FreeAgencyBegins'04

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NFL-7 3/3/04

FREE AGENCY SIGNING PERIOD BEGINS;
481 PLAYERS BECOME FREE AGENTS

The National Football League today announced that 481 players are free agents who now can negotiate with all 32 clubs.

The free agents include six players who this year were designated by their clubs as "franchise" players, and one who was named a “transition” player. Franchise and transition players are special categories for restricted and unrestricted free agents. The deadline for making these designations for 2004 was February 24.

2004 FRANCHISE & TRANSITION DESIGNATIONS

Franchise Players	Transition Players
CB Champ Bailey, Washington	T John Tait, Kansas City
S Donovin Darius, Jacksonville
DE Darren Howard, New Orleans
T Walter Jones, Seattle
CB Chris McAlister, Baltimore
T Orlando Pace, St. Louis
LB Julian Peterson, San Francisco *
CB Charles Woodson, Oakland *
* Exclusive franchise player.

In 2003, eight players were designated as franchise players and two 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 16, or a 20 percent increase over his 2003 salary, whichever is greater. Other clubs cannot negotiate with exclusive franchise players. Two exclusive franchise players were named this year – San Francisco linebacker JULIAN PETERSON and Oakland cornerback CHARLES WOODSON.

The second type of franchise player is offered a minimum of the average of the top five salaries at his position in the 2003 season, or a 20 percent salary increase, whichever is greater. This type of franchise player may negotiate with other clubs. His 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 franchise player signs a multiyear contract with his current club between February 25 and March 17 at 4:00 PM ET, the club retains its franchise player designation for the following league year. After March 17, 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 2004 retains franchise designation rights for 2005 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 2003 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, and the team can use one of the designations on another player at the appropriate time.

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 9) to sign their unrestricted veteran free agents to whom a tender was made on June 1. If the player does not sign by November 9, 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 16, 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 (March 3) 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 16.

NFL FREE AGENCY MOVEMENT
(Veteran Free Agents Who Signed With New Teams)

Category	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Unrestricted	108	121	171	99	85	110	115	107	93	130	111
Restricted	8	7	6	4	2	4	2	4	4	1	5
Transition	4	4	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1
Franchise	1	0	0	0	0	2	__0	__0	_0	__0	_0
TOTALS	121	132	179	105	89	117	118	111	97	131	117

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

a) 128 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 2004 NFL Draft. Offer sheets may be submitted to players in this category no later than 11:59 p.m., New York time, on April 16.

Club	Player		Pos.			College	First Refusal/ Compensation
Arizona	Bell, Marcus		DT			Memphis	4^th
	Hill, Renaldo		DB			Michigan State	7^th
	Kasper, Kevin		WR			Iowa	6^th
	Wilson, Adrian		DB			North Carolina State	1^st

Atlanta	Feely, Jay		K			Michigan	ROFR
	Forney, Kynan		G			Hawaii	1^st
	Garza, Roberto		G			Texas A&M-Kingsville	4^th
	Riley, Karon		LB			Minnesota	4^th
	Stewart, Matt		LB			Vanderbilt	4^th

Baltimore	Anderson, Bennie		G			Tennessee State	ROFR
	Cook, Damion		T			Bethune-Cookman	ROFR
	Douglas, Marques		DE			Howard	ROFR
	Hartwell, Edgerton		LB			Western Illinois	1^st
	Maese, Joe		C			New Mexico	6^th
	Rabach, Casey		G			Wisconsin	3^rd
	Ricard, Alan		RB			Louisiana-Monroe	ROFR
	Walls, Raymond		DB			Southern Mississippi	5^th

Buffalo		Brown, Travis		QB	Northern Arizona			ROFR
		Edwards, Ron		DT	Texas A&M			3^rd

Carolina		Allen, Brian		LB	Florida State			3^rd
		Cooper, Jarrod		DB	Kansas State			5^th
		Goings, Nick		RB	Pittsburgh			ROFR
		Smart, Rod		RB	Western Kentucky			ROFR
		Tillman, Travares		DB	Georgia Tech			2^nd

