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#1 Pick

Orlando Pace, T, Ohio State

1997-2008 St. Louis Rams; 2009 Chicago Bears 
Games played: 169
All-Pro: 4
All-Conference: 5
Pro Bowls: 7

The 1997 NFL Draft PIcks

View 1997 Draft by Team

Draft#	Team	Player, Position, College
1	St. Louis Rams1	Orlando Pace t, Ohio State
2	Oakland Raiders2	Darrell Russell dT, Southern California
3	Seattle Seahawks3	Shawn Springs Db, Ohio State
4	Baltimore Ravens	Peter Boulware de, Florida State
5	Detroit Lions	Bryant Westbrook dB, Texas
6	Seattle Seahawks4	Walter Jones T, Florida State
7	New York Giants	Ike Hilliard wr, Florida
8	New York Jets5	James Farrior lb, Virginia
9	Arizona Cardinals	Tom Knight db, Iowa
10	New Orleans Saints6	Chris Naeole g, Colorado
11	Atlanta Falcons7	Michael Booker db, Nebraska
12	Tampa Bay Buccaneers8	Warrick Dunn rb, Florida State
13	Kansas City Chiefs9	Tony Gonzalez te, California
14	Cincinnati Bengals	Reinard Wilson lb, Florida State
15	Miami Dolphins	Yatil Green wr, Miami (FL)
16	Tampa Bay Buccaneers10	Reidel Anthony wr, Florida
17	Washington Redskins	Kenard Lang de, Miami (FL)
18	Houston Oilers11	Kenny Holmes de, Miami (FL)
19	Indianapolis Colts	Tarik Glenn t, California
20	Minnesota Vikings	Dwayne Rudd dt, Alabama
21	Jacksonville Jaguars	Renaldo Wynn dt, Notre Dame
22	Dallas Cowboys12	David LaFleur te, Southern California
23	Buffalo Bills	Antowain Smith rb, Houston
24	Pittsburgh Steelers	Chad Scott db, Maryland
25	Philadelphia Eagles13	Jon Harris de, Virginia
26	San Francisco 49ers	Jim Druckenmiller qb, Virginia Tech
27	Carolina Panthers	Rae Carruth wr, Colorado
28	Denver Broncos	Trevor Pryce dt, Clemson
29	New England Patriots	Chris Canty db, Kansas State
30	Green Bay Packers	Ross Verba t, Iowa

• 1 - Pick acquired from the New York Jets
  2 - Pick acquired from the New Orleans Saints
  3 - Pick acquired from the Atlanta Falcons
  4 - Pick acquired from St. Louis thru NY Jets and Tampa Bay
  5 - Pick acquired from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  6 - Pick acquired from the Oakland Raiders
  7 - Pick acquired from Chicago thru Seattle
  8 - Pick acquired from the Seattle Seahawks
  9 - Pick acquired from the Houston Oilers
  10 - Pick acquired from the San Diego Chargers
  11 - Pick acquired from the Kansas City Chiefs
  12 - Pick acquired from the Philadelphia Eagles
  13 - Pick acquired from the Dallas Cowboys