Free Agency Begins -- 2003

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NFL-8 2/28/03

FREE AGENCY SIGNING PERIOD BEGINS;
533 PLAYERS BECOME FREE AGENTS

The National Football League today announced that 533 players are free agents who now can negotiate with all 32 clubs.

The free agents include eight players who this year have been designated by their clubs as "franchise" players, and two who have been named “transition” players. Franchise and transition players are special categories for restricted and unrestricted free agents. The deadline for making these designations for 2003 was February 20.

2003 FRANCHISE & TRANSITION DESIGNATIONS

Franchise Players	Transition Players
S Donovin Darius, Jacksonville	DT Cletidus Hunt, Green Bay
S Tebucky Jones, New England	LB Takeo Spikes, Cincinnati
T Walter Jones, Seattle
TE Jim Kleinsasser, Minnesota
CB Chris McAlister, Baltimore
T Orlando Pace, St. Louis
WR Peerless Price, Buffalo
P Todd Sauerbrun, Carolina

In 2002, eight players were designated as franchise players and none as transition players.

There are two types of franchise players. Clubs retain exclusive negotiating rights to an “exclusive” franchise player by committing to a minimum offer of the average of the top five salaries at the player's position as of the end of the restricted free agent signing period on April 18, or a 20 percent increase over his 2002 salary, whichever is greater. No other clubs can negotiate with exclusive franchise players. There were no exclusive franchise players named this year. The second type of franchise player is offered a minimum of the average of the top five salaries at his position in the 2002 season, or a 20 percent salary increase, whichever is greater. This latter type of franchise player may negotiate with other clubs. The original club may match the offer and retain the player, or receive two first-round draft choices as compensation if the original club elects not to match.

Each club is permitted one franchise designation in any year of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. If a designated franchise player signs a multiyear contract with the designating club between February 28 and March 14 at 4:00 PM ET, the club retains its franchise player designation for the following league year. After March 14, if the player signs a multiyear contract while under this designation, the club exhausts its franchise player rights for each year of that contract unless it matched another club's offer for that player, in which case the designation is used only for that year. Any club which elected not to use its franchise player designation in 2003 retains franchise designation rights for 2004 and subsequent years of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, provided the club did not exhaust those rights from a previously signed franchise player.

Also, a club may designate a transition player in lieu of a franchise player in any year when the franchise designation is available. A transition player designation gives the club a first-refusal right to match an offer sheet given to the player by another club. To designate a transition player, the club must offer a minimum of the average of the top 10 salaries of 2002 at the player's position, or a 20 percent salary increase, whichever is greater.

In the event a player retires, suffers a career-ending injury or is otherwise unavailable due to non-football circumstances, a club has the right to designate another franchise or transition player for the remaining years covered by the club's prior designation.

A club may withdraw a franchise or transition designation at any time. The player becomes an unrestricted free agent when that withdrawal occurs.

Unrestricted veteran free agents are players who have completed four or more accrued seasons of service and whose contracts have expired. They are free to sign with any club through July 22 (or the first scheduled day of the first NFL training camp, whichever is later). On July 23, their exclusive rights will revert to their original club if that club makes a

June 1 tender to these players. Teams will have until the 10th week of the season (November 11) to sign their unrestricted veteran free agents to whom a tender was made on June 1. If the player does not sign by November 11, he must continue to sit out the remainder of the season. If a June 1 tender is not made to an unrestricted free agent, he continues to be free to sign with any club.

Restricted free agents are players who have completed three accrued seasons of service and whose contracts have expired. They have received qualifying offers from their old clubs and are free to negotiate with any club until April 18, at which time their rights revert to their original club. If a player accepts an offer from a new club, the old club will have the right to match the offer and retain the player. If the old club elects not to match the offer, it may receive draft-choice compensation depending on the level of the qualifying offer made to the player.

The signing period for unrestricted free agents began today (February 28) and concludes on July 22 (or the first scheduled day of the first NFL training camp, whichever is later). The signing period for restricted free agents also began today but concludes on April 18.

