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The Top Ranked Football Players by Rookie Year-1998

 

Notes: This is a list of the greatest football players to start their pro career in the year listed.

Ranking Explanation

 

Rnk Athlete POS Overall Rank
1 Peyton Manning QB 3
2 Randy Moss WR 9
3 Alan Faneca OL 44
4 Charles Woodson DB 101
5 Kurt Warner QB 136
6 Ahman Green RB 453
7 Olin Kreutz OL 558
8 London Fletcher LB 609
9 Fred Taylor RB 619
10 Keith Brooking LB 632
11 Hines Ward WR 700
12 Jamal Williams DL 744
13 Jeremiah Trotter LB 798
14 Takeo Spikes LB 891
15 Matt Birk OL 921
16 Flozell Adams OL 1087
17 Tra Thomas OL 1186
18 Patrick Surtain DB 1278
19 David Akers K 1368
20 Greg Ellis DL 1390
21 Brian Griese QB 1478
22 Leonard Little DL 1614
23 Michael Pittman RB 1767
24 Mike Vanderjagt K 1814
25 Grant Wistrom DL 1944
26 Phil Dawson K 1973
27 Mike Wahle OL 2199
28 Al Harris DB 2299
29 Sam Cowart LB 2335
30 Stephen Alexander TE 2396
31 Lance Schulters DB 2524
32 Brian Simmons LB 2602
33 Tony Parrish DB 2655
34 Vonnie Holliday DL 2693
35 Allen Rossum (PR) PR 2836
36 Marcus Robinson WR 2868
37 Corey Chavous DB 2896
38 Eric Hicks DL 2909
39 Mike Goff OL 2936
40 Matt Lepsis OL 2974
41 Allen Rossum (KR) KR 3026
42 Benji Olson OL 3267
43 Samari Rolle DB 3313
44 Az-Zahir Hakim WR 3339
45 Jason Fabini OL 3385
46 Tim Dwight (PR) PR 3481
47 R.W. McQuarters (PR) PR 3521
48 Mike Flynn OL 3577
49 Joe Jurevicius WR 3641
50 Charlie Batch QB 3695
51 Fred Beasley RB 3792
52 Donovin Darius DB 3832
53 Chris Draft LB 4127
54 Corey Bradford WR 4164
55 Itula Mili TE 4284
56 Kailee Wong LB 4288
57 Roland Williams TE 4513
58 Brian Finneran WR 4551
59 Tim Dwight WR 4578
60 Robert Holcombe RB 4693
61 Jeff Mitchell OL 4752
62 Ephraim Salaam OL 4786
63 Greg Spires DL 4806
64 Jerome Pathon WR 4867
65 Kenny Mixon DL 4876
66 Shawn Barber LB 4901
67 John Wade OL 4902
68 Joe Andruzzi OL 4969
69 Kyle Turley OL 4985
70 Steve McKinney OL 5073
71 Anthony Simmons LB 5429
72 Steve Foley LB 5459
73 Az-Zahir Hakim (PR) PR 5477
74 Artrell Hawkins DB 5530
75 Eric Warfield DB 5545
76 Todd Weiner OL 5578
77 Anthony Clement OL 5581
78 Paul Spicer DL 5611
79 Geoff Turner WR 5717
80 Reggie Swinton (KR) KR 5732
81 R.W. McQuarters DB 5734
82 Brandon Bennett RB 5756
83 Mikhael Ricks TE 5863
84 Brian Kelly DB 5916
85 Dirk Johnson P 5937
86 Chris Liwienski OL 5954
87 Jon Ritchie RB 5985
88 Reggie Swinton (PR) PR 6047
89 Nate Wayne LB 6077
90 Michael Myers DL 6106
91 Deshea Townsend DB 6107
92 Tim Dwight (KR) KR 6177
93 Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala RB 6233
94 Victor Riley OL 6293
95 Damon Huard QB 6320
96 Cam Cleeland TE 6354
97 Alvis Whitted WR 6408
98 Eric Brown DB 6592
99 Duane Starks DB 6735
100 Shaun Williams DB 6896
101 Greg Favors LB 6960
102 Wade Richey K 6981
103 Jamie Duncan LB 7039
104 Trey Teague OL 7128
105 Ike Reese LB 7246
106 Kendyl Jacox OL 7355
107 Kevin Dyson WR 7490
108 Chartric Darby DL 7563
109 Brandon Whiting DL 7607
110 Greg Comella RB 7724
111 Jacquez Green WR 7772
112 Donald Hayes WR 7852
113 Tony Horne (KR) KR 7996
114 Tebucky Jones DB 8029
115 Fakhir Brown DB 8172
116 Darren Hambrick LB 8186
