1998 NFL College Draft

Updated August 28, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

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First and second round selections at the 63rd annual NFL College Draft held April 18-19, 1998, in New York City. 11 underclassmen were among the first 61 players chosen and are listed in capital LETTERS.

First Round

No	Team		Pos
1	Indianapolis	Peyton Manning, Tennessee	QB
2	a-San Diego	RYAN LEAF, Washington St.	QB
3	b-Arizona	Andre Wadsworth, Florida St.	DE
4	Oakland	CHARLES WOODSON, Michigan	CB
5	Chicago	CURTIS ENIS, Penn St.	RB
6	St. Louis	Grant Wistrom, Nebraska	DE
7	New Orleans	Kyle Turley, San Diego St.	OT
8	Dallas	Greg Ellis, North Carolina	DE
9	c-Jacksonville	Fred Taylor, Florida	RB
10	Baltimore	Duane Starks, Miami-FL	CB
11	Philadelphia	Tra Thomas, Florida St.	OT
12	Atlanta	Keith Brooking, Georgia Tech	LB
13	Cincinnati	TAKEO SPIKES, Auburn	LB
14	Carolina	Jason Peter, Nebraska	DT
15	Seattle	ANTHONY SIMMONS, Clemson	LB
16	Tennessee	Kevin Dyson, Utah	WR
17	d-Cincinnati	Brian Simmons, North Carolina	LB
18	e-New England	Robert Edwards, Georgia	RB
19	f-Green Bay	Vonnie Holliday, North Carolina	DT
20	Detroit	Terry Fair, Tennessee	CB
21	Minnesota	RANDY MOSS, Marshall	WR
22	New England	Tebucky Jones, Syracuse	S
23	g-Oakland	MO COLLINS, Florida	OT
24	NY Giants	Shaun Williams, UCLA	S
25	Jacksonville	Donovin Darius, Syracuse	S
26	Pittsburgh	ALAN FANECA, LSU	OG
27	Kansas City	Victor Riley, Auburn	OG
28	San Francisco	R.W. MCQUARTERS, Okla. St.	CB
29	h-Miami	John Avery, Mississippi	RB
30	Denver	Marcus Nash, Tennessee	WR

Acquired picks: a—from Arizona; b— from San Diego; c—from Buffalo; d—from Washington; e—from NY Jets; f—from Miami; g—from Tampa Bay; h—from Green Bay.

Second Round

No	Team		Pos
31	i-Oakland	Leon Bender, Washington St.	DT
32	Indianapolis	Jerome Pathon, Washington	WR
33	j-Arizona	Corey Chavous, Vanderbilt	CB
34	k-Tampa Bay	JACQUEZ GREEN, Florida	WR
35	Chicago	Tony Parrish, Washington	S
36	Arizona	Anthony Clement, SW Louisiana	OT
37	St. Louis	Robert Holcombe, Illinois	RB
38	Dallas	Flozell Adams, Michigan St.	OT
39	Buffalo	Sam Cowart, Florida St.	LB
40	New Orleans	Cameron Cleeland, Washington	TE
41	l-Pittsburgh	Jeremy Staat, Arizona St.	DT
42	Baltimore	Pat Johnson, Oregon	WR
43	Cincinnati	Artell Hawkins, Cincinnati	CB
44	m-Miami	Patrick Surtain, Southern Miss.	CB
45	n-Tampa Bay	Brian Kelly, USC	CB
46	Tennessee	Samari Rolle, Florida St.	CB
47	Seattle	Todd Weiner, Kansas St.	OT
48	Washington	Stephen Alexander, Oklahoma	TE
49	Miami	Kenny Mixon, LSU	DE
50	Detroit	Germane Crowell, Virginia	WR
51	Minnesota	Kailee Wong, Stanford	DE
52	o-New England	Tony Simmons, Wisconsin	WR
53	p-Atlanta	Bob Hallen, Kent St.	C
54	New England	Rod Rutledge, Alabama	TE
55	NY Giants	Joe Jurevicius, Penn St.	WR
56	q-NY Jets	Dorian Boose, Washington St.	DE
57	Jacksonville	Cordell Taylor, Hampton	CB
58	San Francisco	JEREMY NEWBERRY, California	C
59	r-San Diego	Mikhael Ricks, Stephen F. Austin	WR
60	s-Detroit	Charlie Batch, E. Michigan	QB
61	Denver	Eric Brown, Mississippi St.	S

Acquired picks: i—compensatory selection; j—from San Diego; k—from Tampa Bay; l— from Philadelphia through NY Jets; m—from Carolina; n—from Atlanta; o—from NY Jets; p—from Tampa Bay; q—from Pittsburgh; r—from Kansas City through Oakland and Tampa Bay; s—from Green Bay through Miami.

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