NFL FREE AGENCY MOVEMENT

(Veteran Free Agents Who Signed With New Teams)

Category	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Unrestricted	108	121	171	99	85	110	115	107	93	130
Restricted	8	7	6	4	2	4	2	4	4	1
Transition	4	4	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0
Franchise	1	0	0	0	0	2	__0	__0	_0	__0
TOTALS	121	132	179	105	89	117	118	111	97	131

Following is a list of free agents by club in five different categories:

a) 120 restricted free agents received qualifying offers from their old clubs and are subject to the first refusal/ compensation system of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. The old club has a right of first refusal to all players listed below. Compensation is as listed in the column on the right. If the old club simply has a right of first refusal but is not entitled to any compensation, the designation "ROFR” (right of first refusal) appears in the column. In order to submit an offer sheet, a new club must have available the required choice or choices, defined as its own or better choices in the applicable rounds, in the 2003 NFL Draft. Offer sheets may be submitted to players in this category no later than 11:59 p.m., New York time, on April 18.

Club	Player	Pos.	College	First Refusal/ Compensation
Arizona	Barrett, David	DB	Arkansas	1^st
	Lucas, Justin	DB	Abilene Christian	ROFR
	Starkey, Jason	C	Marshall	ROFR

Atlanta	Finneran, Brian	WR	Villanova	ROFR
	Gaylor, Trevor	WR	Miami, O.	4^th
	Johnson, Doug	QB	Florida	1^st
	Rackley, Derek	TE	Minnesota	ROFR
	Simoneau, Mark	LB	Kansas State	3^rd
	Thompson, Michael	T	Tennessee State	4^th

Baltimore	Jones, John	TE	Indiana, Pa.	ROFR
	Mitchell, Anthony	DB	Tuskegee	ROFR
	Nugent, David	DE	Purdue	6^th
	Redman, Chris	QB	Louisville	1^st
	Taylor, Shannon	LB	Virginia	6^th
	Thomas, Adalius	DE	Southern Mississippi	6^th
	Wright, Anthony	QB	South Carolina	ROFR

Buffalo	Morris, Sammy	RB	Texas Tech	5^th
	Polk, Dashon	LB	Arizona	7^th

Carolina	Howard, Reggie	DB	Memphis	1^st
	James, Jeno	G	Auburn	6^th
	Reyes, Tutan	G	Mississippi	5^th
	Towns, Lester	LB	Washington	7^th
	Wiggins, Jermaine	TE	Georgia	ROFR

Chicago	Edinger, Paul	K	Michigan State	6^th
	Green, Mike	DB	N.W. Louisiana	7^th
	McMillon, Todd	DB	Northern Arizona	ROFR
	Sauter, Cory	QB	Minnesota	ROFR
	White, Dez	WR	Georgia Tech	3^rd

Cincinnati	Dugans, Ron	WR	Florida State	3^rd
	Farmer, Danny	WR	UCLA	4^th
	Rackers, Neil	K	Illinois	6^th
	Spearman, Armegis	LB	Mississippi	ROFR
	St. Louis, Brad	TE	S.W. Missouri	7^th

Cleveland	McKinley, Alvin	DT	Mississippi State	4^th
	O'Hara, Shaun	G	Rutgers	ROFR
	Sanders, Lewis	DB	Maryland	4^th
	Shea, Aaron	TE	Michigan	4^th
	White, Jamel	RB	South Dakota	1^st

Dallas	Edwards, Mario	DB	Florida State	6^th
	Stoerner, Clint	QB	Arkansas	ROFR
	Wiley, Michael	RB	Ohio State	5^th

Denver	Cole, Chris	WR	Texas A&M	3^rd
	Droughns, Reuben	RB	Oregon	3^rd
	Jackson, Jarious	QB	Notre Dame	7^th

Detroit	Foster, Larry	WR	Louisiana State	ROFR
	Hall, James	DE	Michigan	1^st

Green Bay	Bidwell, Josh	P	Oregon	4^th
	Bowen, Matt	DB	Iowa	6^th
	Diggs, Na'il	LB	Ohio State	4^th
	Gbaja-Biamila, Kabeer	DE	San Diego State	1^st


Houston	Black, Avion	WR	Tennessee State	4^th
	Dawson, JaJuan	WR	Tulane	3^rd
	Dennis, Pat	DB	Louisiana-Monroe	5^th
	Jennings, Brandon	DB	Texas A&M	ROFR
	Miller, Billy	TE	Southern California	7^th
	Stanley, Chad	P	Stephen F. Austin	ROFR

Indianapolis	Crosby, Cliff	DB	Maryland	ROFR
	Gibson, David	DB	Southern California	6^th
	Macklin, David	DB	Penn State	3^rd
	Williams, Josh	DT	Michigan	4^th