Chicago		Gandy, Mike		T	Notre Dame			1^st
		Tafoya, Joe		DE	Arizona			7^th

Cincinnati		Graham, Shayne		K	Virginia Tech			ROFR
		Houshmandzadeh, T.J.		WR	Oregon State			7^th
		Johnson, Riall		LB	Stanford			6^th
		Johnson, Rudi		RB	Auburn			1^st & 3^rd
		Kaesviharn, Kevin		DB	Augustana, S.D.			ROFR
		Leyva, Victor		T	Arizona State			5^th
		Stewart, Tony		TE	Penn State			5^th

Cleveland		King, Andre		WR	Miami			7^th
		Zukauskas, Paul		G	Boston College			7^th

Dallas		Blade, Willie		DT	Mississippi State			3^rd
		Cason, Aveion		RB	Illinois State			ROFR
		Collins, Javiar		T	Northwestern			ROFR
		Hambrick, Troy		RB	Savannah State			ROFR
		Lehr, Matt		C	Virginia Tech			5^th
		Scott, Lynn		DB	N.W. Oklahoma			ROFR
		Steele, Markus		LB	Southern California			4^th
		Whalen, James		TE	Kentucky			5^th
		Williams, Randal		WR	New Hampshire			ROFR

Denver		Hamilton, Ben		G	Minnesota			4^th
		Hayward, Reggie		DE	Iowa State			1^st
		Spragan, Donnie		LB	Stanford			ROFR

Detroit		Anderson, Scotty		WR	Grambling			5^th
		Curry, Donte'		LB	Morris Brown			ROFR
		Harris, Nick		P	California			4^th
		McMahon, Mike		QB	Rutgers			1^st
		Myers, Leonard		DB	Miami			6^th
		Swinton, Reginald		WR	Murray State			ROFR
		Trejo, Stephen		RB	Arizona State			ROFR

Green Bay		Jue, Bhawoh		DB	Penn State			3^rd
		Marshall, Torrance		LB	Oklahoma			3^rd
		Martin, David		TE	Tennessee			6^th

Houston		Bell, Jason		DB	UCLA			ROFR
		DeLoach, Jerry		DE	California			ROFR
		Holloway, Jabari		TE	Notre Dame			4^th
		McCree, Marlon		DB	Kentucky			7^th
		Norris, Moran		RB	Kansas			4^th
		Vaughn, Darrick		DB	Texas State			7^th

Indianapolis		Bird, Cory		DB	Virginia Tech			3^rd
		DeMulling, Rick		G	Idaho			1^st
		Diem, Ryan		T	Northern Illinois			1^st
		Harper, Nicholas		DB	Fort Valley State			1^st
		Rhodes, Dominic		RB	Midwestern State, Tx.			ROFR

Kansas City		Baker, Jason		P	Iowa			ROFR
		Beisel, Monty		LB	Kansas State			4^th
		Blaylock, Derrick		RB	Stephen F. Austin			5^th
		Caver, Quinton		LB	Arkansas			2^nd
		Downing, Eric		DT	Syracuse			3^rd

Miami		Greenwood, Morlon		LB	Syracuse			3^rd
		Minor, Travis		RB	Florida State			3^rd
		Ogunleye, Adewale		DE	Indiana			1^st & 3^rd
		Rosenfels, Sage		QB	Iowa State			4^th

Minnesota		Kelly, Eric		DB	Kentucky			3^rd

New Orleans		Gleason, Steve		DB	Washington State			ROFR
		Hodge, Sedrick		LB	North Carolina			3^rd
		Smith, Kenny		DT	Alabama			3^rd

N.Y. Giants		Legree, Lance		DT	Notre Dame			ROFR
		Palmer, Jesse		QB	Florida			4^th
		Peterson, William		DB	Western Illinois			1^st
		Rivers, Marcellus		TE	Oklahoma State			ROFR

N.Y. Jets		Glenn, Jason		LB	Texas A&M			6^th
		Henderson, Jamie		DB	Georgia			4^th
		McKenzie, Kareem		T	Penn State			1^st
		Reed, James		DT	Iowa State			7^th
		Stewart, Quincy		LB	Louisiana Tech			ROFR
		Wright, Kenyatta		LB	Oklahoma State			ROFR

