1998 NFL Draft

1998 NFL Draft
	General Information
Date(s)	April 18–19, 1998
Location	Madison Square Garden; New York City, New York
Network(s) (US)	ESPN
	Picks
First selection	Peyton Manning, QB; Indianapolis Colts
Mr. Irrelevant	Cam Quayle, TE; Baltimore Ravens
Most selections
Fewest selections
Overall selections	241
< 1997	1999 >

The 1998 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 18-19, 1998. The league also held a supplemental draft after the regular draft and before the regular season.

Player selections[]

= Pro Bowler ^[1]

Round one[]

Pick #	NFL Team	Player	Position	College
1	Indianapolis Colts	Peyton Manning	Quarterback	Tennessee
2	San Diego Chargers ^{(from Arizona)}	Ryan Leaf	Quarterback	Washington State
3	Arizona Cardinals ^{(from San Diego)}	Andre Wadsworth	Defensive End	Florida State
4	Oakland Raiders	Charles Woodson ^[2]	Cornerback	Michigan
5	Chicago Bears	Curtis Enis	Running back	Penn State
6	St. Louis Rams	Grant Wistrom	Defensive End	Nebraska
7	New Orleans Saints	Kyle Turley	Offensive Tackle	San Diego State
8	Dallas Cowboys	Greg Ellis	Linebacker	North Carolina
9	Jacksonville Jaguars^{(from Buffalo)}	Fred Taylor	Running back	Florida
10	Baltimore Ravens	Duane Starks	Cornerback	Miami (FL)
11	Philadelphia Eagles	Tra Thomas	Offensive Tackle	Florida State
12	Atlanta Falcons	Keith Brooking	Linebacker	Georgia Tech
13	Cincinnati Bengals	Takeo Spikes	Linebacker	Auburn
14	Carolina Panthers	Jason Peter	Defensive Tackle	Nebraska
15	Seattle Seahawks	Anthony Simmons	Linebacker	Clemson
16	Tennessee Oilers	Kevin Dyson	Wide Receiver	Utah
17	Cincinnati Bengals ^{(from Washington Redskins)}	Brian Simmons	Linebacker	North Carolina
18	New England Patriots ^{(from New York Jets)}	Robert Edwards	Running back	Georgia
19	Green Bay Packers ^{(from Miami Dolphins)}	Vonnie Holliday	Defensive Tackle	North Carolina
20	Detroit Lions	Terry Fair	Cornerback	Tennessee
21	Minnesota Vikings	Randy Moss	Wide Receiver	Marshall
22	New England Patriots	Tebucky Jones	Free Safety	Syracuse
23	Oakland Raiders ^{(from Tampa Bay Buccaneers)}	Mo Collins	Offensive Tackle	Florida
24	New York Giants	Shaun Williams	Free Safety	UCLA
25	Jacksonville Jaguars	Donovin Darius	Strong Safety	Syracuse
26	Pittsburgh Steelers	Alan Faneca	Offensive Guard	LSU
27	Kansas City Chiefs	Victor Riley	Offensive Tackle	Auburn
28	San Francisco 49ers	R. W. McQuarters	Cornerback	Oklahoma State
29	Miami Dolphins ^{(from Green Bay Packers)}	John Avery	Running back	Ole Miss
30	Denver Broncos	Marcus Nash	Wide Receiver	Tennessee

Round two[]