Jacksonville	Battles, Ainsley	DB	Vanderbilt	ROFR
	Bean, Robert	DB	Mississippi State	5^th
	Brooks, Bobby	LB	Fresno State	ROFR
	Clark, Danny	LB	Illinois	7^th
	Jordan, Leander	G	Indiana, Pa.	3^rd
	Slaughter, T.J.	LB	Southern Mississippi	3^rd
	Spicer, Paul	DE	Saginaw Valley	ROFR
	Thomas, Kiwaukee	DB	Georgia Southern	5^th

Kansas City	Wesley, Greg	DB	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	1^st

Miami	Freeman, Arturo	DB	South Carolina	5^th
	Gamble, Trent	DB	Wyoming	ROFR
	Haley, Jermaine	DT	Butte JC	7^th

Minnesota	Chapman, Doug	RB	Marshall	3^rd
	Withrow, Cory	C	Washington State	ROFR

New England	Chatham, Matt	LB	South Dakota	ROFR
	Kelly, Ben	DB	Colorado	3^rd
	Pass, Patrick	RB	Georgia	7^th
	Paxton, Lonie	C	Sacramento State	ROFR

New Orleans	Hawthorne, Michael	DB	Purdue	6^th
	Keaton, Curtis	RB	James Madison	4^th
	Smith, Terrelle	RB	Arizona State	4^th

N.Y. Giants	Bober, Chris	C	Nebraska-Omaha	ROFR
	Brown, Ralph	DB	Nebraska	5^th
	Dixon, Ron	WR	Lambuth	3^rd
	Jones, Dhani	LB	Michigan	6^th
	Lewis, Kevin	LB	Duke	ROFR
	Short, Brandon	LB	Penn State	4^th

N.Y. Jets	Coles, Laveranues	WR	Florida State	1^st
	Morton, Chad	RB	Southern California	5^th

Pittsburgh	Clancy, Kendrick	DT	Mississippi	3^rd
	Haggans, Clark	LB	Colorado State	5^th
	Kreider, Dan	RB	New Hampshire	ROFR
	Poteat, Hank	DB	Pittsburgh	3^rd

St. Louis	St. Clair, John	T	Virginia	3^rd
	Young, Brian	DT	Texas-El Paso	5^th

San Diego	Carson, Leonardo	DT	Auburn	4^th
	McIntosh, Damion	T	Kansas State	1^st

San Francisco	Jennings, Brian	TE	Arizona State	7^th
	Rattay, Tim	QB	Louisiana Tech	7^th
	Streets, Tai	WR	Michigan	1^st

Seattle	Bell, Marcus	LB	Arizona	4^th
	Darche, J.P.	C	McGill	ROFR
	Hilliard, John	DT	Mississippi State	6^th
	Jackson, Darrell	WR	Florida	1^st
	Kacyvenski, Isaiah	LB	Harvard	4^th
	Lindell, Rian	K	Washington State	ROFR
	Williams, James	WR	Marshall	6^th
	Woodard, Cedric	DT	Texas	6^th

Tampa Bay	Lee, Charles	WR	Central Florida	7^th
	Stecker, Aaron	RB	Western Illinois	ROFR
	Webster, Nate	LB	Miami	3^rd
	Yoder, Todd	TE	Vanderbilt	ROFR

Tennessee	Chamberlin, Frank	LB	Boston College	5^th
	Green, Mike	RB	Houston	7^th
	Kinney, Erron	TE	Florida	3^rd
	Morris, Aric	DB	Michigan	5^th
	Sirmon, Peter	LB	Oregon	4^th
	Smith, Robaire	DT	Michigan State	6^th
	Volek, Billy	QB	Fresno State	ROFR

Washington	Terrell, David	DB	Texas-El Paso	7^th

b) 8 players with three or more accrued seasons have been designated as non-exclusive franchise players. The old club has a right of first refusal to the players listed below and compensation of two No. 1 draft choices. In order to submit an offer sheet, a new club must have available the required choices, defined as its own or better choices in the first round in the 2003 and 2004 NFL Drafts (or 2005, if applicable).