Oakland		Martin, Tee		QB	Tennessee			5^th
		Slaughter, Chad		T	Alcorn State			ROFR

Philadelphia		Adams, Keith		LB	Clemson			7^th
		Buckhalter, Correll		RB	Nebraska			4^th

Pittsburgh		Bailey, Rodney		DE	Ohio State			6^th
		Hoke, Chris		DE	Brigham Young			ROFR
		Iwuoma, Chidi		DB	California			ROFR
		Nkwenti, Mathias		T	Temple			4^th
		Okobi, Chukky		C	Purdue			5^th
		Vincent, Keydrick		G	Mississippi			ROFR

St. Louis		Bulger, Marc		QB	West Virginia			1^st & 3^rd
		Butler, Jerametrius		DB	Kansas State			5^th
		Fisher, Bryce		DE	Air Force			7^th
		Manumaleuna, Brandon		TE	Arizona			4^th

San Diego		Leverette, Otis		DE	Ala.-Birmingham			6^th
		Moreno, Zeke		LB	Southern California			5^th
		Polk, Carlos		LB	Nebraska			4^th

San Francisco		Johnson, Eric		TE	Yale			7^th
		Williams, Jimmy		DB	Vanderbilt			6^th
		Wilson, Cedrick		WR	Tennessee			6^th

Seattle		Bannister, Alex		WR	Eastern Kentucky			5^th
		Evans, Heath		RB	Auburn			3^rd
		Huff, Orlando		LB	Fresno State			4^th
		Norman, Dennis		C	Princeton			7^th
		Womack, Floyd		T	Mississippi State			1^st

Tampa Bay		Cook, Jameel		RB	Illinois			6^th
		Darby, Chartric		DT	South Carolina State			ROFR
		Howell, John		DB	Colorado State			4^th

Tennessee		Bennett, Drew		WR	UCLA			ROFR
		Berlin, Eddie		WR	Northern Iowa			5^th
		McCareins, Justin		WR	Northern Illinois			1^st
		Meier, Shad		TE	Kansas State			3^rd
		Thomas, Juqua		DE	Oklahoma State			ROFR

Washington		Johnson, Bryan		RB	Boise State			ROFR
		McCants, Darnerien		WR	Delaware State			5^th
		Ohalete, Ifeanyi		DB	Southern California			ROFR
		Pierce, Antonio		LB	Arizona			ROFR

b) 6 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 2004 and 2005 NFL Drafts (or 2006, if applicable).

Club	Player	Pos.	College
Baltimore	McAlister, Chris	DB	Arizona

Jacksonville	Darius, Donovin	DB	Syracuse

New Orleans	Howard, Darren	DE	Kansas State

St. Louis	Pace, Orlando	T	Ohio State

Seattle	Jones, Walter	T	Florida State

Washington	Bailey, Champ	DB	Georgia

c) 1 player with four or more accrued seasons has been designated as a transition player. The old club has a right of first refusal but no right of compensation to the player 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
Kansas City	Tait, John	T	Brigham Young

d) 1 player with four or more accrued seasons has individually negotiated a right of first refusal with his old club. The old club has a right of first refusal but no right of compensation to the player 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
New England	Cloud, Michael	RB	Boston College

e) 310 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 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	Barrett, David	DB	Arkansas
	Dishman, Chris	G	Nebraska
	Lucas, Justin	DB	Abilene Christian
	McDaniel, Emmanuel	DB	East Carolina
	Ransom, Derrick	DT	Cincinnati
	Starkey, Jason	C	Marshall

Atlanta	Bolden, Juran	DB	Mississippi Delta CC
	Carpenter, Keion	DB	Virginia Tech
	Claridge, Travis	T	Southern California
	Jervey, Travis	RB	Citadel
	Johnson, Doug	QB	Florida
	Kozlowski, Brian	TE	Connecticut
	McBurrows, Gerald	DB	Kansas
	McClure, Todd	C	Louisiana State
	Russell, Twan	LB	Miami
	Ulmer, Artie	LB	Valdosta State