Pick #	NFL Team	Player	Position	College
31	Oakland Raiders	Leon Bender	Defensive Tackle	Washington State
32	Indianapolis Colts	Jerome Pathon	Wide Receiver	Washington
33	Arizona Cardinals	Corey Chavous	Strong Safety	Vanderbilt
34	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Jacquez Green	Wide Receiver	Florida
35	Chicago Bears	Tony Parrish	Strong Safety	Washington
36	Arizona Cardinals	Anthony Clement	Offensive Tackle	Louisiana-Lafayette
37	St. Louis Rams	Robert Holcombe	Fullback	Illinois
38	Dallas Cowboys	Flozell Adams	Offensive Tackle	Michigan State
39	Buffalo Bills	Sam Cowart	Middle Linebacker	Florida State
40	New Orleans Saints ^{(from Buffalo Bills)}	Cameron Cleeland	Tight End	Washington
41	Pittsburgh Steelers	Jeremy Staat	Defensive Tackle	Arizona State
42	Baltimore Ravens	Patrick Johnson	Wide Receiver	Oregon
43	Cincinnati Bengals	Artrell Hawkins	Strong Safety	Cincinnati
44	Miami Dolphins	Patrick Surtain	Cornerback	Southern Mississippi
45	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Brian Kelly	Cornerback	Southern California
46	Tennessee Oilers	Samari Rolle	Cornerback	Florida State
47	Seattle Seahawks	Todd Weiner	Offensive Tackle	Kansas State
48	Washington Redskins	Stephen Alexander	Tight End	Oklahoma
49	Miami Dolphins	Kenny Mixon	Defensive End	Louisiana State
50	Detroit Lions	Germane Crowell	Wide Receiver	Virginia
51	Minnesota Vikings	Kailee Wong	Inside Linebacker	Stanford
52	New England Patriots	Tony Simmons	Wide Receiver	Wisconsin
53	Atlanta Falcons	Bob Hallen	Center	Kent State
54	New England Patriots	Rod Rutledge	Offensive Tackle	Alabama
55	New York Giants	Joe Jurevicius	Wide Receiver	Penn State
56	New York Jets	Dorian Boose	Defensive End	Washington State
57	Jacksonville Jaguars	Cordell Taylor	Defensive Back	Hampton
58	San Francisco 49ers	Jeremy Newberry	Center	California
59	San Diego Chargers	Mikhael Ricks	Tight End	Stephen F. Austin
60	Detroit Lions	Charlie Batch	Quarterback	Eastern Michigan
61	Denver Broncos	Eric Brown	Strong Safety	Mississippi State
0	Green Bay Packers^{Supplemental Draft}	Mike Wahle	Offensive Guard	Navy
0	San Diego Chargers^{Supplemental Draft}	Jamal Williams	Defensive Tackle	Oklahoma State

Round three[]

Pick #	NFL Team	Player	Position	College
62	Carolina Panthers	Chuck Wiley	Defensive End	Louisiana State
63	Oakland Raiders	Jon Ritchie	Fullback	Stanford
64	Chicago Bears	Olin Kreutz	Center	Washington
65	St. Louis Rams	Leonard Little	Defensive End	Tennessee
66	Pittsburgh Steelers	Chris Conrad	Offensive Tackle	Fresno State
67	New York Jets	Scott Frost	Defensive Back	Nebraska
68	Buffalo Bills	Robert Hicks	Offensive Tackle	Mississippi State
69	Washington Redskins	Skip Hicks	Running back	UCLA
70	New York Giants	Brian Alford	Wide Receiver	Purdue
71	Indianapolis Colts	E. G. Green	Wide Receiver	Florida State
72	Philadelphia Eagles (via Dallas)	Jeremiah Trotter	Linebacker	Stephen F. Austin
73	Carolina Panthers	Mitch Marrow	Defensive End	Pennsylvania
74	Atlanta Falcons	Jammi German	Wide Receiver	Miami
75	Cincinnati Bengals	Steve Foley	Linebacker	N.E. Louisiana
76	Seattle Seahawks	Ahman Green	Running back	Nebraska
77	Tennessee Oilers	Dainon Sidney	Cornerback	Alabama-Birmingham
78	Cincinnati Bengals	Mike Goff	Offensive Tackle	Iowa
79	Miami Dolphins	Brad Jackson	Linebacker	Cincinnati
80	Minnesota Vikings	Ramos McDonald	Cornerback	New Mexico
81	New England Patriots	Chris Floyd	Fullback	Michigan
82	Miami Dolphins	Larry Shannon	Wide Receiver	East Carolina
83	New England Patriots	Greg Spires	Defensive End	Florida State
84	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Jamie Duncan	Linebacker	Vanderbilt
85	Philadelphia Eagles	Allen Rossum	Cornerback	Notre Dame
86	Jacksonville Jaguars	Jonathan Quinn	Quarterback	Middle Tennessee State
87	New York Jets	Kevin Williams	Defensive Back	Oklahoma State
88	Kansas City Chiefs	Rashaan Shehee	Running back	Washington
89	San Francisco 49ers	Chris Ruhman	Offensive Tackle	Texas A&M
90	Green Bay Packers	Jonathan Brown	Defensive Tackle	Tennessee
91	Denver Broncos	Brian Griese	Quarterback	Michigan
92	Pittsburgh Steelers	Hines Ward	Wide Receiver	Georgia