Club	Player	Pos.	College
Baltimore	McAlister, Chris	DB	Arizona

Buffalo	Price, Peerless	WR	Tennessee

Carolina	Sauerbrun, Todd	P	West Virginia

Jacksonville	Darius, Donovin	DB	Syracuse

Minnesota	Kleinsasser, Jim	TE	North Dakota

New England	Jones, Tebucky	DB	Syracuse

St. Louis	Pace, Orlando	T	Ohio State

Seattle	Jones, Walter	T	Florida State

c) 2 players with four or more accrued seasons have been designated as transition players. The old club has a right of first refusal but no right of compensation to the players listed below. Offer sheets may be submitted to an old club until 4:00 p.m., New York time, on July 22 (or the first day of the first NFL training camp, whichever is later).

Club	Player	Pos.	College
Cincinnati	Spikes, Takeo	LB	Auburn

Green Bay	Hunt, Cletidus	DT	Kentucky State

d) 2 players with four or more accrued seasons have individually negotiated rights of first refusal with their old club. The old club has a right of first refusal but no right of compensation to the players listed below. Offer sheets may be submitted to an old club until 4:00 p.m., New York time, on July 22 (or the first day of the first NFL training camp, whichever is later).

Club	Player	Pos.	College
Cincinnati	Braham, Rich	C	West Virginia

New England	Green, Victor	DB	Akron

e) 340 players with four or more accrued seasons are unrestricted free agents. The players in this category may be signed by any club through July 22 (or the first scheduled day of the first NFL training camp, whichever is later), with no rights of any type held by the old club.

Club	Player	Pos.	College
Arizona	Boston, David	WR	Ohio State
	Burke, Tom	DE	Wisconsin
	Davis, Russell	DT	North Carolina
	Fina, John	T	Arizona
	Fredrickson, Rob	LB	Michigan State
	Jenkins, MarTay	WR	Nebraska-Omaha
	Jones, Greg	LB	Colorado
	Lassiter, Kwamie	DB	Kansas
	Makovicka, Joel	RB	Nebraska
	McKinley, Dennis	RB	Mississippi State
	Plummer, Jake	QB	Arizona State
	Rhinehart, Jacoby	DB	Southern Methodist
	Roundtree, Raleigh	G	South Carolina State
	Rutledge, Johnny	LB	Florida
	Sanders, Frank	WR	Auburn
	Tanner, Barron	DT	Oklahoma

Atlanta	Bolden, Juran	DB	Mississippi Delta CC
	Brooking, Keith	LB	Georgia Tech
	Carpenter, Keion	DB	Virginia Tech
	Chiaverini, Darrin	WR	Colorado
	Holecek, John	LB	Illinois
	Jervey, Travis	RB	Citadel
	Jones, Henry	DB	Illinois
	Kelly, Reggie	TE	Mississippi State
	Kozlowski, Brian	TE	Connecticut
	Mathis, Kevin	DB	Texas A&M-
	McClure, Todd	C	Louisiana State
	Rogers, Sam	LB	Colorado
	Thierry, John	LB	Alcorn State
	Ulmer, Artie	LB	Valdosta State
	Weary, Fred	DB	Florida

Baltimore	Blake, Jeff	QB	East Carolina
	Brooks, Ethan	T	Williams
	Brown, Cornell	LB	Virginia Tech
	Gash, Sam	RB	Penn State
	Harris, Bernardo	LB	North Carolina
	Ogden, Jeff	WR	Eastern Washington
	Parker, Riddick	DE	North Carolina
	Stokley, Brandon	WR	Louisiana-Lafayette
	Tate, Robert	DB	Cincinnati
	Trapp, James	DB	Clemson

Buffalo	Ahanotu, Chidi	DE	California
	Bryson, Shawn	RB	Tennessee
	Conaty, Billy	C	Virginia Tech
	Favors, Greg	LB	Mississippi State
	Hollis, Mike	K	Idaho
	Johnson, Charles	WR	Colorado
	Newman, Keith	LB	North Carolina
	Rogers, Charlie	WR	Georgia Tech

Carolina	Bates, Michael	RB	Arizona
	Byrd, Isaac	WR	Kansas
	Fair, Terry	DB	Tennessee
	Jackson, Brad	LB	Cincinnati
	McDaniel, Emmanuel	DB	East Carolina
	Navies, Hannibal	LB	Colorado
	Nesbit, Jamar	G	South Carolina
	Peete, Rodney	QB	Southern California
	Smith, Fernando	DE	Jackson State

