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The Top Ranked Football Players by Rookie Year-1997

 

Notes: This is a list of the greatest football players to start their pro career in the year listed.

Ranking Explanation

 

Rnk Athlete POS Overall Rank
1 Jason Taylor DL 103
2 Ronde Barber DB 114
3 Orlando Pace OL 138
4 Walter Jones OL 142
5 Tony Gonzalez TE 161
6 Darren Sharper DB 342
7 Tiki Barber RB 348
8 Trent Green QB 526
9 Priest Holmes RB 534
10 Corey Dillon RB 572
11 Sam Madison DB 591
12 Trevor Pryce DL 712
13 Warrick Dunn RB 893
14 Peter Boulware LB 920
15 James Farrior LB 977
16 Pat Williams DL 984
17 Derrick Mason WR 999
18 Dexter Coakley LB 1056
19 Marco Rivera OL 1108
20 Jake Plummer QB 1185
21 Tarik Glenn OL 1190
22 Sammy Knight DB 1203
23 Freddie Jones TE 1420
24 Antowain Smith RB 1553
25 Chad Lewis TE 1573
26 Jamie Sharper LB 1934
27 Jon Kitna QB 1951
28 Shawn Springs DB 2044
29 Olindo Mare K 2048
30 Ryan Longwell K 2074
31 Duce Staley RB 2080
32 Derek Smith LB 2094
33 Casey Wiegmann OL 2241
34 Mike Minter DB 2304
35 Ike Hilliard WR 2608
36 Jay Riemersma TE 2718
37 Mike Vrabel LB 2791
38 Darrell Russell DL 2922
39 Kenard Lang DL 3047
40 Brad Maynard P 3059
41 Keith Mitchell LB 3127
42 Marcellus Wiley DL 3168
43 David Patten WR 3441
44 Derrick Rodgers LB 3691
45 Toby Gowin P 3770
46 Grady Jackson DL 3793
47 John Hall K 4036
48 James Thrash WR 4192
49 Jason Ferguson DL 4353
50 Bryan Robinson DL 4356
51 Dwayne Rudd LB 4434
52 Marc Edwards RB 4451
53 Bertrand Berry DL 4688
54 Kris Mangum TE 4699
55 Kelly Holcomb QB 4758
56 Sam Garnes DB 4789
57 Dan Neil OL 4980
58 Seth Payne DL 5060
59 Jerald Sowell RB 5080
60 Chad Scott DB 5096
61 Dexter McCleon DB 5110
62 Leon Johnson (PR) PR 5146
63 Renaldo Wynn DL 5272
64 James Darling LB 5311
65 Denard Walker DB 5363
66 Derrick Mason (PR) PR 5369
67 Ross Verba OL 5378
68 Dedric Ward WR 5392
69 Henri Crockett LB 5414
70 Obafemi Ayanbadejo RB 5524
71 Frank Middleton OL 5544
72 Jeff Posey LB 5549
73 Adam Meadows OL 5763
74 Kenny Holmes DL 5772
75 Daimon Shelton RB 5861
76 Tremain Mack (KR) KR 6414
77 James Allen RB 6446
78 Alshermond Singleton LB 6647
79 Tony Williams DL 6696
80 Ryan Tucker OL 6752
81 Terry Cousin DB 6768
82 Reidel Anthony WR 6862
83 Kevin Lockett WR 6889
84 Leon Johnson RB 6891
85 Patrick Hape TE 6937
86 Fred Lane RB 7028
87 O.J. Santiago TE 7200
88 Kevin Mathis DB 7222
89 Omar Stoutmire DB 7287
90 Kim Herring DB 7383
91 Albert Connell WR 7455
92 Kerry Jenkins OL 7471
93 Derrick Mason (KR) KR 7652
94 Ed Jasper DL 7661
95 David LaFleur TE 7810
96 Richie Cunningham K 7814
97 Reinard Wilson LB 7907
98 Cornell Brown LB 7952
99 John Davis TE 7999
100 Nate Jacquet (PR) PR 8009
101 Dedric Ward (PR) PR 8010
102 Koy Detmer QB 8160
103 Matthew Hatchette WR 8238