Round four[]

Pick #	NFL Team	Player	Position	College
93	Indianapolis Colts	Steve McKinney	Center	Texas A&M
94	Chicago Bears	Alonzo Mayes	Tight End	Oklahoma State
95	Arizona Cardinals	Michael Pittman	Running back	Fresno State
96	St. Louis Rams (from San Diego)	Az-Zahir Hakim	Wide Receiver	San Diego State
97	New Orleans Saints (from Oakland)	Fred Weary	Cornerback	Florida
98	St. Louis Rams	Roland Williams	Tight End	Syracuse
99	New Orleans Saints	Julian Pittman	Wide Receiver	Florida State
100	Dallas Cowboys	Michael Myers	Defensive Tackle	Alabama
101	Jacksonville Jaguars (from Buffalo)	Tavian Banks	Running back	Iowa
102	Miami Dolphins (from Philadelphia)	Lorenzo Bromell	Defensive End	Clemson
103	Atlanta Falcons	Omar Brown	Defensive Back	North Carolina
104	Tampa Bay Buccaneers (from Atlanta)	Todd Washington	Center	Virginia Tech
105	Cincinnati Bengals	Glen Steele	Defensive Tackle	Michigan
106	Carolina Panthers	Donald Hayes	Wide Receiver	Wisconsin
107	Tennessee Oilers	Joe Salave'a	Defensive Tackle	Arizona
108	Seattle Seahawks	DeShone Myles	Linebacker	Nevada-Reno
109	Oakland Raiders (from Washington)	Gennaro DiNapoli	Offensive Guard	Virginia Tech
110	Minnesota Vikings	Kivuusama Mays	Linebacker	North Carolina
111	New York Jets	Jason Fabini	Offensive Tackle	Cincinnati
112	Philadelphia Eagles (from Miami)	Brandon Whiting	Defensive Tackle	California
113	Washington Redskins (from Detroit through Oakland)	Shawn Barber	Linebacker	Richmond
114	Atlanta Falcons (from Tampa Bay)	Tim Dwight	Wide Receiver	Iowa
115	New England Patriots	Leonta Rheams	Defensive Tackle	Houston
116	Philadelphia Eagles	Clarence Love	Defensive Back	Toledo
117	Pittsburgh Steelers	Deshea Townsend	Defensive Back	Alabama
118	Jacksonville Jaguars	Harry Deligianis	Defensive Tackle	Youngstown State
119	San Francisco 49ers	Lance Schulters	Safety	Hofstra
120	Kansas City Chiefs	Greg Favors	Linebacker	Mississippi State
121	Green Bay Packers	Roosevelt Blackmon	Cornerback	Morris Brown
122	Denver Broncos	Curtis Alexander	Running back	Alabama
123	Pittsburgh Steelers	Carlos King	Running back	North Carolina State

Round five[]