117 Patrick Johnson WR 8200
118 Germane Crowell WR 8213
119 Earl Little DB 8669
120 Adrian Ross LB 8779
121 Jacquez Green (PR) PR 8878
122 Jonathan Linton RB 9496
123 Karl Hankton WR 9681
124 Lional Dalton DL 9845
125 Larry Chester DL 9904
126 Jeff Ogden (PR) PR 10068
127 Luther Broughton TE 10293
128 Oliver Ross OL 10331
129 Travian Smith LB 10558
130 R.W. McQuarters (KR) KR 10573
131 Jason Whittle OL 10633
132 Terry Fair (KR) KR 10660
133 Brandon Bennett (KR) KR 10706
134 Terry Fair DB 10730
135 Jason Tucker (KR) KR 10825
136 Jim Nelson LB 10878
137 Lamont Hall TE 10892
138 Curtis Enis RB 10996
139 Tony Simmons WR 11006
140 Pat Tillman DB 11012
141 Mo Collins OL 11275
142 Charles Woodson (PR) PR 11403
143 Tim Seder K 11424
144 Barry Stokes OL 11460
145 Skip Hicks RB 11513
146 Ryan Leaf QB 11526
147 Robert Thomas RB 11805
148 Jonathan Quinn QB 11814
149 Ahman Green (KR) KR 12184
150 John Avery RB 12339
151 Joe Salave'a DL 12494
152 Kevin Williams (DB) (KR) KR 12805
153 Jason Tucker WR 12921
154 Patrick Johnson (KR) KR 13250
155 Fred Weary DB 13503
156 Jeff Ogden WR 13511
157 Jeremy Brigham TE 13607
158 Terry Fair (PR) PR 13620
159 Dave Fiore OL 13641
160 Reggie Swinton WR 13876
161 Tremayne Stephens RB 13975
162 Jason Simmons DB 14000
163 Tremayne Stephens (KR) KR 14037
164 Eric Ogbogu DL 14048
165 Robert Edwards RB 14141
166 Randy Moss (PR) PR 14340
167 Izell Reese DB 14435
168 Allen Rossum DB 14436
169 Terry Hardy TE 14772
170 Kevin D. Long OL 14914
171 Derrick Ransom DL 14957
172 David Terrell DB 15092
173 Bob Hallen OL 15244
174 Jerome Pathon (KR) KR 15401
175 Michael Pittman (KR) KR 15537
176 E.G. Green WR 15607
177 Matt Cushing TE 15610
178 Glen Steele DL 15750
179 Justin Watson RB 15870
180 Chris Floyd RB 15878
181 Alonzo Mayes TE 15901
182 Cory Withrow OL 15906
183 Kaseem Sinceno TE 15986
184 Chuck Wiley DL 16150
185 Reggie Givens LB 16165
186 Brock Olivo RB 16250
187 Chris Bordano LB 16402
188 Chris Brazzell WR 16496
189 DeMingo Graham OL 16618
190 Todd Washington OL 16756
191 Rod Rutledge TE 16892
192 Patrick Mannelly OL 16987
193 Robert Wilson WR 17083
194 Ryan Thelwell WR 17495
195 Jonathan Brown DL 17520
196 Jammi German WR 17537
197 John Avery (KR) KR 17749
198 Ben Cahoon WR 17912
199 Andre Wadsworth DL 17999
200 Scott McGarrahan DB 18117
201 Waverly Jackson OL 18128
202 Perry Phenix DB 18371
203 Zack Walz LB 18527
204 Brad Jackson LB 18585
205 Thabiti Davis WR 18589
206 Dave Mudge OL 18600
207 Blake Spence TE 18753
208 Clifford Ivory DB 18899
209 Moses Moreno QB 18957
210 Nealon Greene QB 19116
211 A.J. Gass LB 19179
212 Brad Costello P 19289
213 Robert Brown (1974) DL 19359
214 Chris Howard RB 19590
215 Kelly Malveaux DB 19631
216 Damon Gibson (PR) PR 19781
217 Corey Sears DL 20005
218 Corey Walker RB 20036
219 Tony Horne WR 20161
220 Roger Dunbrack OL 20244
221 Rob Hart K 20385
222 Bo Lewis DB 20421
223 Lamar Campbell DB 20530
224 Ken Oxendine RB 20559
225 Wayne Weathers LB 20587
226 Noel Prefontaine (P) P 20668
227 Damon Gibson WR 20819
228 Tim Fleiszer DL 20998
229 Tavian Banks RB 21033
230 Noel Prefontaine K 21054
231 Lorenzo Bromell DL 21314
232 Damon Gibson (KR) KR 21324
233 Damien Richardson DB 21356
