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Last updated on February 1, 2009
Underclassmen Who Declared for 1997 NFL Draft Thirty-four players forfeited the remainder of their college eligibility and declared for the NFL draft in 1997. NFL teams drafted 25 underclassmen. Players listed in alphabetical order; first round selections in bold type. | | Pos | Drafted by | Overall pick |
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| Reidel Anthony, Florida | WR | Tampa Bay | 16 | | Darnell Autry, Northwestern | RB | Chicago | 105 | | Ronde Barber, Virginia | CB | Tampa Bay | 66 | | Terry Battle, Arizona St. | RB | Detroit | 206 | | Will Blackwell, San Diego St. | WR | Pittsburgh | 53 | | Peter Boulware, Florida St. | DE | Baltimore | 4 | | Chris Canty, Kansas St. | CB | New England | 29 | | Jason Caudill, Ohio U. | OT | not selected | — | | Tony Daniels, Texas Tech | DE | not selected | — | | Troy Davis, Iowa St. | RB | New Orleans | 62 | | Corey Dillon, Washington | RB | Cincinnati | 43 | | Tony Gonzalez, California | TE | Kansas City | 13 | | Yatil Green, Miami-FL | WR | Miami | 15 | | Byron Hanspard, Texas Tech | RB | Atlanta | 41 | | Ike Hilliard, Florida | WR | NY Giants | 7 | | Hudhaifa Ismaeli, Northwestern | DB | Miami | 203 | | Walter Jones, Florida St. | OT | Seattle | 6 | | Kenard Lang, Miami-FL | DE | Washington | 17 | | Tremain Mack, Miami-FL | S | Cincinnati | 111 | | LeVance McQueen, Duke | LB | not selected | — | | Jamie Nails, Florida A&M | OT | Buffalo | 120 | | Orlando Pace, Ohio St. | OT | St. Louis | 1 | | Pearce Pegross, Baylor | WR | not selected | — | | Trevor Pryce, Clemson | DE | Denver | 28 | | Derrick Rodgers, Arizona St. | DE | Miami | 92 | | Dwayne Rudd, Alabama | LB | Minnesota | 20 | | Darrell Russell, USC | DT | Oakland | 2 | | Alex Smith, Indiana | RB | not selected | — | | Shawn Springs, Ohio St. | DB | Seattle | 3 | | Maurice Staley, Tennessee | WR | not selected | — | | Broderick Thomas, So. Miss. | DB | not selected | — | | Rodney Wells, Florida St. | DB | not selected | — | | Kenny Wheaton, Oregon | DB | Dallas | 94 | | C.J. Williams, Georgia Tech | RB | not selected | — |
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