1997 NFL Draft Round 1
| YEAR | RND | PICK # | TEAM | PLAYER | POS | COLLEGE |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | RAM | Orlando Pace | T | Ohio St. |
| 1997 | 1 | 2 | LAS | Darrell Russell | DT | USC |
| 1997 | 1 | 3 | SEA | Shawn Springs | DB | Ohio St. |
| 1997 | 1 | 4 | BAL | Peter Boulware | LB | Florida St. |
| 1997 | 1 | 5 | DET | Bryant Westbrook | DB | Texas |
| 1997 | 1 | 6 | SEA | Walter Jones | T | Florida St. |
| 1997 | 1 | 7 | NYG | Ike Hilliard | WR | Florida |
| 1997 | 1 | 8 | NYJ | James Farrior | LB | Virginia |
| 1997 | 1 | 9 | ARI | Tom Knight | DB | Iowa |
| 1997 | 1 | 10 | NOR | Chris Naeole | G | Colorado |
| 1997 | 1 | 11 | ATL | Michael Booker | DB | Nebraska |
| 1997 | 1 | 12 | TAM | Warrick Dunn | RB | Florida St. |
| 1997 | 1 | 13 | KAN | Tony Gonzalez | TE | California |
| 1997 | 1 | 14 | CIN | Reinard Wilson | LB | Florida St. |
| 1997 | 1 | 15 | MIA | Yatil Green | WR | Miami (FL) |
| 1997 | 1 | 16 | TAM | Reidel Anthony | WR | Florida |
| 1997 | 1 | 17 | WAS | Kenard Lang | DE | Miami (FL) |
| 1997 | 1 | 18 | TEN | Kenny Holmes | DE | Miami (FL) |
| 1997 | 1 | 19 | IND | Tarik Glenn | T | California |
| 1997 | 1 | 20 | MIN | Dwayne Rudd | LB | Alabama |
| 1997 | 1 | 21 | JAX | Renaldo Wynn | DE | Notre Dame |
| 1997 | 1 | 22 | DAL | David LaFleur | TE | LSU |
| 1997 | 1 | 23 | BUF | Antowain Smith | RB | Houston |
| 1997 | 1 | 24 | PIT | Chad Scott | DB | Maryland |
| 1997 | 1 | 25 | PHI | Jon Harris | DE | Virginia |
| 1997 | 1 | 26 | SFO | Jim Druckenmiller | QB | Virginia Tech |
| 1997 | 1 | 27 | CAR | Rae Carruth | WR | Colorado |
| 1997 | 1 | 28 | DEN | Trevor Pryce | DT | Clemson |
| 1997 | 1 | 29 | NWE | Chris Canty | DB | Kansas St. |
| 1997 | 1 | 30 | GNB | Ross Verba | T | Iowa |