234 Ron Warner DL 21418
235 Ratcliff Thomas LB 21439
236 Chris Ruhman OL 21466
237 James Cannida DL 21492
238 Mark Nohra RB 21542
239 Jude Waddy LB 21637
240 Will Loftus DB 21887
241 Rashaan Shehee RB 22059
242 Marcus Nash WR 22114
243 Scott Deibert WR 22124
244 Carlos Rosado WR 22132
245 Todd Doxzon WR 22397
246 Michael Blair RB 22416
247 Robert Hicks OL 22417
248 Dainon Sidney DB 22455
249 Elijah Williams DB 22475
250 Samir Chahine OL 22577
251 Byron Capers DB 22595
252 Jason Peter DL 22601
253 Dorian Boose DL 22630
254 Chris Jackson (1975) WR 22770
255 Wendell Davis (TE) TE 22961
256 Damian Harrell WR 23007
257 Matt Kellett K 23034
258 DeShone Myles LB 23144
259 Tony Blevins DB 23146
260 Aubrey Cummings WR 23207
261 David Heasman OL 23289
262 Mitch Palmer LB 23315
263 Spencer Reid LB 23388
264 Kory Blackwell DB 23392
265 Martin Chase DL 23410
266 Andy McCullough WR 23473
267 John Dutton (QB) QB 23474
268 Sammy Williams OL 23513
269 Mark Fischer OL 23576
270 Steve Zahursky OL 23748
271 Jarrett Smith RB 23766
272 Wilmont Perry RB 23792
273 Kevin Williams (DB) DB 23851
274 Charles Assmann LB 23862
275 Mike Crumb DB 23917
276 Tyronne Jones WR 24006
277 Roger Chanoine OL 24024
278 Marvin Thomas DL 24031
279 Kivuusama Mays LB 24092
280 Anthony Doghmi DL 24145
281 Jim Bundren OL 24168
282 Antony Jordan LB 24206
283 Chris Fontenot TE 24367
284 Dave Thomas (LB) LB 24404
285 Jeremy McKinney OL 24451
286 Ramos McDonald DB 24494
287 Willis Marshall WR 24582
288 Andre Arlain WR 24632
289 Harold Shaw RB 24653
290 Chris Gizzi LB 24657
291 Bill Duff DL 24752
292 Eric Kresser QB 24761
293 Scott Frost DB 24778
294 Winfield Garnett DL 24874
295 Kevin O'Neill LB 24884
296 Eddie Watson RB 25053
297 Erik Storz LB 25089
298 Jody Littleton LB 25185
299 Nate Hobgood-Chittick DL 25294
300 Cornelius White WR 25339
301 Billy Dicken QB 25381
302 Kevin Clemens RB 25515
303 Juan Johnson RB 25576
304 Raphael Ball DB 25656
305 Philippe Girard DB 25741
306 Mike Sutton DL 25826
307 Kerlin Blaise OL 25840
308 Steve Smith (1974) WR 25886
309 Jeremy Staat DL 25896
310 Chris Banks OL 25993
311 Marcus Richter DL 26007
312 George Williams DL 26030
313 Kevin McLeod RB 26088
314 Larry Fitzpatrick DL 26186
315 Kevin McKenzie WR 26285
316 Junior Lord WR 26384
317 Kamil Loud WR 26537
318 Shawn Stuckey LB 26668
319 Andy Haase TE 26710
320 Billy Austin DB 26737
321 David Hoelscher DL 26748
322 Clarence Love DB 26752
323 Rob Bohlinger OL 26767
324 Anthony Bass DB 26801
325 Jerry Jensen LB 26802
326 Tony Darden DB 26803
327 Fred Coleman WR 26832
328 Travis Reece RB 26853
329 Pepe Pearson RB 26862
330 Matt Kellett (P) P 26980
331 Terry Billups DB 26986
332 Chester Burnett LB 27056
333 Kywin Supernaw DB 27120
334 Uhuru Hamiter DL 27236
335 Donnie Ashley WR 27251
336 Chris Conrad OL 27348
337 Todd Floyd WR 27408
338 Ryan Collins TE 27472
339 Simon Baffoe RB 27510
340 Jason Simmons (DL) DL 27563
341 James Brown (QB) QB 27711
342 Ben Fricke OL 27714
343 Rio Wells DB 27759
344 Phil Ostrowski OL 27776
345 Cedric Harden DL 27785
346 Michael Mason DL 27790
347 Robert M. Williams DB 27847
348 Joe Hagins LB 27863
349 Marcel Willis LB 27974
350 Chris Brymer OL 28000
