1998 NFL Draft

On April 18, 1998, the NFL Draft took place in New York City, with the University of Tennessee quarterback Peyton Manning selected first overall by the Indianapolis Colts. The chart below shows that Ryan Leaf, who throughout the draft process was neck and neck with Manning in the realm of popular opinion on who should go number one overall, was the second selection in the Draft taken by the San Diego Chargers.

Insight into the Historic 1998 NFL Draft

In hindsight, the Colts made a brilliant choice between the two, with Peyton eventually becoming an enshrined player in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, while Leaf’s NFL career was less than spectacular.

Defensive End Andre Wadsworth went number 3 to the Arizona Cardinals, while future Hall of Famer defensive back Charles Woodson was selected by the Oakland Raiders in the fourth slot.

According to the Pro Football Reference website, as of this post, other players with their busts in Canton were also selected in this 1998 Draft, including wide receiver Randy Moss by the Minnesota Vikings with the 21st Pick and guard Alan Faneca by the Steelers at 26.

Complete List of Selections in the 1998 NFL Draft

Pick	Tm	Player	Pos
1	IND	Peyton Manning HOF	QB
2	SDG	Ryan Leaf	QB
3	ARI	Andre Wadsworth	DE
4	OAK	Charles Woodson HOF	DB
5	CHI	Curtis Enis	RB
6	STL	Grant Wistrom	DE
7	NOR	Kyle Turley	T
8	DAL	Greg Ellis	DE
9	JAX	Fred Taylor	RB
10	BAL	Duane Starks	DB
11	PHI	Tra Thomas	T
12	ATL	Keith Brooking	LB
13	CIN	Takeo Spikes	LB
14	CAR	Jason Peter	DE
15	SEA	Anthony Simmons	LB
16	TEN	Kevin Dyson	WR
17	CIN	Brian Simmons	LB
18	NWE	Robert Edwards	RB
19	GNB	Vonnie Holliday	DE
20	DET	Terry Fair	DB
21	MIN	Randy Moss HOF	WR
22	NWE	Tebucky Jones	DB
23	OAK	Mo Collins	G
24	NYG	Shaun Williams	DB
25	JAX	Donovin Darius	DB
26	PIT	Alan Faneca HOF	G
27	KAN	Victor Riley	T
28	SFO	R.W. McQuarters	DB
29	MIA	John Avery	RB
30	DEN	Marcus Nash	WR
31	OAK	Leon Bender	DT
32	IND	Jerome Pathon	WR
33	ARI	Corey Chavous	DB
34	TAM	Jacquez Green	WR
35	CHI	Tony Parrish	DB
36	ARI	Anthony Clement	T
37	STL	Robert Holcombe	RB
38	DAL	Flozell Adams	T
39	BUF	Sam Cowart	LB
40	NOR	Cam Cleeland	TE
41	PIT	Jeremy Staat	DE
42	BAL	Patrick Johnson	WR
43	CIN	Artrell Hawkins	DB
44	MIA	Patrick Surtain	DB
45	TAM	Brian Kelly	DB
46	TEN	Samari Rolle	DB
47	SEA	Todd Weiner	T
48	WAS	Stephen Alexander	TE
49	MIA	Kenny Mixon	DE
50	DET	Germane Crowell	WR
51	MIN	Kailee Wong	LB
52	NWE	Tony Simmons	WR
53	ATL	Bob Hallen	G
54	NWE	Rod Rutledge	TE
55	NYG	Joe Jurevicius	WR
56	NYJ	Dorian Boose	DE
57	JAX	Cordell Taylor	DB
58	SFO	Jeremy Newberry	C
59	SDG	Mikhael Ricks	TE
60	DET	Charlie Batch	QB
61	DEN	Eric Brown	DB
62	CAR	Chuck Wiley	DE
63	OAK	Jon Ritchie	FB
64	CHI	Olin Kreutz	C
65	STL	Leonard Little	DE
66	PIT	Chris Conrad	T
67	NYJ	Scott Frost	DB
68	BUF	Robert Hicks	T
69	WAS	Skip Hicks	RB
70	NYG	Brian Alford	WR
71	IND	E.G. Green	WR
72	PHI	Jeremiah Trotter	LB
73	CAR	Mitch Marrow	DE
74	ATL	Jammi German	WR
75	CIN	Steve Foley	LB
76	SEA	Ahman Green	RB
77	TEN	Dainon Sidney	DB
78	CIN	Mike Goff	G
79	MIA	Brad Jackson	LB
80	MIN	Ramos McDonald	DB
81	NWE	Chris Floyd	RB
82	MIA	Larry Shannon	WR
83	NWE	Greg Spires	DE
84	TAM	Jamie Duncan	LB
85	PHI	Allen Rossum	DB
86	JAX	Jonathan Quinn	QB
87	NYJ	Kevin Williams	DB
88	KAN	Rashaan Shehee	RB
89	SFO	Chris Ruhman	T
90	GNB	Jonathan Brown	DE
91	DEN	Brian Griese	QB
92	PIT	Hines Ward	WR
93	IND	Steve McKinney	C
94	CHI	Alonzo Mayes	TE
95	ARI	Michael Pittman	RB
96	STL	Az-Zahir Hakim	WR
97	NOR	Fred Weary	DB
98	STL	Roland Williams	TE
99	NOR	Julian Pittman	DE
100	DAL	Michael Myers	DT
