NFL Announces Compensatory Draft Picks

[Mr. P]

A total of 32 compensatory choices in the 2011 NFL Draft have been awarded to 23 teams, the NFL announced today.

 

Under the rules for compensatory draft selections, a team losing more or better compensatory free agents than it acquires in the previous year is eligible to receive compensatory draft picks.

 

The number of picks a team receives equals the net loss of compensatory free agents up to a maximum of four. The 32 compensatory choices announced today will supplement the 221 choices in the seven rounds of the 2011 NFL Draft (April 28-30), which will kick off in primetime for the second consecutive year.

 

The first round will be held on Thursday, April 28 and begin at 8:00 PM ET. The second and third rounds are set for Friday, April 29 at 6:00 PM ET followed by rounds 4-7 on Saturday, April 30 at Noon ET.

 

This year, the compensatory picks will be positioned within the third through seventh rounds based on the value of the compensatory free agents lost.

 

Compensatory free agents are determined by a formula based on salary, playing time and postseason honors. The formula was developed by the NFL Management Council. Not every free agent lost or signed by a club is covered by this formula.

 

Three clubs this year (Oakland, Seattle and New Orleans) will each receive a compensatory pick even though they did not suffer a net loss of compensatory free agents last year. Under the formula, the compensatory free agents lost by these clubs were ranked higher than the ones they signed (by a specified point differential based upon salary and performance).

 

Twenty-one compensatory picks were awarded to clubs based upon the compensatory pick formula. By rule, 11 additional choices were awarded at the end of the seventh round to bring the total number of compensatory selections to 32, equaling the number of NFL clubs. The 11 additional picks were awarded to Carolina, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Denver, Cleveland, Arizona, San Francisco, Tennessee, Dallas, Washington and Houston based upon the 2011 draft selection order.

 

The following 2011 draft picks have been determined by the NFL Management Council:

 

ROUND CHOICE/

ROUND OVERALL SELECTION TEAM

3 33-97 Carolina

4 33-130 Tennessee

34-131 Green Bay

5 33-164 Baltimore

34-165 Baltimore

6 33-198 New York Giants

34-199 Kansas City

35-200 Minnesota

36-201 San Diego

37-202 New York Giants

38-203 Carolina

7 33-233 San Diego

34-234 Miami

35-235 Minnesota

36-236 Philadelphia

37-237 Tampa Bay

38-238 San Francisco

39-239 Philadelphia

40-240 Oakland

41-241 Seattle

42-242 New Orleans

43-243 Carolina

44-244 Buffalo

45-245 Cincinnati

46-246 Denver

47-247 Cleveland

48-248 Arizona

49-249 San Francisco

50-250 Tennessee

51-251 Dallas

52-252 Washington

53-253 Houston

 

Following are the compensatory free agents lost and signed last year by the clubs that will receive compensatory picks in the 2011 NFL Draft:

 

BALTIMORE Lost: Justin Bannan, Dwan Edwards

 

CAROLINA Lost: A.J. Feeley, Julius Peppers

 

GREEN BAY Lost: Aaron Kampman

 

KANSAS CITY Lost: Wade Smith

 

MIAMI Lost: Nathan Jones, Jason Taylor

Signed: Karlos Dansby

 

MINNESOTA Lost: Artis Hicks, Chester Taylor

 

NEW ORLEANS Lost: Scott Fujita

Signed: Jimmy Wilkerson

 

NEW YORK GIANTS Lost: David Carr, Fred Robbins

 

OAKLAND Lost: Cornell Green

Signed: Kyle Boller

 

PHILADELPHIA Lost: Jason Babin, Sean Jones

 

SAN DIEGO Lost: Brandon Manumaleuna, Kassim Osgood

 

SAN FRANCISCO Lost: Arnaz Battle, Tony Pashos

Signed: David Carr

 

SEATTLE Lost: Nate Burleson

Signed: Ben Hamilton

 

TAMPA BAY Lost: Will Allen, Jimmy Wilkerson

Signed: Sean Jones

 

TENNESSEE Lost: Alge Crumpler, Kyle Vanden Bosch

Signed: Jason Babin

TOTAL 2011 NFL COMPENSATORY DRAFT PICKS

 

Carolina 3

Baltimore 2

Minnesota 2

New York Giants 2

Philadelphia 2

San Diego 2

San Francisco 2

Tennessee 2

Arizona 1

Buffalo 1

Cincinnati 1

Cleveland 1

Dallas 1

Denver 1

Green Bay 1

Houston 1

Kansas City 1

Miami 1

New Orleans 1

Oakland 1

Seattle 1

Tampa Bay 1

Washington 1

TOTAL 32

 

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