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NFL-4 3/2/05

FREE AGENCY SIGNING PERIOD BEGINS; 483 PLAYERS BECOME FREE AGENTS

The National Football League today announced that 483 players are free agents who now can negotiate with all 32 clubs.

The free agents include 11 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 2005 was February 22.

2005 FRANCHISE & TRANSITION DESIGNATIONS

Franchise Players	Transition Players
DE John Abraham, NY Jets	TE Bubba Franks, Green Bay
RB Shaun Alexander, Seattle
QB Drew Brees, San Diego
DE Darren Howard, New Orleans
RB Edgerrin James, Indianapolis
RB Rudi Johnson, Cincinnati
T Orlando Pace, St. Louis
LB Julian Peterson, San Francisco
DT Corey Simon, Philadelphia
K Adam Vinatieri, New England
CB Charles Woodson, Oakland

In 2004, eight players were designated as franchise players and one as a transition player.

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 15, or a 20 percent increase over his 2004 salary, whichever is greater. Other clubs cannot negotiate with exclusive franchise players. No exclusive franchise players were 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 2004 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 22 and March 16 at 4:00 PM ET, the club retains its franchise player designation for the following league year. After March 16, 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 2005 retains franchise designation rights for 2006 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 2004 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 made a

June 1 tender to these players. Teams will have until the 10th week of the season (November 15) to sign their unrestricted veteran free agents to whom a tender was made on June 1. If the player does not sign by November 15, 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 15, 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 2) 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 15.

NFL FREE AGENCY MOVEMENT

(Veteran Free Agents Who Signed With New Teams)

Category	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Unrestricted	108	121	171	99	85	110	115	107	93	130	111	124
Restricted	8	7	6	4	2	4	2	4	4	1	5	1
Transition	4	4	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
Franchise	1	0	0	0	0	2	__0	__0	_0	__0	_0	0
TOTALS	121	132	179	105	89	117	118	111	97	131	117	126

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

a) 121 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 2005 NFL Draft. Offer sheets may be submitted to players in this category no later than 11:59 p.m., New York time, on April 15.

Club	Player	Pos.	College	First Refusal/ Compensation
Arizona	Harris, Quentin	DB	Syracuse	ROFR
	Kolodziej, Ross	DT	Wisconsin	7^th
	McCown, Josh	QB	Sam Houston State	1^st

Atlanta	Shaffer, Kevin	T	Tulsa	1^st

Baltimore	Demps, Will	DB	San Diego State	1^st
	Dinkins, Darnell	TE	Pittsburgh	ROFR
	Hymes, Randy	WR	Grambling	ROFR
	Jones, Terry	TE	Alabama	5^th
	Kemoeatu, Ma'ake	NT	Utah	1^st
	Scott, Bart	LB	Southern Illinois	ROFR
	Taylor, Chester	RB	Toledo	6^th
	Williams, Chad	DB	Southern Mississippi	6^th
	Zastudil, Dave	P	Ohio	4^th

Buffalo	Thomas, Kevin	DB	Nevada-Las Vegas	6^th

Carolina	Rasmussen, Kemp	DE	Indiana	ROFR
	Robertson, Jamal	RB	Ohio Northern	ROFR
	Wesley, Dante	DB	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	4^th
	Witherspoon, Will	LB	Georgia	1^st


Chicago	Edwards, Steve	G	Central Florida	ROFR
	Gilmore, John	TE	Penn State	6^th
	Gray, Bobby	DB	Louisiana Tech	5^th
	Metcalf, Terrence	G	Mississippi	3^rd
	Owens, John	TE	Notre Dame	5^th

Cincinnati	Bauman, Rashad	DB	Oregon	3^rd
	Myles, Reggie	DB	Alabama	ROFR
	Watson, Kenny	RB	Penn State	ROFR
	Wilkins, Marcus	LB	Texas	ROFR

Cleveland	Davis, Andra	LB	Florida	1^st
	Fowler, Melvin	C	Maryland	3^rd
	Heinrich, Keith	TE	Sam Houston State	6^th
	Taylor, Ben	LB	Virginia Tech	4^th