101	JAX	Tavian Banks	RB
102	MIA	Lorenzo Bromell	DE
103	ATL	Omar Brown	DB
104	TAM	Todd Washington	G
105	CIN	Glen Steele	DT
106	CAR	Donald Hayes	WR
107	TEN	Joe Salave’a	DT
108	SEA	DeShone Myles	LB
109	OAK	Gennaro DiNapoli	C
110	MIN	Kivuusama Mays	LB
111	NYJ	Jason Fabini	T
112	PHI	Brandon Whiting	DE
113	WAS	Shawn Barber	LB
114	ATL	Tim Dwight	WR
115	NWE	Leonta Rheams	DT
116	PHI	Clarence Love	DB
117	PIT	Deshea Townsend	DB
118	JAX	Harry Deligianis	DT
119	SFO	Lance Schulters	DB
120	KAN	Greg Favors	LB
121	GNB	Roosevelt Blackmon	DB
122	DEN	Curtis Alexander	RB
123	PIT	Carlos King	RB
124	BAL	Martin Chase	DT
125	ARI	Terry Hardy	TE
126	SDG	Cedric Harden	DE
127	OAK	Jeremy Brigham	TE
128	KAN	Robert Williams	DB
129	STL	Raymond Priester	RB
130	DAL	Darren Hambrick	LB
131	BUF	Jonathan Linton	RB
132	NOR	Wilmont Perry	RB
133	BAL	Ryan Sutter	DB
134	NYJ	Casey Dailey	LB
135	IND	Antony Jordan	LB
136	CAR	Jerry Jensen	LB
137	PIT	Jason Simmons	DB
138	DAL	Oliver Ross	T
139	TEN	Benji Olson	G
140	WAS	Mark Fischer	C
141	NYJ	Doug Karczewski	G
142	PHI	Ike Reese	LB
143	MIA	Scott Shaw	G
144	MIN	Kerry Cooks	DB
145	NWE	Ron Merkerson	LB
146	NYJ	Blake Spence	TE
147	NYG	Toby Myles	T
148	JAX	John Wade	C
149	NYJ	Eric Bateman	T
150	GNB	Corey Bradford	WR
151	SFO	Phil Ostrowski	G
152	OAK	Travian Smith	LB
153	DEN	Chris Howard	RB
154	BAL	Ron Rogers	LB
155	SDG	Clifford Ivory	DB
156	GNB	Scott McGarrahan	DB
157	CHI	Chris Draft	LB
158	ARI	Zack Walz	LB
159	STL	Glenn Rountree	G
160	BUF	Fred Coleman	WR
161	NOR	Chris Bordano	LB
162	SEA	Carl Hansen	DE
163	NYJ	Eric Ogbogu	DE
164	BAL	Sammy Williams	T
165	CAR	Damien Richardson	DB
166	ATL	Elijah Williams	DB
167	CIN	Jason Tucker	WR
168	TEN	Lee Wiggins	DB
169	SEA	Bobby Shaw	WR
170	WAS	Patrick Palmer	WR
171	MIA	Nathan Strikwerda	C
172	MIA	John Dutton	QB
173	MIN	Matt Birk	C
174	NYJ	Chris Brazzell	WR
175	TAM	James Cannida	DT
176	NWE	Harold Shaw	RB
177	NYG	Todd Pollack	TE
178	PIT	Chris Fuamatu-Ma’afala	RB
179	JAX	Lamanzer Williams	DE
180	SFO	Fred Beasley	FB
181	KAN	Derrick Ransom	DT
182	JAX	Kevin McLeod	FB
183	NYJ	Dustin Johnson	FB
184	TAM	Shevin Smith	DB
185	DET	Jamaal Alexander	DB
186	PIT	Ryan Olson	LB
187	GNB	Matt Hasselbeck	QB
188	DAL	Izell Reese	DB
189	CHI	Patrick Mannelly	T
190	IND	Aaron Taylor	G
191	WAS	David Terrell	DB
192	JAX	Alvis Whitted	WR
193	ARI	Phil Savoy	WR
194	SDG	Jon Haskins	LB
195	NYJ	Lawrence Hart	TE
196	CAR	Viliami Maumau	DT
197	SEA	Jason McEndoo	C
198	BUF	Victor Allotey	G
199	ATL	Ephraim Salaam	T
200	DEN	Trey Teague	C
201	ATL	Ken Oxendine	RB
202	CIN	Marcus Parker	RB
203	ATL	Henry Slay	DT
204	NOR	Andy McCullough	WR
205	TEN	Jimmy Sprotte	LB
206	WAS	Antwaune Ponds	LB
207	DET	Chris Liwienski	G
208	MIN	Chester Burnett	LB
209	ARI	Jomo Cousins	DE
210	MIA	Jim Bundren	G
211	NWE	Jason Andersen	G
212	TAM	Chance McCarty	DE
213	NYG	Ben Fricke	C
214	JAX	Brandon Tolbert	LB
215	SFO	Ryan Thelwell	WR
216	KAN	Eric Warfield	DB
217	CHI	Chad Overhauser	T
218	GNB	Eddie Watson	RB
219	DEN	Nate Wayne	LB
220	PHI	Chris Akins	DT
221	PIT	Angel Rubio	DE
222	CIN	Damian Vaughn	TE
223	DAL	Tarik Smith	RB
224	KAN	Ernest Blackwell	RB
225	MIN	Tony Darden	DB
226	ARI	Pat Tillman	DB
227	DAL	Antonio Fleming	G
228	CAR	Jim Turner	WR
229	TEN	Kevin Long	C
230	OAK	Vincent Amey	DE
231	IND	Corey Gaines	DB
232	CHI	Moses Moreno	QB
233	ARI	Ron Janes	RB
234	SDG	Kio Sanford	WR
235	OAK	David Sanders	DE
236	STL	Jason Chorak	DE
237	DAL	Rodrick Monroe	TE
238	BUF	Kamil Loud	WR
239	NOR	Ron Warner	DE
240	PHI	Melvin Thomas	G
241	BAL	Cam Quayle	TE

Information shared is courtesy of Pro-Football-Reference.com.

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