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