Chicago	Colvin, Rosevelt	LB	Purdue
	Davis, John	TE	Emporia State
	Dogins, Kevin	C	Texas A&M-Kingsville
	Johnson, Leon	RB	North Carolina
	Peter, Christian	DT	Nebraska
	Pritchett, Stanley	RB	South Carolina
	Whigham, Larry	DB	Louisiana-Monroe

Cincinnati	Frerotte, Gus	QB	Tulsa
	Hall, Cory	DB	Fresno State
	Luchey, Nicolas	RB	Miami
	Neal, Lorenzo	RB	Fresno State
	Perry, Jason	DB	North Carolina State
	Stephens, Jamain	T	North Carolina A&T
	Whittington, Bernard	DT	Indiana

Cleveland	Akins, Chris	DB	Arkansas-Pine Bluff
	Bush, Devin	DB	Florida State
	Hambrick, Darren	LB	South Carolina
	Johnson, James	RB	Mississippi State
	Jones, Lenoy	LB	Texas Christian
	Kuehl, Ryan	DT	Virginia
	Little, Earl	DB	Miami

Dallas	Adams, Flozell	T	Michigan State
	Hardy, Kevin	LB	Illinois
	Lucky, Mike	TE	Arizona
	Myers, Michael	DT	Alabama
	Noble, Brandon	DT	Penn State
	Page, Solomon	T	West Virginia
	Scott, Darnay	WR	San Diego State
	Zellner, Peppi	DE	Fort Valley State

Denver	Gary, Olandis	RB	Georgia
	Poole, Tyrone	DB	Fort Valley State
	Reagor, Montae	DT	Texas Tech
	Reese, Izell	DB	Ala.-Birmingham

Detroit	Blaise, Kerlin	T	Miami
	Brown, Ray	G	Arkansas State
	Claiborne, Chris	LB	Southern California
	Davis, Eric	DB	Jacksonville State
	DeVries, Jared	DE	Iowa
	Greer, Donovan	DB	Texas A&M
	Jordan, Richard	LB	Missouri Southern
	Kirschke, Travis	DT	UCLA
	Kriewaldt, Clint	LB	Wis.-Stevens Point
	Lyght, Todd	DB	Notre Dame
	Pritchett, Kelvin	DT	Mississippi
	Ricks, Mikhael	TE	Stephen F. Austin
	Walker, Bracy	DB	North Carolina
	Warren, Lamont	RB	Colorado
	Williams, Brian	LB	Southern California

Green Bay	Blackshear, Jeff	G	Louisiana-Monroe
	Brown, Gilbert	DT	Kansas
	Carter, Antonio	RB	Minnesota
	Davis, Tyrone	TE	Virginia
	Dotson, Earl	T	Texas A&M-Kingsville
	Holliday, Vonnie	DE	North Carolina
	Lyon, Billy	DT	Marshall
	McBride, Tod	DB	UCLA
	Metcalf, Eric	WR	Texas
	Nickerson, Hardy	LB	California
	Pederson, Doug	QB	Louisiana-Monroe
	Westbrook, Bryant	DB	Texas
	Williams, Tyrone	DB	Nebraksa

Houston	Allen, James	RB	Oklahoma
	Banks, Tony	QB	Michigan State
	Brown, Eric	DB	Mississippi State
	Evans, Leomont	DB	Clemson
	Foreman, Jay	LB	Nebraska
	Graham, DeMingo	G	Hofstra
	Herndon, Jimmy	T	Houston
	Mitchell, Keith	LB	Texas A&M
	Posey, Jeff	LB	Southern Mississippi
	Quinn, Mike	QB	Stephen F. Austin
	Schau, Ryan	G	Illinois
	Sears, Corey	DE	Mississippi State
	Simmons, Jason	DB	Arizona State
	Spikes, Cameron	T	Texas A&M
	Williams, Kevin	DB	Oklahoma State
	Wright, Kenny	DB	N.W. Louisiana
	Young, Ryan	T	Kansas State

Indianapolis	Nwokorie, Chukie	DE	Purdue
	Peterson, Mike	LB	Florida
	Saturday, Jeff	C	North Carolina
	Scioli, Brad	DE	Penn State
	Smith, Hunter	P	Notre Dame
	Sword, Sam	LB	Michigan
	Vance, Eric	DB	Vanderbilt

