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Draft News
'97 TFL Draft Order
| 1st Round | Franchise | Player Taken |
| 1. | Desperado's | Reidel Anthony |
| 2. | Longhorns | Troy Davis |
| 3. | Deep Threat 2 | Dorsey Levens |
| 4. | Express | Warrick Dunn |
| 5. | Hammers | Brad Johnson |
| 6. | Run-N-Shoot | Byron Hanspard |
| 7. | Longhorns | Yatil Green |
| 8. | Red Devil's | Antowain Smith |
| 9. | Warriors | Tiki Barber |
| 10. | Red Devil's | Adrian Murrell |
| 11. | Desperado's | Jake Plummer |
| 12. | The Players | Ike Hilliard |
| 2nd Round | | |
| 13. | Bite | Tony Gonzalez |
| 14. | Run-N-Shoot | David Lafleur |
| 15. | Deep Threat 2 | Elvis Grbac |
| 16. | Longhorns | Corey Dillon |
| 17. | Warriors | Jim Druckenmiller |
| 18. | Huskers | Danny Wuerffel |
| 19. | Red Devil's | Wesley Wall |
| 20. | Longhorns | Rae Carruth |
| 21. | Hammers | Johnnie Morton |
| 22. | Huskers | Brian Manning |
| 23. | Warriors | Gary Brown |
| 24. | Longhorns | Jay Graham |
| 3rd Round | | |
| 25. | The Players | Ted Popson |
| 26. | Desperado's | Darnell Autry |
| 27. | Yoakam Aardvarks | Richie Cunningham |
| 28. | Longhorns | Freddie Jones |
| 29. | Deep Threat 2 | Joey Kent |
| 30. | Huskers | Leon Johnson |
| 31. | Red Devil's | Rod Smith |
| 32. | Longhorns | Chris Chandler |
| 33. | Red Devil's | Daryl Hobbs |
| 34. | Huskers | Billy Davis |
| 35. | Longhorns | O.J Santiago |
| 36. | Red Devil's | George Jones |
| 4th Round | | |
| 37. | Desperado's | Carolina |
| 38. | The Players | Jeff Graham |
| 39. | Bite | Alvin Harper |
| 40. | Longhorns | Will Blackwell |
| 41. | Deep Threat 2 | Brett Conway |
| 42. | Red Devil's | Joe Aska |
| 43. | Hammers | Mike Alstott |
| 44. | Run-N-Shoot | Jim Harbaugh |
| 45. | Longhorns | Miami |
| 46. | Huskers | Kevin Lockett |
| 47. | Warriors | Fred Lane |
| 48. | Red Devil's | John Friesz |
| 5th Round | | |
| 49. | The Players | Raymont Harris |
| 50. | Desperado's | Craig Heyward |
| 51. | Bite | Duce Staley |
| 52. | Longhorns | Ty Detmer |
| 53. | Deep Threat 2 | Adam Vinatieri |
| 54. | Express | Cole Ford |
| 55. | Hammers | Matt Stover |
| 56. | Run-N-Shoot | Shawn Jefferson |
| 57. | Yoakam Aardvarks | Frank Wycheck |
| 58. | Huskers | Mike Hollis |
| 59. | Warriors | Gus Frerotte |
| 60. | Red Devil's | Pete Mitchell |
| 6th Round | | |
| 61. | Desperado's | Desmond Howard |
| 62. | The Players | Derrick Fenner |
| 63. | Bite | Wayne Chrebet |
| 64. | Express | Sedrick Shaw |
| 65. | Deep Threat 2 | New England |
| 66. | Express | John Allred |
| 67. | Red Devil's | Gary Anderson |
| 68. | Run-N-Shoot | Lamar Smith |
| 69. | Yoakam Aardvarks | James Jett |
| 70. | Huskers | Greg Clark |
| 71. | Warriors | David Dunn |
| 72. | Yoakam Aardvarks | Quinn Early |