351 Matt Hogg OL 28001
352 Mike Edwards (OL) OL 28002
353 Mike Vanderjagt (P) P 28007
354 Dameon Porter WR 28097
355 Tamon Nakamura RB 28122
356 Maurice Bryant WR 28132
357 Mike Jones (1972) RB 28135
358 Jermaine Benoit DL 28216
359 Greg Williams (1976) DB 28242
360 Ray Jackson (1975) DB 28256
361 Aaron Collins LB 28259
362 Derrick Levake OL 28307
363 Jon Zatechka OL 28308
364 Reggie Lowe DL 28414
365 Donnie Ashley (KR) KR 28442
366 Jimmy Sprotte LB 28475
367 Lamanzer Williams DL 28476
368 Ty Law (1971) WR 28562
369 Malcolm Thomas RB 28584
370 Tony Maranto DB 28761
371 David Sanders DL 28763
372 Denauld Brown DL 28820
373 Henry Taylor DL 28821
374 Dan Gonzalez QB 28828
375 Cordell Taylor DB 28840
376 Ray Hill DB 28849
377 Paul Lacoste LB 28850
378 Ron Powlus QB 29146
379 Joey Eloms DB 29206
380 John Munch LB 29267
381 Jonathan Himebauch OL 29334
382 Jose Portilla OL 29343
383 Corey Thomas WR 29369
384 Cory Gaines DB 29370
385 Rodrick Monroe TE 29371
386 Jarrett Loggins DL 29417
387 Vince Amey DL 29436
388 Andre Rone WR 29484
389 Pete Gonzalez QB 29517
390 Henry Slay DL 29566
391 Reynard Rutherford RB 29607
392 Shawn McWashington WR 29608
393 Tony Plantin DL 29650
394 Brandon Dyson OL 29679
395 Saladin McCullough RB 29783
396 Ole Meine DL 29791
397 Damian Vaughn TE 29817
398 Cory Sauter QB 29863
399 Mike Moten DL 29914
400 Derek Strey LB 29984
401 Kadar Hamilton DB 29985
402 Brad Trout DB 30088
403 Carl McCullough RB 30160
404 J.J. Smith RB 30161
405 Oteman Sampson QB 30203
406 Roosevelt Blackmon DB 30224
407 Shon Mitchell RB 30286
408 Francesco Biancamano P 30333
409 Anthony Fogle DB 30367
410 Hurley Tarver DB 30377
411 Danny Kight K 30456
412 Damon Bowers WR 30469
413 Bart Conley LB 30545
414 Jason Nevadomsky LB 30546
415 Marchant Kenney LB 30547
416 Mike Parker LB 30548
417 Terry Rice-Lockett LB 30549
418 Casey Dailey LB 30636
419 Charles Talley RB 30673
420 Lee Wiggins DB 30674
421 Shawn Scales WR 30675
422 Damon Dunn WR 30766
423 Adam Hernandez OL 30823
424 Brad Kubik OL 30824
425 Brent Warren OL 30825
426 Corey Bailey OL 30826
427 Dan Finn OL 30827
428 Eric Anderson OL 30828
429 Fred Pollack OL 30829
430 Greg Studdard OL 30830
431 Jason McEndoo OL 30831
432 Pierre Brilliant OL 30832
433 Curtis Alexander RB 31112
434 Jim Cooper (1973) OL 31122
435 Aaron DeLaTorre DL 31195
436 Frank Pace LB 31196
437 Mario Smith DB 31215
438 Lawrence Hart TE 31398
439 Wendell Davis (RB) RB 31433
440 Dan Pronyk RB 31566
441 Antonio Fleming OL 31667
442 Eric Bateman OL 31668
443 Glenn Rountree OL 31669
444 Jon Blackman OL 31670
445 Corey Allen WR 31876
446 Jamaal Alexander DB 31999
447 Rashee Johnson DB 32000
448 Ronald Bailey DB 32001
449 Tori Noel DB 32002
450 Mark Thomas (TE) TE 32039
451 Jason Andersen OL 32041
452 Tawambi Settles DB 32061
453 Donnie Ashley (PR) PR 32181
454 Chike Egbuniwe LB 32195
455 Andre Batson WR 32207
456 Ousmane Tounkara WR 32208
457 Keith Council DL 32259
458 Ryan Sutter DB 32260
459 Brad Freeman WR 32382
460 Craig Charles DL 32383
461 Jim McElroy WR 32384
462 Antoine Simpson DL 32482
463 Francis Hatega DB 32483
464 James Grier DL 32484
465 Omar Brown DB 32525
466 Jason Chorak DL 32549