104 Greg Clark TE 8430
105 Tiki Barber (PR) PR 8658
106 Damien Robinson DB 8673
107 Steve Bush TE 8699
108 Brett Conway K 8704
109 Travis Kirschke DL 8865
110 N.D. Kalu DL 8870
111 Larry Moore OL 9095
112 Brandon Noble DL 9304
113 Jerry Wunsch OL 9369
114 David Patten (KR) KR 9381
115 Brad Badger OL 9471
116 Keith Poole WR 9638
117 Isaac Byrd WR 9679
118 Damon Jones TE 9825
119 James Thrash (PR) PR 9969
120 Mike Maslowski LB 10018
121 Brandon Mitchell DL 10124
122 Ryan Phillips LB 10211
123 Leon Johnson (KR) KR 10469
124 Kenny Bynum (KR) KR 10571
125 Greg P. Jones LB 10634
126 Darnell Autry RB 10702
127 Troy Davis RB 10724
128 Kenny Bynum RB 10888
129 Eric Beverly OL 11151
130 Billy Jenkins DB 11260
131 Robert Tate DB 11268
132 Adam Treu OL 11269
133 Reidel Anthony (KR) KR 11316
134 Mike Logan DB 11389
135 James Thrash (KR) KR 11405
136 Byron Hanspard RB 11509
137 Chris Dishman OL 11583
138 Byron Hanspard (KR) KR 11599
139 June Henley RB 11740
140 Danny Wuerffel QB 11826
141 Robert Tate (KR) KR 11836
142 Will Blackwell (KR) KR 11837
143 Bryant Westbrook DB 11967
144 Todd Fordham OL 11983
145 Calvin Collins OL 12080
146 Kevin Mathis (KR) KR 12187
147 Mark Smith DL 12361
148 Jamie Nails OL 12396
149 Will Blackwell WR 12607
150 Raleigh Roundtree OL 12644
151 Duce Staley (KR) KR 12971
152 Chris S. Canty DB 13026
153 Ike Hilliard (PR) PR 13213
154 Latario Rachal (PR) PR 13251
155 Zack Bronson DB 13352
156 Chris C. Carter DB 13356
157 Artie Ulmer LB 13477
158 Canute Curtis LB 13770
159 Chris Pope RB 13860
160 Derrick Cullors (KR) KR 13917
161 Kerry Joseph (PR) PR 14080
162 Nate Jacquet (KR) KR 14193
163 Tony Gaiter (PR) PR 14194
164 Carl Powell DL 14312
165 Kerry Joseph QB 14319
166 Robert Chancey RB 14591
167 Stalin Colinet DL 14675
168 Jay Graham RB 14702
169 Kevin Lockett (PR) PR 15145
170 Ed Perry TE 15336
171 Tony Graziani QB 15656
172 Kevin Mathis (PR) PR 15678
173 Mike Logan (KR) KR 15679
174 Derrick Cullors RB 15761
175 Barron Tanner DL 15769
176 Rae Carruth WR 15786
177 John Fiala LB 15865
178 George Jones RB 15889
179 Al Wallace DL 16003
180 Will Blackwell (PR) PR 16063
181 Tom Knight DB 16129
182 Kevin Swayne WR 16489
183 Doug G. Brown DL 16633
184 Kenny Wheaton DB 16747
185 Tony Gaiter (KR) KR 16799
186 Twan Russell LB 16866
187 Scott Rehberg OL 16968
188 Nate Jacquet WR 16980
189 Geroy Simon WR 17187
190 Barron Miles DB 17322
191 Bryan Chiu OL 17347
192 Pete Chryplewicz TE 17379
193 Joey Kent WR 17490
194 Jermaine Williams RB 17491
195 Billy Granville LB 17602
196 John Allred TE 17641
197 Bubba Miller OL 17981
198 Jeremy O'Day OL 17995
199 Will Brice P 18001
200 Brian Clark (LB) LB 18026
201 Archie Amerson RB 18159
202 Rashod Swinger DL 18223
203 Michael Booker DB 18515
204 R-Kal Truluck DL 18529
205 Pete Monty LB 18664
206 Kelly Wiltshire DB 18714