Jacksonville	Fordham, Todd	T	Florida State
	Graham, Kent	QB	Ohio State
	Johnson, Pat	WR	Oregon
	Lockett, Kevin	WR	Kansas State
	Mack, Stacey	RB	Temple
	Mitchell, Pete	TE	Boston College
	Rainer, Wali	LB	Virginia
	Shaw, Bobby	WR	California
	Smith, Larry	DT	Florida State
	Wade, John	C	Marshall
	Wiegert, Zach	T	Nebraska
	Zelenka, Joe	C	Wake Forest

Kansas City	Allen, Taje	DB	Texas
	Andersen, Morten	K	Michigan State
	Atkins, Larry	LB	UCLA
	Belser, Jason	DB	Oklahoma
	Cadrez, Glenn	LB	Houston
	Cloud, Michael	RB	Boston College
	Collins, Todd	QB	Michigan
	Gammon, Kendall	TE	Pittsburg, Kan.
	Hobgood-Chittick, Nate	DT	North Carolina
	Husted, Michael	K	Virginia
	Jones, Willie	T	Grambling
	Maslowski, Mike	LB	Wisconsin-La Crosse
	Stills, Gary	DE	West Virginia

Miami	Bowens, David	DE	Western Illinois
	Carter, Cris	WR	Ohio State
	Clark, Desmond	TE	Wake Forest
	Gadsden, Oronde	WR	Winston-Salem
	Galyon, Scott	LB	Tennessee
	Konrad, Rob	RB	Syracuse
	Miranda, Paul	DB	Central Florida
	Royals, Mark	P	Appalachian State
	Smith, Brent	T	Mississippi State
	Spriggs, Marcus	T	Houston
	Weaver, Jed	TE	Oregon

Minnesota	Anderson, Gary	K	Syracuse
	Bradford, Ronnie	DB	Colorado
	Goodwin, Hunter	TE	Texas A&M
	Hall, Lemanski	LB	Alabama
	Holland, Darius	DT	Colorado
	Johnstone, Lance	DE	Temple
	Lacina, Corbin	G	Augustana, S.D.
	Nelson, Jim	LB	Penn State
	Richardson, Kyle	P	Arkansas State
	Sawyer, Talance	DT	Nevada-Las Vegas
	Walsh, Chris	WR	Stanford
	Williams, Moe	RB	Kentucky

New England	Baxter, Fred	TE	Auburn
	Buckley, Terrell	DB	Florida State
	Cherry, Je'Rod	DB	California
	Cleeland, Cameron	TE	Washington
	Edwards, Marc	RB	Notre Dame
	Hayes, Chris	DB	Washington State
	Holsey, Bernard	DT	Duke
	Kelly, Rob	DB	Ohio State
	Lyle, Rick	DE	Missouri
	Ruegamer, Grey	C	Arizona State

New Orleans	Carney, John	K	Notre Dame
	Clemons, Charlie	LB	Georgia
	Cox, Bryan	LB	Western Illinois
	Delhomme, Jake	QB	Louisiana-Lafayette
	Fontenot, Jerry	C	Texas A&M
	Gowin, Toby	P	North Texas
	Hall, Lamont	TE	Clemson
	Irvin, Ken	DB	Memphis
	Knight, Sammy	DB	Southern California
	McAfee, Fred	RB	Mississippi College
	Miller, Bubba	C	Tennessee
	Reed, Jake	WR	Grambling
	Sanderson, Scott	T	Washington State
	Whitehead, Willie	DE	Auburn

N. Y. Giants	Brooks, Barrett	T	Kansas State
	Campbell, Dan	TE	Texas A&M
	Garrett, Jason	QB	Princeton
	Hilliard, Ike	WR	Florida
	Junkin, Trey	TE	Louisiana Tech
	Petitgout, Luke	T	Notre Dame
	Rosenthal, Mike	T	Notre Dame
	Serwanga, Kato	DB	California
	Simmons, Tony	WR	Wisconsin
	Stoutmire, Omar	DB	Fresno State
	Whittle, Jason	G	S.W. Missouri

N.Y. Jets	Anderson, Richie	RB	Penn State
	Darling, James	LB	Washington State
	Elliott, John	T	Michigan
	Hall, John	K	Wisconsin
	Sowell, Jerald	RB	Tulane
	Thomas, Randy	G	Mississippi State
	Webster, Larry	DT	Maryland