Dallas	Barnes, Darian	RB	Hampton	ROFR
	Cundiff, Billy	K	Drake	ROFR
	Hunter, Pete	DB	Virginia Union	5^th
	Vollers, Kurt	T	Notre Dame	ROFR
	Walter, Tyson	C	Ohio State	6th

Denver	Brandon, Sam	DB	Nevada-Las Vegas	4^th
	Davis, Dorsett	DT	Mississippi State	3^rd
	Herndon, Kelly	DB	Toledo	ROFR
	Palepoi, Anton	DE	Nevada-Las Vegas	2^nd
	Pope, Monsanto	DT	Virginia	7^th
	Putzier, Jeb	TE	Boise State	6^th
	Walls, Lenny	DB	Boston College	1^st

Detroit	Cash, Chris	DB	Southern California	6^th
	Drummond, Eddie	WR	Penn State	1^st
	Fox, Vernon	DB	Fresno State	ROFR
	Goodman, Andre'	DB	South Carolina	3^rd
	Rogers, Victor	T	Colorado	7^th

Green Bay	Barry, Kevin	T	Arizona	ROFR
	Davenport, Najeh	RB	Miami	4^th
	Kampman, Aaron	DE	Iowa	5^th
	Lenon, Paris	LB	Richmond	ROFR
	Nall, Craig	QB	Northwestern State, La.	5^th
	O'Sullivan, J.T.	QB	Cal-Davis	6^th

Houston	Baxter, Jarrod	RB	New Mexico	5^th
	Brown, Milford	G	Florida State	6^th
	Evans, Troy	LB	Cincinnati	ROFR
	Wells, Jonathan	RB	Ohio State	4th

Indianapolis	Brock, Raheem	DE	Temple	1^st
	Jefferson, Joseph	DB	Western Kentucky	3^rd
	Mungro, James	RB	Syracuse	ROFR
	Peko, Tupe	G	Michigan State	7^th
	Rogers, Nick	LB	Georgia Tech	6^th
	Thornton, David	LB	North Carolina	1^st

Jacksonville	Ayodele, Akin	LB	Purdue	3^rd
	Cooper, Deke	DB	Notre Dame	1^st

Kansas City	Boerigter, Marc	WR	Hastings	ROFR
	Fujita, Scott	LB	California	5^th
	Harts, Shaunard	DB	Boise State	7^th

Miami	McKinney, Seth	C	Texas A&M	3^rd
	Romero, Dario	DT	Eastern Washington	ROFR

Minnesota	Campbell, Kelly	WR	Georgia Tech	ROFR
	Hill, Shaun	QB	Maryland	ROFR
	Offord, Willie	DB	South Carolina	3^rd
	Russell, Brian	DB	San Diego State	ROFR
	Williams, Brian	DB	North Carolina State	1^st

New England	Ashworth, Tom	T	Colorado	1^st
	Givens, David	WR	Notre Dame	1^st
	Green, Jarvis	DE	Louisiana State	1^st
	Neal, Steve	G	Cal St.-Bakersfield	1^st

New Orleans	Knight, Roger	LB	Wisconsin	6^th
	Mitchell, Mel	DB	Western Kentucky	5^th

New York Giants	Brewer, Jack	DB	Minnesota	ROFR
	Greisen, Nick	LB	Wisconsin	5^th

New York Jets	Baker, Chris	TE	Michigan State	3^rd
	Carter, Jonathan	WR	Troy State	5^th
	Goodwin, Jonathan	C	Michigan	5^th

Oakland	Anderson, Marques	DB	UCLA	3^rd
	Johnson, Tim	LB	Youngstown State	ROFR

Philadelphia	Westbrook, Brian	RB	Villanova	1^st

Pittsburgh	Foote, Larry	LB	Michigan	1^st
	Haynes, Verron	RB	Georgia	5^th
	Hope, Chris	DB	Florida State	3^rd
	Keisel, Brett	DE	Brigham Young	7^th
	Mays, Lee	WR	Texas-El Paso	6^th
	Reed, Jeff	K	North Carolina	1^st