207 Chris Szarka RB 18761
208 Chad Folk OL 18864
209 Marcus Crandell QB 18914
210 Macey Brooks WR 18953
211 Tim Terry LB 18979
212 Jared Tomich DL 18980
213 Paul Bradford DB 19061
214 Mark Washington (1973) DB 19133
215 Kenyon Cotton RB 19152
216 Steve Charbonneau DL 19165
217 Billy Lyon DL 19170
218 Bill Conaty OL 19288
219 Brent Smith OL 19300
220 Tarek Saleh LB 19409
221 Duane Butler DB 19502
222 Masafumi Kawaguchi LB 19538
223 Jerome Davis OL 19612
224 Marco Martos WR 19671
225 Mike Maurer RB 19864
226 Jorg Heckenbach WR 19913
227 Dan Comiskey OL 19968
228 Marcus Price OL 19976
229 Tony McCombs LB 19987
230 Monty Montgomery DB 20102
231 Calvin Branch DB 20137
232 Pratt Lyons DL 20226
233 Kevin Abrams DB 20300
234 Rob Kelly DB 20301
235 Silvio Diliberto K 20855
236 Nathan Davis DL 20932
237 Edward Thomas LB 21014
238 Van Tuinei DL 21102
239 Dave Donaldson DB 21125
240 Tim Prinsen OL 21137
241 George McCullough DB 21246
242 Ralph Staten DB 21257
243 Kelly Lochbaum LB 21322
244 James P. Burgess LB 21334
245 Kinnon Tatum LB 21440
246 Chad Levitt RB 21470
247 Jason Shelley WR 21587
248 Bruno Heppell RB 21589
249 Richard Jordan LB 21600
250 Eric C. Lane RB 21815
251 Taje Allen DB 21839
252 Mike Mihelic OL 21863
253 Marcus Spriggs OL 22045
254 Vernon Crawford LB 22049
255 Sedrick Shaw RB 22197
256 Bret Anderson WR 22298
257 Ed Ellis OL 22374
258 Tommie Boyd WR 22400
259 Ben Fairbrother OL 22460
260 Thomas Haskins RB 22545
261 Chuck Winters LB 22564
262 Ink Aleaga LB 22602
263 Mark Grieb QB 22638
264 Michael Hamilton LB 22643
265 Chris Hardy DB 22652
266 David Thompson (KR) KR 22771
267 Yatil Green WR 22789
268 Jerry Reese (WR) WR 22907
269 Brian Manning WR 23059
270 Joe Douglass WR 23096
271 David Thompson RB 23112
272 Jeff Traversy DL 23220
273 Andre Kirwan WR 23241
274 Ben Cavil OL 23278
275 Tyrus McCloud LB 23533
276 Rodney Filer RB 23562
277 Ray Philyaw QB 23587
278 Jamain Stephens OL 23590
279 Matt Russell LB 23627
280 Mike Mohring DL 23643
281 Scott Bentley K 23697
282 Keith Thibodeaux DB 23738
283 Daryl Porter DB 23859
284 William Hampton DB 23939
285 Steve Papin RB 23995
286 Chris S. Canty (PR) PR 24012
287 Jon Harris DL 24028
288 Mitch Jacoby TE 24071
289 Dennis Stallings LB 24104
290 Tom Tovo DL 24146
291 Pat Barnes QB 24250
292 Jose White DL 24452
293 Antonio Banks DB 24472
294 Tom Hipsz DL 24473
295 Mark Verbeek OL 24476
296 Jermaine Miles DL 24478
297 Anthony Hicks LB 24597
298 Shawn Swayda DL 24713
299 Derek Engler OL 24749
300 Chris Ward (DE) DL 24824
301 Donovan Greer DB 24870
302 Mike Sheldon OL 24893
303 Tony Ramirez OL 24905
304 Troy Davis (KR) KR 24949
305 Aldi Henry DB 25042
306 Jamie Baisley LB 25070
307 Scott Sanderson OL 25179
308 Matt Finkes DL 25260
309 Orlando Bobo OL 25265
310 Eric Stokes DB 25269
