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The 1997 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 19–20, 1997, at the Paramount Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.
On February 18, 1997, Mirer was traded with a fourth round pick in the 1997 NFL draft to the Chicago Bears for their first round draft pick, later packaged in a trade to the Atlanta Falcons to move up to 3rd overall that year to select Shawn Springs. Mirer signed a three-year, $11.4 million contract with the Bears, but played only seven games ...
The Seattle Seahawks joined the National Football League (NFL) in 1976 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. [1] They participated in their first draft, the 1976 NFL draft and selected Steve Niehaus, a defensive tackle from Notre Dame. The team's most recent first-round selection was in 2024, which was the selection of Byron Murphy II, a defensive tackle.
From 1947 through 1958, the first selection in the NFL Draft was awarded by a random draw known as the "bonus pick." The team that received the bonus pick forfeited its selection in the final round of the draft, and once a team won, it was excluded from future draws.
Thus, it is not uncommon for a team's actual draft pick to differ from their assigned draft pick, or for a team to have extra or no draft picks in any round due to these trades. [5] The Rams' first selection as an NFL team was Johnny Drake, a fullback from Purdue in 1937. [6]
1990 first-round pick (made trade with Pittsburgh to draft RB Emmitt Smith) 1990 second-round pick (to San Francisco) 1990 sixth-round pick (to New Orleans) 1991 first-round pick (made trade with New England to draft DT Russell Maryland) 1991 second-round pick (to Houston) 1992 first-round pick (made trade with New England to draft CB Kevin Smith)
An all-time NFL what-if: Bill Parcels said that he would have drafted Peyton Manning to the Jets in 1997 had the QB declared early. An all-time NFL what-if: Bill Parcels said that he would have ...
m The Buccaneers traded their first-round pick to Raiders for two second-round picks. [14] n The Buccaneers gained an additional first-round pick from the San Diego Chargers as a result of a draft-day deal in 1998. [15] o The Buccaneers traded their first-pick and one they acquired from the Chargers in 1998, to the New York Jets for Keyshawn ...