St. Louis	Goodspeed, Joey	RB	Notre Dame	ROFR
	Looker, Dane	WR	Washington	ROFR
	Massey, Chris	RB	Marshall	7^th

San Diego	Chatman, Jesse	RB	Eastern Washington	1^st
	Peelle, Justin	TE	Oregon	1^st
	Scott, DeQuincy	DE	Southern Mississippi	ROFR

San Francisco	Heitmann, Eric	G	Stanford	7^th
	Kosier, Kyle	G	Arizona State	7^th
	Moore, Brandon	LB	Oklahoma	ROFR
	Rasheed, Saleem	LB	Alabama	3^rd

Seattle	Bernard, Rocky	DT	Texas A&M	5^th
	Bierria, Terreal	DB	Georgia	4^th
	Hannam, Ryan	TE	Northern Iowa	5^th
	Manuel, Marquand	DB	Florida	6^th
	Richard, Kris	DB	Southern California	3^rd

Tampa Bay	Nece, Ryan	LB	UCLA	ROFR


Tennessee	Calmus, Rocky	LB	Oklahoma	3^rd
	Hall, Carlos	DE	Arkansas	7^th
	Hartwig, Justin	C	Kansas	1^st
	Kassell, Brad	LB	North Texas	ROFR
	Thompson, Lamont	DB	Washington State	2^nd

Washington	Cartwright, Rock	RB	Kansas State	7^th
	Evans, Demetric	DE	Georgia	ROFR
	Hasselbeck, Tim	QB	Boston College	ROFR
	Lott, Andre	DB	Tennessee	5^th

b) 11 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 2005 and 2006 NFL Drafts (or 2007, if applicable).

Club	Player	Pos.	College
Cincinnati	Johnson, Rudi	RB	Auburn

Indianapolis	James, Edgerrin	RB	Miami

New England	Vinatieri, Adam	K	South Dakota State

New Orleans	Howard, Darren	DE	Kansas State

New York Jets	Abraham, John	DE	South Carolina

Oakland	Woodson, Charles	DB	Michigan

Philadelphia	Simon, Corey	DT	Florida State

St. Louis	Pace, Orlando	T	Ohio State

San Diego	Brees, Drew	QB	Purdue

San Francisco	Peterson, Julian	LB	Michigan State

Seattle	Alexander, Shaun	RB	Alabama

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
Green Bay	Franks, Bubba	TE	Miami

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
Tennessee	Thomas, Juqua	DE	Oklahoma State

e) 312 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	Hambrick, Troy	RB	Savannah State
	Hill, Renaldo	DB	Michigan State
	Jones, Freddie	TE	North Carolina
	McKinnon, Ronald	LB	North Alabama
	Spikes, Cameron	G	Texas A&M
	Stone, Michael	DB	Memphis
	Tate, Robert	DB	Cincinnati
	Vanden Bosch, Kyle	DE	Nebraska
	Zellner, Peppi	DE	Fort Valley State

Atlanta	Beasley, Aaron	DB	West Virginia
	Carpenter, Keion	DB	Virginia Tech
	Detmer, Ty	QB	Brigham Young
	Duncan, Jamie	LB	Vanderbilt
	Feely, Jay	K	Michigan
	Garza, Roberto	C	Texas A&M-Kingsville
	Herndon, Steve	G	Georgia
	Johnson, Eric	LB	Nebraska
	Mathis, Kevin	DB	Texas A&M-Commerce
	McCrary, Fred	RB	Mississippi State
	Pritchett, Stanley	RB	South Carolina
	Riley, Karon	DE	Minnesota
	Rossum, Allen	DB	Notre Dame
	Stewart, Matt	LB	Vanderbilt
	Ulmer, Artie	LB	Valdosta State

