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San Diego, California - A total of 32 compensatory choices in the 2009 NFL Draft have been awarded to 16 teams, the NFL announced today.

 

Under terms of the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement, 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 224 choices in the seven rounds of the 2009 NFL Draft (April 25-26).  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. 

 

One club this year (Arizona) will receive a compensatory pick even though it did not suffer a net loss of compensatory free agents last year.  Under the formula, the compensatory free agents Arizona lost were ranked higher than the ones it signed (by a specified point differential based upon salary and performance).

 

Thirty compensatory picks were awarded to clubs based upon the compensatory pick formula.  By rule, two 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 two additional picks were awarded to Detroit and Kansas City based upon the 2009 draft selection order.  (Note: St. Louis and Kansas City finished 2008 with identical records.  St. Louis chooses second in all odd rounds and Kansas City chooses second in all even rounds.  Once compensatory picks have been awarded according to the formula, draft selection order is followed to assign any remaining picks, and for this purpose, the assignment of the pick is made as if it were the eighth round, so Kansas City is awarded the choice.)

 

The following 2009 draft picks have been determined by the NFL Management Council:

 

	ROUND CHOICE/
ROUND	OVERALL SELECTION		TEAM
3	33-97		New England
3	34-98		Cincinnati
3	35-99		Chicago
3	36-100		NY Giants
4	33-133		San Diego
4	34-134		San Diego
4	35-135		Tennessee
4	36-136		Indianapolis
5	33-169		Pittsburgh
5	34-170		New England
5	35-171		San Francisco
5	36-172		Dallas
5	37-173		Tennessee
6	33-206		Tennessee
6	34-207		New England
6	35-208		Dallas
6	36-209		Cincinnati
7	33-242		Tennessee
7	34-243		Washington
7	35-244		San Francisco
7	36-245		Seattle
7	37-246		Chicago
7	38-247		Seattle
7	39-248		Seattle
7	40-249		Cincinnati
7	41-250		Jacksonville
7	42-251		Chicago
7	43-252		Cincinnati
7	44-253		Jacksonville
7	45-254		Arizona
7	46-255		Detroit
7	47-256		Kansas City

 

Following are the compensatory free agents lost and signed last year by the clubs that will receive compensatory picks in the 2009 NFL Draft:

 

 

TOTAL 2009 NFL COMPENSATORY DRAFT PICKS

                                               

Cincinnati	4
Tennessee	4
Chicago	3
New England	3
Seattle	3
Dallas	2
Jacksonville	2
San Diego	2
San Francisco	2
Arizona	1
Detroit	1
Indianapolis	1
Kansas City	1
New York Giants	1
Pittsburgh	1
Washington	1
TOTAL	32

 

NFL CLUB SUMMARY OF COMPENSATORY DRAFT PICKS, 1994-2009 *

 

Arizona	15
Atlanta	8
Baltimore	29
Buffalo	24
Carolina	7
Chicago	17
Cincinnati	15
Cleveland	1
Dallas	28
Denver	8
Detroit	14
Green Bay	24
Houston	3
Indianapolis	14
Jacksonville	18
Kansas City	12
Miami	13
Minnesota	12
New England	22
New Orleans	9
NY Giants	18
NY Jets	5
Oakland	11
Philadelphia	25
Pittsburgh	19
St. Louis **	25
San Diego	14
San Francisco	16
Seattle	16
Tampa Bay	16
Tennessee ***	22
Washington	11
TOTAL	491