Oakland	Ashmore, Darryl	T	Northwestern
	Badger, Brad	G	Stanford
	Branch, Calvin	DB	Colorado State
	Brigham, Jeremy	TE	Washington
	Collins, Mo	G	Florida
	Crockett, Zack	RB	Florida State
	Gordon, Darrien	DB	Stanford
	Jordan, Randy	RB	North Carolina
	Mirer, Rick	QB	Notre Dame
	Ritchie, Jon	RB	Stanford
	Wheatley, Tyrone	RB	Michigan

Philadelphia	Barber, Shawn	LB	Richmond
	Bartrum, Mike	TE	Marshall
	Brzezinski, Doug	G	Boston College
	Cook, Rashard	DB	Southern California
	Detmer, Koy	QB	Colorado
	Douglas, Dameane	WR	California
	Douglas, Hugh	DE	Central State, Ohio
	Freeman, Antonio	WR	Virginia Tech
	Gardner, Barry	LB	Northwestern
	Johnson, Lee	P	Brigham Young
	Kirkland, Levon	LB	Clemson
	Landeta, Sean	P	Towson
	Levens, Dorsey	RB	Georgia Tech
	Martin, Cecil	RB	Wisconsin
	Mitchell, Brian	RB	Louisiana-Lafayette
	Thomason, Jeff	TE	Oregon

Pittsburgh	Allred, John	TE	Southern California
	Batch, Charlie	QB	Eastern Michigan
	Battaglia, Marco	TE	Rutgers
	Cushing, Matt	TE	Illinois
	Flowers, Lethon	DB	Georgia Tech
	Gandy, Wayne	T	Auburn
	Jones, Michael	LB	Missouri
	Mathis, Terance	WR	New Mexico
	Rouen, Tom	P	Colorado
	Tuman, Jerame	TE	Michigan

St. Louis	Berger, Mitch	P	Colorado
	Bly, Dre'	DB	North Carolina
	Brigance, O.J.	LB	Rice
	Conwell, Ernie	TE	Washington
	Cota, Chad	DB	Oregon
	Davis, Don	LB	Kansas
	Garcia, Frank	G	Washington
	Hetherington, Chris	RB	Yale
	Irwin, Heath	G	Colorado
	Jackson, Tyoka	DE	Penn State
	McCollum, Andy	C	Toledo
	Nutten, Tom	G	Western Michigan
	Proehl, Ricky	WR	Wake Forest
	Williams, Grant	T	Louisiana Tech
	Zgonina, Jeff	DT	Purdue

San Diego	Binn, David	C	California
	Christie, Steve	K	William & Mary
	Dingle, Adrian	DE	Clemson
	Lyle, Keith	DB	Virginia
	Price, Shawn	DT	Pacific
	Ruff, Orlando	LB	Furman
	Sanders, Deion	DB	Florida State
	Williams, Sammy	T	Oklahoma
	Wilson, Jerry	DB	Southern U.

San Francisco	Hauck, Tim	DB	Montana
	Hawthorne, Duane	DB	Northern Illinois
	Killens, Terry	LB	Penn State
	Lynch, Ben	C	California
	Okeafor, Chike	DE	Purdue
	Willig, Matt	T	Southern California

Seattle	Cochran, Antonio	DE	Georgia
	Engram, Bobby	WR	Penn State
	Feagles, Jeff	P	Miami
	George, Jeff	QB	Illinois
	Owens, Ritchie	DE	Lehigh
	Simmons, Anthony	LB	Clemson
	Strong, Mack	RB	Georgia
	Wedderburn, Floyd	G	Penn State
	Williams, Willie	DB	Western Carolina
	Wunsch, Jerry	T	Wisconsin


Tampa Bay	Barlow, Reggie	WR	Alabama State
	Brown, Lomas	T	Florida
	Dudley, Rickey	TE	Ohio State
	Jackson, Dexter	DB	Florida State
	Johnson, Rob	QB	Southern California
	King, Shaun	QB	Tulane
	Oben, Roman	T	Louisville
	Quarles, Shelton	LB	Vanderbilt
	Singleton, Alshermond	LB	Temple
	Tupa, Tom	P	Ohio State