Baltimore	Anderson, Bennie	G	Tennessee State
	Baxter, Gary	DB	Baylor
	Brooks, Ethan	T	Williams
	Douglas, Marques	DE	Howard
	Hartwell, Edgerton	LB	Western Illinois
	Maese, Joe	C	New Mexico
	Rabach, Casey	C	Wisconsin
	Richey, Wade	K	Louisiana State
	Sanders, Deion	DB	Florida State
	Slaughter, T.J.	LB	Southern Mississippi
	Stewart, Kordell	QB	Colorado
	Taylor, Travis	WR	Florida
	Walls, Raymond	DB	Southern Mississippi
	White, Jamel	RB	South Dakota

Buffalo	Banta, Bradford	TE	Southern California
	Jennings, Jonas	T	Georgia
	Matthews, Shane	QB	Florida
	Neufeld, Ryan	TE	UCLA
	Price, Marcus	T	Louisiana State
	Reese, Izell	DB	Ala.-Birmingham
	Williams, Pat	DT	Texas A&M

Carolina	Allen, Brian	LB	Florida State
	Armstead, Jessie	LB	Miami
	Bennett, Brandon	RB	South Carolina
	Fields, Mark	LB	Washington State
	Fuller, Curtis	DB	Texas Christian
	Hankton, Karl	WR	Trinity, Ill.
	Pittman, Kavika	DE	McNeese State
	Richardson, Damien	DB	Arizona State
	Tillman, Travares	DB	Georgia Tech
	Tylski, Rich	G	Utah State
	Willig, Matt	T	Southern California

Chicago	George, Jeff	QB	Illinois
	Gibson, Aaron	T	Wisconsin
	McMillon, Todd	DB	Northern Arizona
	Thomas, Anthony	RB	Michigan

Cincinnati	Braham, Rich	C	West Virginia
	Chamberlin, Frank	LB	Boston College
	Fontenot, Jerry	C	Texas A&M
	Houshmandzadeh, T.J.	WR	Oregon State
	Mitchell, Anthony	DB	Tuskegee
	Powell, Carl	DE	Louisville
	Richardson, Kyle	P	Arkansas State
	Williams, Tony	DT	Memphis

Cleveland	Cook, Damion	G	Bethune-Cookman
	Gardner, Barry	LB	Northwestern
	Henry, Anthony	DB	South Florida
	Holcomb, Kelly	QB	Middle Tennessee
	Holdman, Warrick	LB	Texas A&M
	King, Andre	WR	Miami
	Rogers, Tyrone	DE	Alabama State
	Sanders, Lewis	DB	Maryland
	Westmoreland, Eric	LB	Tennessee
	Zukauskas, Paul	G	Boston College

Dallas	Carson, Leonardo	DT	Auburn
	Claybrooks, Devone	DT	East Carolina
	Dixon, Tony	DB	Alabama
	George, Eddie	RB	Ohio State
	Scott, Lynn	DB	N.W. Oklahoma
	Testaverde, Vinny	QB	Miami

Denver	Baker, Jason	P	Iowa
	Carlisle, Cooper	G	Florida
	Coleman, Marco	DE	Georgia Tech
	Elliss, Luther	DT	Utah
	Hamilton, Ben	G	Minnesota
	Hape, Patrick	TE	Alabama
	Hayward, Reggie	DE	Iowa State
	Hearst, Garrison	RB	Georgia
	Johnson, Ellis	NT	Florida
	Kennedy, Kenoy	DB	Arkansas
	Leach, Mike	TE	William & Mary
	Spragan, Donnie	LB	Stanford

Detroit	Alexander, Stephen	TE	Oklahoma
	Bell, Marcus	DT	Memphis
	McDougle, Stockar	T	Oklahoma
	McMahon, Mike	QB	Rutgers
	Mirer, Rick	QB	Notre Dame
	Pritchett, Kelvin	DT	Mississippi
	Rainer, Wali	LB	Virginia
	Raiola, Dominic	C	Nebraska
	Sidney, Dainon	DB	Ala.-Birmingham
	Streets, Tai	WR	Michigan
	Swinton, Reginald	WR	Murray State
	Trejo, Stephen	RB	Arizona State
	Walker, Bracy	DB	North Carolina

