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Broncos top 10 draft classes -- No. 10: 1997

Highlights:

DT Trevor Pryce (Round 1, No. 28 overall)
G Dan Neil (Round 3, No. 67 overall)

The Broncos had just three selections, but found and two starters who made it to their second contracts and played eight and nine seasons in orange and blue, respectively. Not a bad haul from a draft that had to be about quality, not quantity, as the Broncos used most of their draft picks as trade currency.

They sent their sixth- and seventh-round selections to the Jets (along with a sixth-rounder in 1998) so they could move up 21 slots to take Neil, who became a starter at guard in 1998 and started in Super Bowl XXXIII.