Tennessee	Ackerman, Tom	G	Eastern Washington
	Coady, Richard	DB	Texas A&M
	Dyson, Kevin	WR	Utah
	Graham, Aaron	C	Nebraska
	Hentrich, Craig	P	Notre Dame
	Mitchell, Donald	DB	Southern Methodist
	Piller, Zach	G	Florida
	Sanders, Chris	WR	Ohio State
	Sidney, Dainon	DB	Ala.-Birmingham
	Thornton, John	DT	West Virginia

Washington	Dotson, Santana	DT	Baylor
	Gardener, Daryl	DT	Baylor
	Johnson, Tre	G	Temple
	Mason, Eddie	LB	North Carolina
	Matthews, Shane	QB	Florida
	Mitchell, Kevin	LB	Syracuse
	Powell, Carl	DE	Louisville
	Thompson, Derrius	WR	Baylor
	Vickers, Kipp	G	Miami
	Wuerffel, Danny	QB	Florida

f) 61 players who had fewer than four accrued seasons and received no qualifying offer or no minimum tender from their old club. The players in this category may be signed immediately with no rights of any type held by the old club. There is no signing deadline applicable to these players.

Club	Player	Pos.	College
Arizona	Jackson, Arnold	WR	Louisville
	White, Anthony	RB	Kentucky

Atlanta	Neil, Dallas	TE	Montana

Buffalo	Larsen, Leif	DT	Texas El-Paso
	Office, Kendrick	DE	West Alabama

Carolina	Minor, Kory	LB	Notre Dame
	Montgomery, Joe	RB	Ohio State

Chicago	Austin, Reggie	DB	Wake Forest

Cleveland	Eitzmann, Chris	TE	Harvard
	Moreland, Earthwind	DB	Georgia Southern
	Thompson, Kevin	QB	Penn State

Dallas	Jones, Jermaine	DB	N.W. Louisiana
	Lucas, Anthony	WR	Arkansas

Denver	McGeoghan, Phil	WR	Maine
	Montgomery, Scottie	WR	Duke

Detroit	Dickenson, Dave	QB	Montana
	Wyrick, Jimmy	DB	Minnesota

Green Bay	Bailey, Karsten	WR	Auburn
	Jordan, Kevin	T	Fresno State
	Kehl, Ed	DE	Brigham Young

Houston	Insley, Trevor	WR	Nevada
	Jones, Dwaune	WR	Richmond

Indianapolis	Albea, Troy	WR	Appalachian State
	Finn, Jim	RB	Pennsylvania
	Thompson, Donnel	LB	Wisconsin

Jacksonville	Koch, Aaron	G	Oregon State

Kansas City	Alford, Darnell	T	Boston College

Miami	Green, Ray	DB	South Carolina
	Johnson, Albert	WR	Southern Methodist

Minnesota	Carter, Tyrone	DB	Minnesota
	Garnett, Winfield	DT	Ohio State
	Liddiard, Brody	C	Colorado
	Wilson, Antonio	LB	Texas A&M-Commerce

New England	Coleman, Fred	WR	Washington


N.Y. Giants	Frisch, Byron	DE	Brigham Young
	Washington, Damon	RB	Colorado State

N.Y. Jets	Alston, Corey	WR	Western Michigan
	Ferguson, Nick	DB	Georgia Tech

St. Louis	Covington, Scott	QB	Miami
	Gavadza, Jason	TE	Kent State

San Diego	Guenther, Eric	LB	Illinois
	Jenkins, Ronney	RB	Northern Arizona
	Pitts, DeRonnie	WR	Stanford
	Sanchez, Davis	DB	Oregon
	Sikyala, Mukala	RB	Maryland

San Francisco	Heard, Ronnie	DB	Mississippi
	Keith, John	DB	Furman
	Stewart, Quincy	LB	Louisiana Tech
	Sutherland, Vinny	WR	Purdue
	Swift, Justin	TE	Kansas State

Tampa Bay	Golden, Jack	LB	Oklahoma State
	Hamilton, Joe	QB	Georgia Tech
	McCaslin, Eugene	LB	Florida
	Solwold, Mike	C	Wisconsin
	Vaughn, Damian	TE	Miami, O.

Tennessee	Daft, Kevin	QB	Cal-Davis
	McElmurry, Blaine	DB	Montana
	Myers, Bobby	DB	Wisconsin
	Raynock, Chase	T	Montana
	Snelling, Robby	TE	Boise State

Washington	Doering, Chris	WR	Florida

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