Green Bay	Barker, Bryan	P	Santa Clara
	Bedell, Brad	T	Colorado
	Jue, Bhawoh	DB	Penn State
	Marshall, Torrance	LB	Oklahoma
	Martin, David	TE	Tennessee
	Navies, Hannibal	LB	Colorado
	Pederson, Doug	QB	Louisiana-Monroe
	Rivera, Marco	G	Penn State

Houston	Banks, Tony	QB	Michigan State
	Bell, Jason	DB	UCLA
	Bell, Marcus	LB	Arizona
	Bradford, Corey	WR	Jackson State
	DeLoach, Jerry	NT	California
	McCree, Marlon	DB	Kentucky
	Norris, Moran	RB	Kansas
	Payne, Seth	NT	Cornell
	Sears, Corey	DE	Mississippi State
	Simmons, Jason	DB	Arizona State
	Spears, Marcus	T	Northwestern State, La.
	Wright, Kenny	DB	Northwestern State, La.

Indianapolis	Bashir, Idrees	DB	Memphis
	Bird, Cory	DB	Virginia Tech
	Brown, Travis	QB	Northern Arizona
	DeMulling, Rick	G	Idaho
	Gramatica, Martin	K	Kansas State
	Harper, Nicholas	DB	Fort Valley State
	Morris, Rob	LB	Brigham Young
	Nelson, Jim	LB	Penn State
	Walters, Troy	WR	Stanford

Jacksonville	Edwards, Troy	WR	Louisiana Tech
	Fuamatu-Ma'afala, Chris	RB	Utah
	Gildon, Jason	LB	Oklahoma State
	Whitfield, Bob	T	Stanford
	Zelenka, Joe	TE	Wake Forest

Kansas City	Beisel, Monty	LB	Kansas State
	Blaylock, Derrick	RB	Stephen F. Austin
	Caver, Quinton	LB	Arkansas
	Gammon, Kendall	TE	Pittsburg, Kan.
	Jones, Fred	LB	Colorado

Miami	Garrett, Jason	QB	Princeton
	Greenwood, Morlon	LB	Syracuse
	Knight, Sammy	DB	Southern California
	Minor, Travis	RB	Florida State
	Perry, Ed	TE	James Madison
	Robinson, Bryan	DT	Fresno State
	Rosenfels, Sage	QB	Iowa State
	Wyrick, Jimmy	DB	Minnesota

Minnesota	Andersen, Morten	K	Michigan State
	Claiborne, Chris	LB	Southern California
	Conaty, Billy	C	Virginia Tech
	Dixon, David	G	Arizona State
	Frerotte, Gus	QB	Tulsa
	Hovan, Chris	DT	Boston College
	Newman, Keith	LB	North Carolina
	Wiggins, Jermaine	TE	Georgia

New England	Abdullah, Rabih	RB	Lehigh
	Andruzzi, Joe	G	Southern Connecticut
	Brown, Troy	WR	Marshall
	Cherry, Je'Rod	DB	California
	Davis, Don	LB	Kansas
	Kasper, Kevin	WR	Iowa
	Klemm, Adrian	T	Hawaii
	Miller, Jim	QB	Michigan State
	Pass, Patrick	RB	Georgia
	Patten, David	WR	Western Carolina

New Orleans	Bryant, Tony	DE	Florida State
	Craft, Jason	DB	Colorado State
	Gleason, Steve	DB	Washington State
	Hall, Lamont	TE	Clemson
	Hodge, Sedrick	LB	North Carolina
	McAfee, Fred	RB	Mississippi College
	Montgomery, Delmonico	DB	Houston
	Riley, Victor	T	Auburn
	Smith, Darrin	LB	Miami
	Smith, Kenny	DT	Alabama

New York Giants	Christie, Steve	K	William & Mary
	Cloud, Michael	RB	Boston College
	Dayne, Ron	RB	Wisconsin
	Ellis, Ed	T	Buffalo, N.Y.
	Finn, Jim	RB	Pennsylvania
	Legree, Lance	DT	Notre Dame
	Palmer, Jesse	QB	Florida
	Rivers, Marcellus	TE	Oklahoma State
	Upshaw, Regan	DE	California
	Warner, Kurt	QB	Northern Iowa
	Wiley, Chuck	DE	Louisiana State