Baltimore	Brown, Orlando	T	South Carolina State
	Flynn, Mike	C	Maine
	Harris, Bernardo	LB	North Carolina
	Jones, John	TE	Indiana, Pa.
	Knight, Tommy	DB	Iowa
	Parker, Riddick	DE	North Carolina
	Redman, Chris	QB	Louisville
	Richey, Wade	K	Louisiana State
	Robinson, Marcus	WR	South Carolina
	Stover, Matt	K	Louisiana Tech
	Thomas, Adalius	LB	Southern Mississippi
	Wright, Anthony	QB	South Carolina

Buffalo	Gash, Sam	RB	Penn State
	McKenzie, Keith	DE	Ball State
	Morris, Sammy	RB	Texas Tech
	Polk, Dashon	LB	Arizona
	Sidney, Dainon	DB	Ala.-Birmingham
	Winfield, Antoine	DB	Ohio State

Carolina	Battaglia, Marco	TE	Rutgers
	Donnalley, Kevin	G	North Carolina
	Dyson, Kevin	WR	Utah
	Favors, Greg	LB	Mississippi State
	Grant, Deon	DB	Tennessee
	Howard, Reggie	DB	Memphis
	James, Jeno	G	Auburn
	Kyle, Jason	LB	Arizona State
	Mangum, Kris	TE	Mississippi
	Pittman, Kavika	DE	McNeese State
	Reyes, Tutan	G	Mississippi
	Towns, Lester	LB	Washington
	Tuten, Melvin	T	Syracuse
	Wiggins, Jermaine	TE	Georgia
	Willig, Matt	T	Southern California

Chicago	Lacina, Corbin	G	Augustana, S.D.
	Traylor, Keith	DT	Central Oklahoma
	Villarrial, Chris	G	Indiana, Pa.
	White, Dez	WR	Georgia Tech

Cincinnati	Beckett, Rogers	DB	Marshall
	Bennett, Brandon	RB	South Carolina
	Braham, Rich	G	West Virginia
	Goff, Mike	C	Iowa
	Matthews, Shane	QB	Florida
	O'Dwyer, Matt	G	Northwestern
	Roman, Mark	DB	Louisiana State
	Steele, Glen	DT	Michigan

Cleveland	Conway, Brett	K	Penn State
	Gardocki, Chris	P	Clemson
	Myers, Michael	DT	Alabama
	O'Hara, Shaun	G	Rutgers
	Rogers, Tyrone	DE	Alabama State
	Sanders, Lewis	DB	Maryland
	Stokes, Barry	T	Eastern Michigan

Dallas	Bates, Michael	RB	Arizona
	DiNapoli, Gennaro	C	Virginia Tech
	Edwards, Mario	DB	Florida State
	Ekuban, Ebenezer	DE	North Carolina

Denver	Berry, Bert	DE	Notre Dame
	Brockermeyer, Blake	T	Texas
	Burns, Keith	LB	Oklahoma State
	Cole, Chris	WR	Texas A&M
	Droughns, Reuben	RB	Oregon
	Gold, Ian	LB	Michigan
	Hape, Patrick	TE	Alabama
	McNeil, Ryan	DB	Miami
	Rutledge, Johnny	LB	Florida
	Spencer, Jimmy	DB	Florida
	Turner, Scott	DB	Illinois

Detroit	Beverly, Eric	G	Miami, O.
	Blaise, Kerlin	T	Miami
	Brown, Ray	G	Arkansas State
	Bryson, Shawn	RB	Tennessee
	Detmer, Ty	QB	Brigham Young
	Evans, Doug	DB	Louisiana Tech
	Gooch, Jeff	LB	Austin Peay
	Green, Barrett	LB	West Virginia
	Hall, James	DE	Michigan
	Jefferson, Shawn	WR	Central Florida
	Jett, John	P	East Carolina
	Pritchett, Kelvin	DT	Mississippi
	Smith, Otis	DB	Missouri
	Walker, Bracy	DB	North Carolina
	Williams, Brian	LB	Southern California