311 Damon Denson OL 25314
312 Brandon Sanders DB 25337
313 Kyle Walters DB 25347
314 Rick Terry DL 25350
315 Greg Bellisari LB 25400
316 Chris Bayne DB 25440
317 Mike Adams (WR) WR 25549
318 Chris Hewitt DB 25577
319 Jon Hesse LB 25598
320 Blaine McElmurry DB 25747
321 Rico Clark DB 25803
322 Troy Bailey DL 25908
323 Tremain Mack DB 26031
324 Sedrick Robinson WR 26044
325 Lloyd Henry WR 26130
326 Tyrell Peters LB 26135
327 Raymond Austin DB 26263
328 Nate Hemsley LB 26298
329 James Hamilton LB 26334
330 Andre Purvis DL 26381
331 Tim McTyer DB 26388
332 Rock Preston RB 26435
333 Jason Clemett LB 26441
334 Tommy Dorsey RB 26456
335 John W. Williams DB 26462
336 Ben Bordelon OL 26466
337 Muadianvita Kazadi LB 26514
338 George Harris DB 26529
339 Jay Hagood OL 26649
340 Antonio Anderson DL 26692
341 Steve Scifres OL 26751
342 Josh Wilcox TE 26776
343 Greg Malo DB 26841
344 Jason Johnson OL 26935
345 Nick Browder QB 27004
346 Ty Howard DB 27022
347 Jamel Williams DB 27023
348 Masato Itai WR 27028
349 Donnie Davis (QB) QB 27143
350 Donald Sellers WR 27161
351 Richard Hogans LB 27239
352 Matt DuBuc RB 27261
353 Babek Movassaghi WR 27265
354 Lyron Cobbins LB 27320
355 Keith Washington (1976) DL 27324
356 Jermaine Smith DL 27339
357 Larry McSeed LB 27416
358 Anthony Ladd WR 27463
359 Jim Druckenmiller QB 27471
360 Juan Roque OL 27482
361 Andre Cooper WR 27515
362 Bernard Russ LB 27535
363 Torrian Gray DB 27601
364 Alonzo Johnson (WR) WR 27627
365 Eric Johnson (1972) LB 27634
366 Rich Yurkiewicz LB 27660
367 James Kidd WR 27668
368 Jabbar Threats DL 27735
369 Floyd Young DB 27762
370 Scott Von der Ahe LB 27771
371 Thomas Haskins (KR) KR 27820
372 Mike Quinn QB 27856
373 Van Hiles DB 27942
374 Frank Rocca OL 27963
375 Vincent Bradford LB 27988
376 Curtis McGee OL 28003
377 Chris Dittoe QB 28123
378 Jim Arellanes QB 28147
379 Chris Naeole OL 28195
380 Shatony Sargeant DL 28217
381 Kevin Devine DB 28248
382 Myron Newsome LB 28262
383 Chad Bates OL 28309
384 Emmett Zitelli OL 28310
385 Scott Whittaker OL 28311
386 T.J. Washington OL 28312
387 Thomas Guynes OL 28313
388 Dani Garcia LB 28440
389 DeShawn Fogle LB 28477
390 Ryan Coughlin OL 28515
391 Nelson Van Waes DL 28531
392 Bob Beveridge OL 28541
393 Chris Wing LB 28585
394 Steve Sarkisian QB 28607
395 Raphael Graetz LB 28620
396 DeAuntae Brown DB 28661
397 Patrice Denis LB 28747
398 Mikhail Slutsky LB 28767
399 Rob Robinson DL 28784
400 Barry Mitchell DL 28806
401 Clyde Johnson (DB) DB 28807
402 Spencer George RB 28808
403 Harold Gragg DL 28822
404 B.J. Gallis LB 28868
405 Toran James LB 28883
406 Chuck Clements QB 29186
407 Fred Brock WR 29229
408 Ricky Parker DB 29306
409 Anthony McKinney TE 29372
410 Lawrence Wright DB 29373
411 Steve Rosga DB 29374
412 Lee Vaughn DB 29404
413 C.J. Williams RB 29485
