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1997 New York Jets
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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 2nd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 348 points (21.8/g), 12th of 30 in the NFL.
Allowed 287 points (17.9/g), 6th.
Differential of 61 points (3.8/g), 9th.
Expected W-L: 9.8-6.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +3 (0.2/g), 12th.
Coached by Bill Parcells (9-7-0)
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1997 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Drafted Players
Glossary · CSV · PRE · Draft Index · Full 1997 Draft Results| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rnd | Pick | Tm | Pos | Yrs | From | To | AP1 | PB | St | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | College/Univ | |
| 1 | 8 | NYJ | James Farrior | LB | 11 | 1997 | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 168 | Virginia | |||||||||||
| 2 | 31 | NYJ | Rick Terry | DT | 3 | 1997 | 1999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | North Carolina | |||||||||||
| 3 | 88 | NYJ | Dedric Ward | WR | 8 | 1997 | 2004 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 103 | 12 | 86 | 0 | 167 | 2307 | 12 | Northern Iowa | |||||
| 4 | 102 | NYJ | Terry Day | DE | 1 | 1997 | 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Mississippi State | |||||||||||
| 4 | 104 | NYJ | Leon Johnson | RB | 7 | 1997 | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 2 | 4 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 217 | 799 | 9 | 46 | 489 | 2 | North Carolina |
| 5 | 131 | NYJ | Lamont Burns | G | 1 | 1997 | 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | East Carolina | |||||||||||
| 5 | 145 | NYJ | Raymond Austin | DB | 3 | 1997 | 1999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | Tennessee | |||||||||||
| 6 | 164 | NYJ | Tim Scharf | LB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Northwestern | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | 191 | NYJ | Chuck Clements | QB | 1 | 1997 | 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 | Houston | ||||||||
| 7 | 202 | NYJ | Steve Rosga | DB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Colorado | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | 229 | NYJ | Jason Ferguson | DT | 10 | 1997 | 2007 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 134 | Georgia | |||||||||||