1st round, 6th overall – Grant Wistrom, DE, Nebraska
Wistrom started 77 of the 91 games he played for the Rams, becoming a fixture on the defensive line before signing with the Seattle Seahawks as an unrestricted free agent after the 2003 season.  The former Lombardi Award winner, given to the nation’s top collegiate lineman, and all-America selection made 462 tackles (261 solo) with 41.5 sacks, five interceptions, 16 passes defensed, five forced fumbles, and five fumble recoveries in his St. Louis career.  Wistrom led the team in sacks in 2000 with 11, his first double-digit sack season, and set career-highs in tackles in each successive year of his career.  The last three seasons, Wistrom eclipsed the 90-tackle mark, as in 2001 he tallied 96 tackles (47 solo), notching 97 tackles (43 solo) in 2002, and setting a career-high with 108 stops (57 solo) last season.

The former Cornhusker, who won the Carroll Rosenbloom Memorial Award given annually to the Rams’ rookie of the year, made many memorable plays as a Ram.  His first career sack cam against San Francisco 10/25/98 as he forced 49ers QB Steve Young out of bounds in the first quarter.  Wistrom’s first career interception was one for the books, as he picked off a pass at Atlanta 10/17/99 and returned it 91 yards for a touchdown.  The return was the sixth-longest in franchise history and longest ever by a Rams’ defensive lineman.  In 2001 Wistrom set a career-high with 2.5 sacks in one game against New Orleans 10/28, as he also led the defensive line in that game with nine tackles (three solo), one pass defensed and four QB pressures, earning him NFC Defensive Player of the Week honors.  He would also earn NFC Defensive Player of the Month honors in December of 2003.  Wistrom tied that career-high with 2.5 sacks and 12 tackles (six solo) vs. Cincinnati 12/21/03.  Wistrom’s career-high in tackles for a single game came this past season against Baltimore as he racked up 17 tackles (career-high 10 solo) with one sack, one QB pressure, and four passes defensed. 

2nd round, 37th overall – Robert Holcombe, RB, Illinois
Holcombe started 22 of the 58 games he played with the Rams.  Starting out as a tailback, switching to fullback, and then returning to tailback, the all-time rushing leader in Illinois history was a contributing factor to the Rams since joining the team.  Holcombe rushed 210 times for 636 yards (3.0 average) in his career in St. Louis with 10 touchdowns and a long of 34 yards while catching 29 passes for 301 yards (10.4 average) with two touchdowns and a long of 30 yards.  His most rushing yards came in 1999 as he rushed 78 times for 294 yards with four touchdowns, catching 14 passes for 163 yards and one touchdown.  After the 2001 season, Holcombe signed with the Tennessee Titans as an unrestricted free agent.

3rd round, 65th overall – Leonard Little, DE, Tennessee
Little has played in 67 games with the Rams with 27 starts, emerging into one of the best pass-rushers in the league.  After starting his career as a linebacker, the former first team all-America selection returned to the position that he thrived in as a Volunteer, defensive end, to finish second in the NFL with 14.5 sacks in 2001.  With 63 tackles (38 solo), 20 sacks, one pass defensed, two forced fumbles, two fumble returns, and 44 special teams tackles in his NFL career, Little is a force.  In 2002, Little picked up where he left off in 2001 and set a career-high with 82 tackles (45 solo) and a franchise-record nine forced fumbles, to go with his team-high 12 sacks and one fumble recovery.  Little continued his ascent into the upper echelon of NFL defensive ends with 12.5 sacks in 2003, in addition to his career-high 78 tackles (49 solo), first career interception, one fumble recovery, six forced fumbles, and one pass defensed.

In his 2001 breakthrough season, Little collected 45 tackles (24 solo) 14.5 sacks, and two forced fumbles.  The game where he made his presence most known was on Monday Night Football at Detroit 10/8/01 where he set career-highs with six tackles (four solo) and three sacks, becoming the first Ram with three sacks in one game since Kevin Carter at Carolina 12/3/00.  In the NFC Championship Game against Philadelphia 1/27, Little came up big with five tackles (two solo), one QB pressure, one forced fumble, and two sacks on Eagles’ QB Donovan McNabb, helping the Rams earn a berth in Super Bowl XXXVI.  Little had another day to remember in the 2002 season finale vs. San Francisco 12/30 as he collected nine tackles, season-high two sacks, and career-high three forced fumbles.  In 2003, The former Tennessee Volunteer set a career-high with four sacks of QB Daunte Culpepper against Minnesota 11/30.

4th round, 96th overall – Az-Zahir Hakim, WR, San Diego State
Hakim spent four seasons with the Rams, starting 10 of the 56 games he played.  Hakim electrified crowds with his playmaking ability during his time in St. Louis before signing with the Detroit Lions as a free agent after the 2001 season.  He caught 148 passes for 2,032 yards (13.7 average) and 16 touchdowns, while returning 112 punts for 1,278 yards (11.4 average) and two touchdowns with 22 kickoff returns for 143 yards (6.5 average) and one touchdown.

Hakim’s best season came in 2000 when he started four of 16 games with 53 receptions for 734 yards (13.8 average) and four touchdowns, also returning 32 punts for 489 yards (15.3 average) and one touchdown.  He had many memorable moments with the Rams, one of which was when he accounted for four touchdowns at Cincinnati 10/3 (one punt return, three receptions), tying a team-record with four touchdowns in a game.

4th round, 98th overall – Roland Williams, TE, Syracuse
Williams spent three seasons with the Rams, starting 35 of 56 games.  The former Orangeman caught 51 passes for 472 yards (9.3 average) with 10 touchdowns and a long of 33 yards during his tenure in St. Louis.  His best season in the Gateway City came in 1999 as he helped the Rams to a Super Bowl XXXIV victory by catching 25 passes for 226 yards with six touchdowns.

5th round, 129th overall – Raymond Priester, RB, Clemson
Priester was released by St. Louis at the end of 1998’s training camp.

6th round, 159th overall – Glenn Rountree, G, Clemson
Rountree, who was drafted by St. Louis 30 spots after his college teammate Priester, also spent 1998 training camp with the Rams before being released.

7th round, 236th overall – Jason Chorak, DE/LB, Washington
Chorak was released at the end of 1998 training camp, but later spent some time on the Rams’ practice squad during the ’98 season.