eagles	Tony Johnson	TE	Alabama
6	198	San Francisco 49ers	Stephen Pitts	RB	Penn State
6	199	Philadelphia Eagles	Phillip Riley	WR	Florida State
6	200	Pittsburgh Steelers	Orpheus Roye	DE	Florida State
6	201	St. Louis Rams	Hayward Clay	TE	Texas A&M
6	202	Buffalo Bills	Dusty Zeigler	C	Notre Dame
6	203	Pittsburgh Steelers	Spence Fischer	QB	Duke
6	204	New Orleans Saints	Toderick Malone	WR	Alabama
6	205	Indianapolis Colts	Mike Cawley	QB	James Madison
6	206	New England Patriots	Devin Wyman	DT	Kentucky State
6	207	Dallas Cowboys	Wendell Davis	DB	Oklahoma
6	208	Green Bay Packers	Marco Rivera	G	Penn State
6	209	Seattle Seahawks	T.J. Cunningham	DB	Colorado
7	210	New York Jets	Chris Hayes	DB	Washington State
7	211	Kansas City Chiefs	Ben Lynch	C	California
7	212	Arizona Cardinals	Jarius Hayes	TE	North Alabama
7	213	Denver Broncos	Leslie Ratliffe	T	Tennessee
7	214	New York Giants	Conrad Hamilton	DB	Eastern New Mexico
7	215	Washington Redskins	Jeremy Asher	LB	Oregon
7	216	New England Patriots	Lovett Purnell	TE	West Virginia
7	217	Carolina Panthers	Donnell Baker	WR	Southern University
7	218	Houston Oilers	Mike Archie	RB	Penn State
7	219	Cincinnati Bengals	Rod Jones	T	Kansas
7	220	Oakland Raiders	Sedric Clark	LB	Tulsa
7	221	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Reggie Rusk	DB	Kentucky
7	222	St. Louis Rams	Chuck Osborne	DT	Arizona
7	223	Minnesota Vikings	Jon Merrill	G	Duke
7	224	Oakland Raiders	Darius Smith	C	Sam Houston State
7	225	Seattle Seahawks	Johnie Church	DE	Florida
7	226	Denver Broncos	Chris Banks	G	Kansas
7	227	Jacksonville Jaguars	Clarence Jones	WR	Tennessee State
7	228	Jacksonville Jaguars	Gregory Spann	WR	Jackson State
7	229	Atlanta Falcons	Ethan Brooks	T	Williams
7	230	Miami Dolphins	Jeff Buckey	T	Stanford
7	231	San Diego Chargers	Freddie Bradley	RB	Sonoma State
7	232	Indianapolis Colts	Adrian Robinson	DB	Baylor
7	233	Chicago Bears	Marcus Keyes	DT	North Alabama
7	234	Carolina Panthers	Kerry Hicks	DE	Colorado
7	235	Denver Broncos	L.T. Levine	RB	Kansas
7	236	Denver Broncos	Brian Gragert	P	Wyoming
7	237	Buffalo Bills	Dan Brandenburg	DE	Indiana State
7	238	Baltimore Ravens	Jon Stark	QB	Trinity International
7	239	San Francisco 49ers	Sean Manuel	TE	New Mexico State
7	240	Green Bay Packers	Kyle Wachholtz	QB	Southern California
7	241	Kansas City Chiefs	Jeff Smith	C	Tennessee
7	242	Pittsburgh Steelers	Carlos Emmons	LB	Arkansas State
7	243	Dallas Cowboys	Ryan Wood	RB	Arizona State
7	244	Buffalo Bills	Jay Riemersma	TE	Michigan
7	245	Kansas City Chiefs	Darrell Williams	DB	Tennessee State
7	246	New Orleans Saints	Henry Lusk	TE	Utah
7	247	New England Patriots	J.R. Conrad	G	Oklahoma
7	248	Oakland Raiders	Joey Wylie	G	Stephen F. Austin State
7	249	Buffalo Bills	Eric Smedley	DB	Indiana
7	250	Washington Redskins	DeAndre Maxwell	WR	San Diego State
7	251	Miami Dolphins	Brice Hunter	WR	Georgia
7	252	Green Bay Packers	Keith McKenzie	LB	Ball State
7	253	Chicago Bears	Michael Hicks	RB	South Carolina State
7	254	San Francisco 49ers	Sam Manuel	LB	New Mexico State