1997 - 98 Draft Review

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- 1997 - 98 Draft

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