NFL Announces 2011 Compensatory Draft Choices

On Friday the National Football League announced the compensatory draft picks for the 2011 season. Here is the official list:

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

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:

(Note the picks are identified by Round choice/Overall selection/ Team)

Round 3

33-97 Carolina

Round 4

33-130 Tennessee

34-131 Green Bay

Round 5

33-164 Baltimore

34-165 Baltimore

Round 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

Round 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

NFL CLUB SUMMARY OF COMPENSATORY DRAFT PICKS, 1994-2011 *

Arizona 16

Atlanta 10

Baltimore 31

Buffalo 25

Carolina 13

Chicago 17

Cincinnati 18

Cleveland 2

Dallas 29

Denver 9

Detroit 15

Green Bay 26

Houston 4

Indianapolis 16

Jacksonville 19

Kansas City 13

Miami 15

Minnesota 15

New England 26

New Orleans 10

NY Giants 20

NY Jets 5

Oakland 13

Philadelphia 29

Pittsburgh 22

St. Louis ** 26

San Diego 17

San Francisco 19

Seattle 18

Tampa Bay 18

Tennessee *** 27

Washington 12

TOTAL 555

* 1994 was the first year that compensatory draft choices were awarded; ** St. Louis picks include those awarded to Los Angeles Rams: *** Tennessee picks include those awarded to Houston Oilers