Pick #	NFL Team	Player	Position	College
124	Baltimore Ravens (from Indianapolis)	Martin Chase	Defensive Tackle	Oklahoma
125	Arizona Cardinals	Terry Hardy	Tight End	Southern Mississippi
126	San Diego Chargers	Cedric Harden	Defensive End	Florida A&M
127	Oakland Raiders	Jeremy Brigham	Tight End	Washington
128	Kansas City Chiefs (from Chicago)	Robert Williams	Cornerback	North Carolina
129	St. Louis Rams	Raymond Priester	Fullback	Clemson
130	Dallas Cowboys	Darren Hambrick	Linebacker	South Carolina
131	Buffalo Bills	Jonathan Linton	Fullback	North Carolina
132	New Orleans Saints	Wilmont Perry	Running back	Livingstone
133	Baltimore Ravens	Ryan Sutter	Safety	Colorado
134	New York Jets (from Philadelphia)	Casey Dailey	Linebacker	Northwestern
135	Indianapolis Colts (from Cincinnati)	Antony Jordan	Linebacker	Vanderbilt
136	Carolina Panthers	Jerry Jensen	Linebacker	Washington
137	Pittsburgh Steelers (from Atlanta)	Jason Simmons	Defensive Back	Arizona State
138	Dallas Cowboys (from Seattle)	Oliver Ross	Offensive Tackle	Iowa State
139	Tennessee Titans	Benji Olson	Offensive Guard	Washington
140	Washington Redskins	Mark Fischer	Offensive Guard	Purdue
141	New York Jets	Doug Karczewski	Offensive Tackle	Virginia
142	Philadelphia Eagles (from Miami)	Ike Reese	Linebacker	Michigan State
143	Miami Dolphins (from Detroit)	Scott Shaw	Offensive Guard	Michigan State
144	Minnesota Vikings	Kerry Cooks	Safety	Iowa
145	New England Patriots	Ron Merkerson	Linebacker	Colorado
146	New York Jets (from Tampa Bay)	Blake Spence	Tight End	Oregon
147	New York Giants	Toby Myles	Offensive Tackle	Jackson State
148	Jacksonville Jaguars	John Wade	Center	Marshall
149	New York Jets (from Pittsburgh)	Eric Bateman	Offensive Tackle	Brigham Young
150	Green Bay Packers (from Kansas City)	Corey Bradford	Wide Receiver	Jackson State
151	San Francisco 49ers	Phil Ostrowski	Offensive Guard	Penn State
152	Oakland Raiders (from Green Bay)	Travian Smith	Linebacker	Oklahoma
153	Denver Broncos	Chris Howard	Running back	Michigan

Round six[]

Pick #	NFL Team	Player	Position	College
154	Baltimore Ravens (from Indianapolis)	Ron Rogers	Linebacker	Georgia Tech
155	San Diego Chargers	Clifford Ivory	Cornerback	Troy State
156	Green Bay Packers (from Oakland)	Scott McGarrahan	Safety	New Mexico
157	Chicago Bears	Chris Draft	Linebacker	Stanford
158	Arizona Cardinals	Zach Walz	Linebacker	Dartmouth
159	St. Louis Rams	Glenn Roundtree	Offensive Guard	Clemson
160	Buffalo Bills	Fred Coleman	Wide Receiver	Washington
161	New Orleans Saints	Chris Bordano	Linebacker	Southern Methodist
162	Seattle Seahawks (from Dallas)	Carl Hansen	Defensive Tackle	Stanford
163	New York Jets (from Philadelphia)	Eric Ogbogu	Defensive End	Maryland
164	Baltimore Ravens	Sammy Williams	Offensive Tackle	Oklahoma
165	Carolina Panthers	Damien Richardson	Defensive Back	Arizona State
166	Atlanta Falcons	Elijah Williams	Cornerback	Florida
167	Cincinnati Bengals	Jason Tucker	Wide Receiver	Texas Christian
168	Tennessee Titans	Lee Wiggins	Defensive Back	South Carolina
169	Seattle Seahawks	Bobby Shaw	Wide Receiver	California
170	Washington Redskins	Pat Palmer	Wide Receiver	NE Louisiana
171	Miami Dolphins	Nate Strikwerda	Center	Northwestern
172	Miami Dolphins (from Detroit)	John Dutton	Quarterback	Nevada
173	Minnesota Vikings	Matt Birk	Center	Harvard
174	New York Jets	Chris Brazzell	Wide Receiver	Angelo State
175	Tampa Bay Buccanneers	James Cannida	Defensive Tackle	Nevada
176	New England Patriots	Harold Shaw	Running back	Southern Mississippi
177	New York Giants	Todd Pollack	Tight End	Boston College
178	Pittsburgh Steelers	Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala	Fullback	Utah
179	Jacksonville Jaguars	LeManzer Williams	Defensive End	Minnesota
180	San Francisco 49ers	Fred Beasley	Fullback	Auburn
181	Kansas City Chiefs	Derrick Ransom	Defensive Tackle	Cincinnati
182	Jacksonville Jaguars (from Green Bay)	Kevin McLeod	Running back	Auburn
183	New York Jets (from Denver Broncos)	Dustin Johnson	Fullback	Brigham Young
184	Tampa Bay Buccanneers (Compensatory Pick)	Shevin Smith	Defensive Back	Florida State
185	Detroit Lions (Compensatory Pick)	Jamaal Alexander	Defensive Back	Detroit
186	Pittsburgh Steelers (Compensatory Pick)	Ryan Olson	Defensive Tackle	Colorado
187	Green Bay Packers (Compensatory Pick)	Matt Hasselbeck	Quarterback	Boston College
188	Dallas Cowboys (Compensatory Pick)	Izell Reese	Safety	Alabama Birmingham
189	Chicago Bears (Compensatory Pick)	Patrick Mannelly	Offensive Guard	Duke