Green Bay	Bidwell, Josh	P	Oregon
	Edwards, Antuan	DB	Clemson
	Freeman, Antonio	WR	Virginia Tech
	Hawthorne, Michael	DB	Purdue
	Pederson, Doug	QB	Louisiana-Monroe
	Smith, Larry	DT	Florida State
	Spriggs, Marcus	T	Houston
	Walls, Wesley	TE	Mississippi

Houston	Comella, Greg	RB	Stanford
	Dennis, Pat	DB	Louisiana-Monroe
	Foley, Steve	LB	Louisiana-Monroe
	Herndon, Jimmy	T	Houston
	Lynch, Ben	C	California
	Mack, Stacey	RB	Temple
	Martin, Steve	DT	Missouri
	Quinn, Mike	QB	Stephen F. Austin
	Randall, Greg	T	Michigan State
	Sears, Corey	DE	Mississippi State
	Simmons, Jason	DB	Arizona State
	Washington, Todd	C	Virginia Tech

Indianapolis	Crosby, Cliff	DB	Maryland
	Dawson, JaJuan	WR	Tulane
	Macklin, David	DB	Penn State
	Mitchell, Pete	TE	Boston College
	Nelson, Jim	LB	Penn State
	Sauter, Cory	QB	Minnesota
	Washington, Marcus	LB	Auburn
	Wilkins, Terrence	WR	Virginia

Jacksonville	Bryant, Fernando	DB	Alabama
	Clark, Danny	LB	Illinois
	Jordan, Leander	T	Indiana, Pa.
	Nesbit, Jamar	G	South Carolina
	Royals, Mark	P	Appalachian State
	Trapp, James	DB	Clemson
	Williams, Sammy	T	Oklahoma
	Zelenka, Joe	C	Wake Forest

Kansas City	Bartee, William	DB	Oklahoma
	Dunn, Jason	TE	Eastern Kentucky
	Gammon, Kendall	TE	Pittsburg, Kan.
	Hicks, Eric	DE	Maryland
	Johnson, Darrius	DB	Oklahoma
	Quinn, Jonathan	QB	Middle Tennessee
	West, Lyle	DB	San Jose State
	Woods, Jerome	DB	Memphis

Miami	Ayanbadejo, Obafemi	RB	San Diego State
	Buckley, Terrell	DB	Florida State
	Burnett, Rob	DE	Syracuse
	Gadsden, Oronde	WR	Winston-Salem
	Hendricks, Tommy	LB	Michigan
	Nails, Jamie	G	Florida A&M
	Perry, Ed	TE	James Madison
	Rogers, Charlie	RB	Georgia Tech
	Turk, Matt	P	Wisconsin-Whitewater
	Wade, Todd	T	Mississippi
	Wooden, Shawn	DB	Notre Dame
	Wyrick, Jimmy	DB	Minnesota

Minnesota	Kleinsasser, Jim	TE	North Dakota
	Lindsay, Everett	T	Mississippi
	Robbins, Fred	DT	Wake Forest
	Withrow, Cory	C	Washington State

New England	Akins, Chris	DB	Arkansas-Pine Bluff
	Baxter, Fred	TE	Auburn
	Centers, Larry	RB	Stephen F. Austin
	Cherry, Je'Rod	DB	California
	Compton, Mike	G	West Virginia
	Davis, Don	LB	Kansas
	Faulk, Kevin	RB	Louisiana State
	Hamilton, Bobby	DE	Southern Mississippi
	Harris, Antwan	DB	Virginia
	Huard, Damon	QB	Washington
	Kinchen, Brian	TE	Louisiana State
	Lyle, Rick	DE	Missouri
	Pass, Patrick	RB	Georgia
	Pleasant, Anthony	DE	Tennessee State
	Smith, Antowain	RB	Houston
	Stokes, J.J.	WR	UCLA
	Walter, Ken	P	Kent State
	Ward, Dedric	WR	Northern Iowa
	Washington, Ted	DT	Louisville
	Woody, Damien	C	Boston College