New York Jets	Becht, Anthony	TE	West Virginia
	Buckley, Terrell	DB	Florida State
	Carter, Quincy	QB	Georgia
	Evans, Josh	DT	Ala.-Birmingham
	Ferguson, Jason	NT	Georgia
	Glenn, Jason	LB	Texas A&M
	Gowin, Toby	P	North Texas
	Jordan, LaMont	RB	Maryland
	McKenzie, Kareem	T	Penn State
	Reed, James	NT	Iowa State
	Wright, Kenyatta	LB	Oklahoma State

Oakland	Cooper, Jarrod	DB	Kansas State
	Hamilton, Bobby	DE	Southern Mississippi
	Hetherington, Chris	RB	Yale
	Redmond, J.R.	RB	Arizona State
	Terrell, David	DB	Texas-El Paso
	Zereoue, Amos	RB	West Virginia

Philadelphia	Adams, Keith	LB	Clemson
	Blake, Jeff	QB	East Carolina
	Buckhalter, Correll	RB	Nebraska
	Burgess, Derrick	DE	Mississippi
	Douglas, Hugh	DE	Central State, Ohio
	Levens, Dorsey	RB	Georgia Tech
	Lewis, Chad	TE	Brigham Young
	Mayberry, Jermane	G	Texas A&M-Kingsville
	Reese, Ike	LB	Michigan State
	Ritchie, Jon	RB	Stanford
	Thomason, Jeff	TE	Oregon
	Trotter, Jeremiah	LB	Stephen F. Austin

Pittsburgh	Batch, Charlie	QB	Eastern Michigan
	Battles, Ainsley	DB	Vanderbilt
	Bell, Kendrell	LB	Georgia
	Brooks, Barrett	T	Kansas State
	Burress, Plaxico	WR	Michigan State
	Carter, Tyrone	DB	Minnesota
	Clancy, Kendrick	NT	Mississippi
	Cushing, Matt	TE	Illinois
	Rasby, Walter	TE	Wake Forest
	Ross, Oliver	T	Iowa State
	Vincent, Keydrick	G	Mississippi
	Williams, Willie	DB	Western Carolina

St. Louis	Alford, Darnell	G	Boston College
	Bronson, Zack	DB	McNeese State
	Cleeland, Cameron	TE	Washington
	Coady, Richard	DB	Texas A&M
	Dishman, Chris	G	Nebraska
	Edwards, Antuan	DB	Clemson
	Fisher, Bryce	DE	Air Force
	Flowers, Erik	DE	Arizona State
	Lehr, Matt	G	Virginia Tech
	Martin, Jamie	QB	Weber State
	Nutten, Tom	G	Western Michigan
	Polley, Tommy	LB	Florida State
	Williams, Aeneas	DB	Southern U.

San Diego	Downing, Eric	DT	Syracuse
	Hallen, Bob	G	Kent State
	Moreno, Zeke	LB	Southern California
	Polk, Carlos	LB	Nebraska
	Shaw, Bobby	WR	California
	Wilson, Jerry	DB	Southern U.

San Francisco	Bush, Steve	TE	Arizona State
	Conway, Curtis	WR	Southern California
	Cooper, Chris	DT	Nebraska-Omaha
	Gutierrez, Brock	C	Central Michigan
	Heard, Ronnie	DB	Mississippi
	Jackson, Terry	RB	Florida
	Peterson, Todd	K	Georgia
	Williams, Jimmy	DB	Vanderbilt
	Wilson, Cedrick	WR	Tennessee

Seattle	Bannister, Alex	WR	Eastern Kentucky
	Evans, Heath	RB	Auburn
	Gray, Chris	G	Auburn
	Huard, Brock	QB	Washington
	Huff, Orlando	LB	Fresno State
	Lucas, Ken	DB	Mississippi
	Mili, Itula	TE	Brigham Young
	Mitchell, Brandon	DE	Texas A&M
	Okeafor, Chike	DE	Purdue
	Rouen, Tom	P	Colorado
	Tobeck, Robbie	C	Washington State
	Walter, Ken	P	Kent State
	Womack, Floyd	T	Mississippi State