467 Leonta Rheams DL 32550
468 Curtis Galick DB 32646
469 Jerry Ross TE 32709
470 Dameyune Craig QB 32792
471 Zebbie Lethridge DB 32835
472 Paul Janus OL 33155
473 Pat Downey OL 33206
474 David Wing P 33337
475 Arek Bigos K 33443
476 Cyron Brown DL 33444
477 Hardy Mitchell DL 33445
478 Jimmie Bell DL 33446
479 KeJuan Dubose DL 33447
480 Ryan Olson DL 33448
481 Corey Walker (KR) KR 33589
482 Kato Hitson (PR) PR 33590
483 Marcus Williams (P) P 33591
484 Jamie Richardson WR 33729
485 Jomo Cousins DL 33806
486 Carl Hansen DL 33807
487 Justin Skinner K 34008
488 Reggie Love DB 34045
489 Ken Anderson (DL) DL 34056
490 Kerry Cooks DB 34062
491 Shawn Scales (PR) PR 34114
492 Jean-Daniel Roy DL 34230
493 Anthony Fogle (PR) PR 34338
494 Frank Staine-Pyne DB 34339
495 Tim Carey QB 34413
496 Curtis Eason DL 34442
497 David Viger OL 34479
498 Harland Ah You DL 34480
499 Garrett Sutherland LB 34652
500 Joe Hagins (KR) KR 34653
501 Shawn Scales (KR) KR 34654
502 Paul Girodo DB 34722
503 Odell Parks RB 34730
504 Jayson Hansen OL 34885
505 Jim McElroy (PR) PR 35126
506 Toby Myles OL 35127
507 Cam Quayle TE 35223
508 Bill Hall RB 35264
509 Ron Merkerson LB 35320
510 Jason Van Geel LB 35431
511 Damon Dunn (KR) KR 35536
512 Tom Holmes RB 35585
513 Duane Stewart DB 35723
514 Matt Sauk QB 35773
515 Kawasak Penn TE 36007
516 Lloyd Lee DB 36008
517 Mike Black (RB) RB 36102
518 Angel Rubio DL 36191
519 Ryan Clement QB 36192
520 Joe Hagins (PR) PR 36294
521 Britt Bowen RB 36326
522 Bryan Walker TE 36382
523 Steve Smith (1974) (PR) PR 36465
524 Tarrence McEvans DB 36466
525 Robert Edwards (KR) KR 36637
526 Steve Smith (1974) (KR) KR 36638
527 Danjuan Magee RB 36686
528 Curt MacFarlane OL 36879
529 Jason Sadler OL 36880
530 Jon Haskins LB 36955
531 Jack Walker WR 37187
532 B.J. Cohen RB 37228
533 Anthony Bookman (PR) PR 37303
534 Jim Cooper (DB) DB 37304
535 Carl Sacco WR 37371
536 Eddie Williams (1976) WR 37486
537 Rodrick Hobbs RB 37525
538 Jarrett Smith (KR) KR 37697
539 Sherman Smith (PR) PR 37698
540 Shevin Smith DB 37730
541 Marvin Bagley WR 37818
542 Mike Bowman WR 37835
543 John Jennings TE 37869
544 Sparky McEwen QB 37870
545 Evan Hlavacek WR 37983
546 Manny Pina WR 38071
547 Kyle Gary WR 38156
548 Willie Marshall WR 38233
549 Chad DeGrenier QB 38296
550 Ty Peace WR 38479
551 Nakia Jenkins WR 38552
552 Bryan Martin QB 38571
553 Thad Busby QB 38572
554 Curtis Alexander (KR) KR 38608
555 Terrance Joseph DB 38713
556 Kevin Cobb (KR) KR 38746
557 Brent Petrus QB 38763
558 Ray Stukes WR 38764
559 Matt Sherman QB 38811
560 Melvin Blue RB 38886
561 Eric Kerley DL 38925
562 Herman Taylor WR 38929
563 Roger Terry RB 38959
564 Cornel West WR 38993
565 Hassan Shamsid-Deen DB 38994
566 Harvey Middleton WR 38998
567 Tony McCall DB 39008
568 Halakilangi Muagututia DB 39021
569 Kevin Cobb DB 39059
570 Pete McFadden WR 39077
571 Brian Alford WR 39164
572 Jason Nichols WR 39183
573 Jerome Hurd WR 39238
574 Jerrick Bledsoe WR 39256
575 Corey Hill WR 39280
576 Gary Isza WR 39301
577 Aundrae Harris WR 39317
578 Kevin Williams (1976) WR 39338
579 Jason Fletcher WR 39343
580 Phil Savoy WR 39349

 


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