New Orleans	Carter, Ki-Jana	RB	Penn State
	Folau, Spencer	T	Idaho
	Fontenot, Jerry	C	Texas A&M
	Green, Victor	DB	Akron
	McAfee, Fred	RB	Mississippi College
	Rasby, Walter	TE	Wake Forest
	Rodgers, Derrick	LB	Arizona State
	Sloan, David	TE	New Mexico
	Smith, Lamar	RB	Houston
	Smith, Terrelle	RB	Arizona State
	Thomas, Fred	DB	Tennessee-Martin

N.Y. Giants	Bober, Chris	C	Nebraska-Omaha
	Brown, Ralph	DB	Nebraska
	Charlton, Ike	DB	Virginia Tech
	Garrett, Jason	QB	Princeton
	Green, Ray	DB	South Carolina
	Griffin, Cornelius	DT	Alabama
	Harris, Johnnie	DB	Mississippi State
	Holmes, Kenny	DE	Miami
	Jones, Dhani	LB	Michigan
	McGee, Tony	TE	Michigan
	Serwanga, Kato	DB	California
	Short, Brandon	LB	Penn State
	Washington, Keith	DE	Nevada-Las Vegas

N.Y. Jets	Brien, Doug	K	California
	Lockett, Kevin	WR	Kansas State
	Machado, J.P.	C	Illinois
	McGlockton, Chester	DT	Clemson
	Smith, Brent	G	Mississippi State
	Stryzinski, Dan	P	Indiana

Oakland	Barton, Eric	LB	Maryland
	Bromell, Lorenzo	DE	Clemson
	Coleman, Roderick	DE	East Carolina
	Dorsett, Anthony	DB	Pittsburgh
	Garner, Charlie	RB	Tennessee
	Gilbert, Sean	DT	Pittsburgh
	Hetherington, Chris	RB	Yale
	Johnson, Eric	LB	Nebraska
	Johnson, Rob	QB	Southern California
	Mirer, Rick	QB	Notre Dame
	Santiago, O.J.	TE	Kent State
	Shaw, Terrance	DB	Stephen F. Austin
	Stinchcomb, Matt	C	Georgia
	Stubblefield, Dana	DT	Kansas

Philadelphia	Coleman, Marco	DE	Georgia Tech
	Emmons, Carlos	LB	Arkansas State
	Flanigan, Jim	DT	Notre Dame
	Grasmanis, Paul	DT	Notre Dame
	Staley, Duce	RB	South Carolina
	Taylor, Bobby	DB	Notre Dame
	Vincent, Troy	DB	Wisconsin
	Williams, Bobbie	G	Arkansas

Pittsburgh	Brooks, Barrett	T	Kansas State
	Clancy, Kendrick	DT	Mississippi
	Cushing, Matt	TE	Illinois
	Doering, Chris	WR	Florida
	Haggans, Clark	LB	Colorado State
	Kreider, Dan	RB	New Hampshire
	Logan, Mike	DB	West Virginia
	Schneck, Mike	C	Wisconsin

St. Louis	Cleeland, Cameron	TE	Washington
	Coady, Richard	DB	Texas A&M
	Covington, Scott	QB	Miami
	Landeta, Sean	P	Towson State
	Loverne, David	G	San Jose State
	Sehorn, Jason	DB	Southern California
	St. Clair, John	T	Virginia
	Weary, Fred	DB	Florida
	Wistrom, Grant	DE	Nebraska
	Young, Brian	DT	Texas-El Paso

San Diego	Bennett, Darren	P	No College
	Binn, David	C	California
	Christie, Steve	K	William & Mary
	Ellis, Ed	T	Buffalo, N.Y.
	Garmon, Kelvin	G	Baylor
	Hallen, Bob	C	Kent State
	Johnson, Leon	RB	North Carolina
	McIntosh, Damion	T	Kansas State
	Page, Solomon	G	West Virginia
	Salave'a, Joe	DT	Arizona
	Wilson, Jerry	DB	Southern U.