414 Clifton Shamburger DB 29486
415 Rock Preston (KR) KR 29531
416 Duane Ashman DL 29609
417 Mike Crawford LB 29674
418 Ed Hobbs RB 29729
419 Mitchell Galloway WR 29730
420 Kenny Harris DB 29793
421 Jay Jones WR 29904
422 Dana Cottrell LB 29986
423 Greg Bloedorn OL 30008
424 Shay Muirbrook LB 30010
425 Avrom Smith RB 30162
426 Clyde A. Johnson DB 30163
427 Denorse Mosley DB 30164
428 Ed Burman LB 30165
429 Gary Parker K 30195
430 Joe Rumolo DL 30208
431 Kevin Sheahan DL 30287
432 Shawn Turner WR 30288
433 Joe O'Donnell (K) K 30329
434 Eric Vance DB 30371
435 Mike Cherry QB 30414
436 Archie Amerson (KR) KR 30473
437 Marco Martos (KR) KR 30475
438 Marcellus Mostella RB 30510
439 Isaiah Mustafa WR 30550
440 Louis Adams LB 30551
441 Phillip Ward LB 30552
442 Jason Davis (QB) QB 30676
443 Roderick Thomas DB 30677
444 Corey Bridges WR 30744
445 Craig Warren OL 30833
446 Dan Palmer OL 30834
447 Dave Rilatt OL 30835
448 Dennis Whitmore OL 30836
449 Donnie Young OL 30837
450 Jamie Vandervelt OL 30838
451 Joe Gordon DB 30839
452 LeShun Daniels OL 30840
453 Manny Castro OL 30841
454 Nathan Parks OL 30842
455 Patrick Augafa OL 30843
456 Paul Wiggins OL 30844
457 Pete DiMario OL 30845
458 Pete Swanson OL 30846
459 Randy Wheeler OL 30847
460 Tashe Williams OL 30848
461 Thomas Vollath OL 30849
462 Todd Stewart OL 30850
463 Winston Alderson OL 30851
464 James Burgess Sr. LB 31123
465 Bruce Presley RB 31197
466 James Johnson (1972) DB 31198
467 Tim Scharf LB 31199
468 Cedric Samuel DB 31315
469 Hudhaifa Ismaeli DB 31316
470 Charles Emanuel DB 31344
471 Ronnie McAda QB 31434
472 Steven Salter OL 31474
473 Joe Douglass (PR) PR 31487
474 Bryan Dickerson RB 31567
475 Thomas Haskins (PR) PR 31602
476 Wally Richardson QB 31657
477 Jeremy Akers OL 31671
478 Juan Porter OL 31672
479 Avo Avetisyan DL 31755
480 Ron Leshinski TE 31756
481 Chris Lewis (RB) RB 31877
482 Mike Jenkins (WR) WR 31878
483 Ian Franklin DB 31934
484 David Richie DL 31937
485 Cory Gilliard DB 31955
486 Carlos Jones DB 32003
487 Joe Rowe DB 32004
488 Vann Washington DB 32005
489 James Kidd (KR) KR 32164
490 Archie Amerson (PR) PR 32219
491 Kaipo McGuire WR 32223
492 Dee Osborne LB 32261
493 George Noga DL 32262
494 Grant Baynham TE 32263
495 Steve Brooks TE 32264
496 Tremayne Allen TE 32265
497 Matt Keneley DL 32299
498 Craig Kusick QB 32338
499 Anthony Rice DB 32347
500 Jerome Daniels OL 32350
501 Volker Schenk DB 32385
502 Alonzo Johnson (PR) PR 32421
503 Jason Martin QB 32426
504 Armon Williams DB 32432
505 Jason Byworth WR 32485
506 Maurizio Barbotti WR 32605
507 Mark Hatfield OL 32654
508 Isaac Curtis Jr. TE 32710
509 Kari Gronroos K 32711
510 Larry Williams (DL) DL 32712
511 Luca Bellora DL 32713
512 Nate Cochran P 32836
513 Xavier Lafont DB 32837
514 Geroy Simon (PR) PR 32907