Round seven[]

Pick #	NFL Team	Player	Position	College
190	Indianapolis Colts	Aaron Taylor	Center	Nebraska
191	Washington Redskins	David Terrell	Defensive Back	UTEP
192	Jacksonville Jaguars (from Chicago Bears)	Alvis Whitted	Wide Receiver	NC State
193	Arizona Cardinals	Phil Savoy	Wide Receiver	Colorado
194	San Diego Chargers	Jon Haskins	Linebacker	Stanford
195	New York Jets (from St. Louis)	Lawrence Hart	Tight End	Southern
196	Carolina Panthers (from New Orleans)	Vili Maumau	Defensive Tackle	Colorado
197	Seattle Seahawks	Jason McEndoo	Offensive Guard	Washington State
198	Buffalo Bills	Victor Allotey	Offensive Guard	Indiana
199	Atlanta Falcons (from Carolina via Pittsburgh)	Ephraim Salaam	Offensive Tackle	San Diego State
200	Denver Broncos	Trey Teague	Center	Tennessee
201	Atlanta Falcons	Ken Oxendine	Running back	Virginia Tech
202	Cincinnati Bengals	Marcus Parker	Fullback	Virginia Tech
203	Atlanta Falcons (from Pittsburgh)	Henry Slay	Defensive Tackle	West Virginia
204	New Orleans Saints	Andy McCullough	Wide Receiver	Tennessee
205	Tennessee Titans	Jimmy Sprotte	Linebacker	Arizona
206	Washington Redskins	Antwaune Ponds	Linebacker	Syracuse
207	Detroit Lions	Chris Liwienski	Offensive Guard	Indiana
208	Minnesota Vikings	Chester Burnett	Linebacker	Arizona
209	Arizona Cardinals (from NY Jets)	George "Jomo" Cousins	Defensive End	Florida A&M
210	Miami Dolphins	Jim Bundren	Offensive Lineman	Clemson
211	New England Patriots	Jason Andersen	Center	Brigham Young
212	Tampa Bay Buccanneers	Chance McCarty	Defensive End	Texas Christian
213	New York Giants	Ben Fricke	Center	Houston
214	Jacksonville Jaguars	Brandon Tolbert	Linebacker	Georgia
215	San Francisco 49ers (from Pittsburgh)	Ryan Thelwell	Wide Receiver	Minnesota
216	Kansas City Chiefs	Eric Warfield	Defensive Back	Nebraska
217	Chicago Bears (from San Francisco)	Chad Overhauser	Offensive Guard	UCLA
218	Green Bay Packers	Edwin Watson	Fullback	Purdue
219	Denver Broncos	Nate Wayne	Linebacker	Mississippi
220	Philadelphia Eagles (Compensatory pick)	Chris Akins	Defensive Tackle	Texas
221	Pittsburgh Steelers (Compensatory pick)	Angel Rubio	Defensive Tackle	SE Missouri State
222	Cincinnati Bengals (Compensatory pick)	Damian Vaughn	Tight End	Miami (OH)
223	Dallas Cowboys (Compensatory pick)	Tarik Smith	Running back	California
224	Kansas City Chiefs (Compensatory pick)	Ernest Blackwell	Running back	Missouri
225	Minnesota Vikings (Compensatory pick)	Tony Darden	Cornerback	Texas Tech