San Francisco	Ahanotu, Chidi	DE	California
	Engelberger, John	DE	Virginia Tech
	Gutierrez, Brock	C	Central Michigan
	Heard, Ronnie	DB	Mississippi
	Jennings, Brian	TE	Arizona State
	Keith, John	DB	Furman
	Kirschke, Travis	DT	UCLA
	Peterson, Todd	K	Georgia
	Plummer, Ahmed	DB	Ohio State
	Streets, Tai	WR	Michigan
	Weaver, Jed	TE	Oregon
	Webster, Jason	DB	Texas A&M

Seattle	Godfrey, Randall	LB	Georgia
	Jackson, Darrell	WR	Florida
	Kacyvenski, Isaiah	LB	Harvard
	King, Lamar	DE	Saginaw Valley
	Rouen, Tom	P	Colorado
	Springs, Shawn	DB	Ohio State
	Tongue, Reggie	DB	Oregon State
	Williams, Willie	DB	Western Carolina
	Woodard, Cedric	DT	Texas

Tampa Bay	Barlow, Reggie	WR	Alabama State
	Coleman, Cosey	G	Tennessee
	Dudley, Rickey	TE	Ohio State
	Gibson, David	DB	Southern California
	Green, Cornell	T	Central Florida
	Jones, Thomas	RB	Virginia
	King, Shaun	QB	Tulane
	Sapp, Warren	DT	Miami
	Stecker, Aaron	RB	Western Illinois
	Tupa, Tom	P	Ohio State
	Webster, Nate	LB	Miami
	Yoder, Todd	TE	Vanderbilt

Tennessee	Anderson, Gary	K	Syracuse
	Kearse, Jevon	DE	Florida
	Kinney, Erron	TE	Florida
	McGarrahan, Scott	DB	New Mexico
	O'Donnell, Neil	QB	Maryland
	Smith, Robaire	DT	Michigan State
	Volek, Billy	QB	Fresno State

Washington	Albright, Ethan	C	North Carolina
	Chase, Martin	DT	Oklahoma
	Flemister, Zeron	TE	Iowa
	Friedman, Lennie	C	Duke
	Holsey, Bernard	DT	Duke
	Johnson, Pat	WR	Oregon
	Mitchell, Kevin	LB	Syracuse
	Russell, Darrell	DT	Southern California
	Terrell, Daryl	G	Southern Mississippi
	Terrell, David	DB	Texas-El Paso
	Zellner, Peppi	DE	Fort Valley State

f) 35 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	Eason, Nijrell	DB		Arizona State
	Gramatica, Bill	K		South Florida
	Whiting, Teag	G		Brigham Young

Atlanta	Morgan, Dwayne	T		Clemson

Denver	Herndon, Steve	G	Georgia
	Leach, Mike	TE	William & Mary

Green Bay	Jackson, Bobby	DB	Illinois
	Walker, Rod	DT	Troy State

Houston	Lorenti, Chris	C	Central Florida

Indianapolis	Davenport, Joe Dean	TE	Arkansas
	Doering, Jason	DB	Wisconsin
	Thompson, Donnel	LB	Wisconsin
	Williams, Ricky	RB	Texas Tech

Jacksonville	Mills, Javor	DE	Auburn
	Tuipala, Joe	LB	San Diego State
	Westmoreland, Eric	LB	Tennessee

Minnesota	Araguz, Leo	P	Stephen F. Austin
	Avery, John	RB	Mississippi

New Orleans	Fenderson, James	RB	Hawaii

N.Y. Giants	Ferrara, Frank	DE	Rhode Island
	LeBlanc, Clarence	DB	Louisiana State
	Stephens, Reggie	DB	Rutgers

N. Y. Jets	Swayne, Kevin	WR	Wayne State, Neb.

Oakland	Nash, Keyon	DB	Albany State, Ga.

San Diego	Baker, Tim	WR	Texas Tech
	Brandt, David	G	Michigan
	Fox, Vernon	DB	Fresno State
	Gilliam, Dondre	WR	Millersville
	Keathley, Michael	G	Texas Christian
	Ross, Micah	WR	Jacksonville

San Francisco	Anthony, Cornelius	LB	Texas A&M
	Barlow, Kevan	RB	Pittsburgh
	Holman, Rashad	DB	Louisville
	LaFleur, Bill	P	Nebraska

Tampa Bay	Taylor, Tony	RB	Northwestern State, La.

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