Tampa Bay	Ahanotu, Chidi	DE	California
	Brown, Tim	WR	Notre Dame
	Burns, Keith	LB	Oklahoma State
	Coleman, Cosey	G	Tennessee
	Comella, Greg	RB	Stanford
	Cook, Jameel	RB	Illinois
	Darby, Chartric	DT	South Carolina State
	Dilger, Ken	TE	Illinois
	Dudley, Rickey	TE	Ohio State
	Galloway, Joey	WR	Ohio State
	Howell, John	DB	Colorado State
	Jackson, Dexter	DB	Florida State
	Lee, Charles	WR	Central Florida
	Moore, Dave	TE	Pittsburgh
	O'Dwyer, Matt	G	Northwestern
	Smith, Dwight	DB	Akron

Tennessee	Anderson, Gary	K	Syracuse
	Berlin, Eddie	WR	Northern Iowa
	Dyson, Andre	DB	Utah
	Johnson, Doug	QB	Florida
	Mathews, Jason	T	Texas A&M
	McGarrahan, Scott	DB	New Mexico
	Meier, Shad	TE	Kansas State
	Smith, Antowain	RB	Houston

Washington	Albright, Ethan	C	North Carolina
	Brown, Ray	G	Arkansas State
	Dennis, Pat	DB	Louisiana-Monroe
	Doering, Jason	DB	Wisconsin
	Jones, Kenyatta	T	South Florida
	Killings, Cedric	NT	Carson-Newman
	Kozlowski, Brian	RB	Connecticut
	Pierce, Antonio	LB	Arizona
	Salave'a, Joe	DT	Arizona
	Sellers, Michael	RB	Walla Walla CC
	Smoot, Fred	DB	Mississippi State

f) 37 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	Anderson, Damien	RB	Northwestern
	Poole, Nate	WR	Marshall

Atlanta	Layne, George	RB	Texas Christian
	Moore, Michael	G	Troy State
	Robinson, Travaris	DB	Auburn

Buffalo	Burns, Joe	RB	Georgia Tech
	Pucillo, Mike	G	Auburn

Cleveland	Bentley, Kevin	LB	Northwestern
	Gonzalez, Joaquin	T	Miami

Detroit	Babers, Roderick	DB	Texas
	Echols, Mike	DB	Wisconsin

Green Bay	Davis, Shockmain	WR	Angelo State

Houston	O'Sullivan, Dennis	C	Tulane

Indianapolis	Venzke, Patrick	T	Idaho

Jacksonville	Leonard, Matt	DT	Stanford
	Patterson, Elton	DE	Central Florida

Kansas City	Easy, Omar	RB	Penn State

Minnesota	Cortez, Jose	K	Oregon State
	Haayer, Adam	T	Minnesota

New York Giants	Mallard, Wesly	LB	Oregon

New York Jets	Harper, Alan	NT	Fresno State

Oakland	Downs, Chris	RB	Maryland

Philadelphia	Allen, Ian	T	Purdue

St. Louis	Loyd, Jeremy	LB	Iowa State

San Diego	Brandt, David	C	Michigan

San Francisco	Davis, Jerome	T	Minnesota
	Doman, Brandon	QB	Brigham Young
	Isom, Jasen	RB	Western Illinois
	Stewart, Daleroy	DT	Southern Mississippi

Seattle	Randall, Curtis	LB	Louisiana Tech

Tampa Bay	Ivy, Corey	DB	Oklahoma
	Murphy, Frank	WR	Kansas State

Tennessee	Ena, Justin	LB	Brigham Young
	Hill, Darrell	WR	Northern Illinois
	Kramer, Jordan	LB	Idaho
	McAddley, Jason	WR	Alabama

Washington	Franz, Todd	DB	Tulsa

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