515 Anthony Cobbs DB 32911
516 Clive Allen K 32963
517 Curtis Anderson (DB) DB 33043
518 Nick Gianacakos DL 33092
519 Terry Day DL 33093
520 William Carr DL 33094
521 Shawn Washington RB 33300
522 Charles Pierce P 33338
523 Brian Roberson WR 33371
524 Ryan Smith (DL) DL 33449
525 Lamont Moore WR 33521
526 Jason Pohopek RB 33533
527 Nick Gallery P 33592
528 Geroy Simon (KR) KR 33645
529 Tony Gaiter WR 33667
530 Atle Larsen K 33730
531 Nyle Wiren RB 33948
532 Jon Krick RB 34047
533 George Harris (KR) KR 34115
534 Tommie Boyd (PR) PR 34116
535 Bob Rosenstiel TE 34295
536 Mike Jenkins (PR) PR 34340
537 Mitchell Galloway (KR) KR 34341
538 Craig Guest LB 34434
539 Tony Corbin QB 34441
540 Malcolm Hamilton RB 34564
541 Chris Miller (PR) PR 34655
542 Spencer George (KR) KR 34656
543 Kenny Nord WR 34751
544 Anthone Lott DB 34792
545 Melvin Phillips WR 34836
546 Alonzo Johnson (KR) KR 34886
547 Anthony Rice (KR) KR 34887
548 Kelsey Perrin DB 34888
549 Byron Thomas OL 35128
550 Chris Miller (KR) KR 35129
551 Na'il Benjamin (KR) KR 35130
552 Paul Frlan LB 35131
553 Calvin Branch (KR) KR 35537
554 Corey Bridges (PR) PR 35538
555 Kaipo McGuire (KR) KR 35539
556 Mathias Vavao RB 35540
557 Rod Payne OL 35541
558 Allen DeGraffenreid OL 35724
559 Peter Tuffo RB 36236
560 Marcus Wimberly DB 36413
561 Beau Morgan RB 36467
562 Na'il Benjamin WR 36522
563 Juan Daniels WR 36525
564 Chris Miller (WR) WR 36589
565 Lamont Burns OL 36881
566 Mark Nori OL 36882
567 Ozell Powell OL 36883
568 Scott Whitaker OL 36884
569 Chris Hixson QB 36922
570 Carlos Garay QB 37181
571 Lance Funderburk QB 37268
572 Bill Rutledge WR 37272
573 C.J. Williams (KR) KR 37305
574 William Hampton (PR) PR 37306
575 Demo Odems WR 37375
576 Kenny Bailey DB 37415
577 Cedric Johnson (PR) PR 37457
578 Jason Tarkowski RB 37458
579 Cree Morris QB 37532
580 Cedric Johnson WR 37546
581 Anthony Bright WR 37658
582 Rock Preston (PR) PR 37699
583 Gary Porter QB 37871
584 Melvin Cunningham DB 37881
585 Nick Savoie TE 38059
586 Mike Sweat RB 38234
587 Rick Cruz RB 38435
588 Tucker Grace RB 38573
589 Steve Robinson RB 38609
590 Bob Stockham QB 38686
591 Jamel Williams (PR) PR 38714
592 Mike Miller (1972) WR 38783
593 Antwuan Wyatt WR 38792
594 Dan White QB 38812
595 Dante Lewis WR 38829
596 Terrell Sutton DB 38830
597 Corey Johnson WR 38852
598 Marty Lowe QB 38887
599 Jarrod DeGeorgia QB 38943
600 Barry Dillard WR 39025
601 Kelvin Sigler DB 39044
602 Nakia Reddick DB 39053
603 Ralph Strickland WR 39078
604 Xavier Patterson WR 39088
605 Cletus Coffey WR 39110
606 Shea Showers WR 39184
607 Walter Sutton WR 39188
608 Damon Mason DB 39197
609 Stanley Veasley WR 39214
610 Bo Gilliard WR 39263
611 Deumaine Reeder WR 39311
612 Pearce Pegross WR 39362

 


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