226	Arizona Cardinals (Compensatory pick)	Pat Tillman	Safety	Arizona State
227	Dallas Cowboys (Compensatory pick)	Antonio Fleming	Offensive Guard	Georgia
228	Carolina Panthers (Compensatory pick)	Jim Turner	Wide Receiver	Syracuse
229	Tennessee Titans (Compensatory pick)	Kevin Long	Center	Florida State
230	Oakland Raiders (Compensatory pick)	Vince Amey	Defensive Tackle	Arizona State
231	Indianapolis Colts(Compensatory pick)	Corey Gaines	Safety	Tennessee
232	Chicago Bears (Compensatory pick)	Moses Moreno	Quarterback	Colorado State
233	Arizona Cardinals (Compensatory pick)	Ron Janes	Fullback	Missouri
234	San Diego Chargers (Compensatory pick)	Kio Sanford	Wide Receiver	Kentucky
235	Oakland Raiders (Compensatory pick)	David Sanders	Defensive End	Arkansas
236	St. Louis Rams (Compensatory pick)	Jason Chorak	Linebacker	Washington
237	Dallas Cowboys (Compensatory pick)	Rodrick Monroe	Tight End	Cincinnati
238	Buffalo Bills (Compensatory pick)	Kamil Loud	Wide Receiver	Cal-Poly SLO
239	New Orleans Saints (Compensatory pick)	Ron Warner	Linebacker	Kansas
240	Philadelphia Eagles (Compensatory pick)	Melvin Thomas	Offensive Guard	Colorado
241 ^[3]	Balitmore Ravens (Compensatory pick)	Cam Quayle	Tight End	Weber State

= Pro Bowler ^[1]

Notable undrafted players[]

Original NFL Team	Player	Position	College
Baltimore Ravens	Jeff Saturday	Center	North Carolina
Cincinnati Bengals	Kevin Kaesviharn	Safety	Augustana College
Oakland Raiders	Phil Dawson	Placekicker	Texas
Seattle Seahawks	Brian Finneran	Wide receiver	Villanova
St. Louis Rams	London Fletcher	Linebacker	John Carroll University
Atlanta Falcons	David Akers	Placekicker	Louisville

Hall of famers[]

None of the drafted players from the 1998 NFL Draft have been inducted into the Professional Football Hall of Fame.

References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career.
↑ Charles Woodson, 1997 Heisman Trophy winner ^{"1997 Heisman Trophy winner". http://www.heisman.com/winners/c-woodson97.html. Retrieved 2008-10-11.^{[dead link]}}
↑ This last selection is commonly referred to as Mr. Irrelevant.

External links[]

1998 NFL Draft

[Pro_Bowler_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career.

[Heisman_note-2] Charles Woodson, 1997 Heisman Trophy winner ^{"1997 Heisman Trophy winner". http://www.heisman.com/winners/c-woodson97.html. Retrieved 2008-10-11.^{[dead link]}}

[Mr._Irrelevant_note-3] This last selection is commonly referred to as Mr. Irrelevant.

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