FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NFL-7
3/26/01
A total of 31 compensatory choices in the 2001 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 a 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 31 compensatory choices announced today will supplement the 215 choices in the regular seven rounds of the 2001 NFL Draft. 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 (Kansas City) will receive a compensatory pick even though it did not suffer a net loss of compensatory free agents. Under the formula, the compensatory free agents Kansas City lost were ranked higher than the ones they signed by a specified point differential.
The following 2001 draft picks have been approved by the NFL Management Council Executive Committee:
ROUND |
OVERALL SELECTION |
TEAM |
3 |
93 |
Dallas |
3 |
94 |
Jacksonville |
3 |
95 |
Buffalo |
4 |
127 |
Seattle |
4 |
128 |
Seattle |
4 |
129 |
St. Louis |
4 |
130 |
Minnesota |
4 |
131 |
Minnesota |
5 |
162 |
NY Giants |
5 |
163 |
New England |
6 |
195 |
Buffalo |
6 |
196 |
Buffalo |
6 |
197 |
St. Louis |
6 |
198 |
Green Bay |
6 |
199 |
Tennessee |
6 |
200 |
New England |
7 |
232 |
Tennessee |
7 |
233 |
Jacksonville |
7 |
234 |
Tampa Bay |
7 |
235 |
Jacksonville |
7 |
236 |
Atlanta |
7 |
237 |
Seattle |
7 |
238 |
Buffalo |
7 |
239 |
New England |
7 |
240 |
Dallas |
7 |
241 |
Jacksonville |
7 |
242 |
Dallas |
7 |
243 |
Kansas City |
7 |
244 |
San Diego |
7 |
245 |
Cleveland |
7 |
246 |
Arizona |
Picks 244-246 are non-compensatory picks (based on the draft-order formula) to fulfill the number of draft choices permitted by agreement with the NFL Players Association in the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Following are the compensatory free agents lost and signed by the clubs that will receive compensatory picks in the 2001 NFL Draft (April 21-22):
| ATLANTA | Lost: | Lester Archambeau, Craig Sauer, Chuck Smith, Robbie Tobeck |
| Signed: | Ashley Ambrose, Shawn Jefferson, Brady Smith | |
| BUFFALO | Lost: | Sean Moran, Kurt Schulz, Thomas Smith, Dusty Zeigler |
| DALLAS | Lost: | Eric Bjornson, Jason Garrett, Randall Godfrey, Lemanski Hall, Tom Myslinski, Kavika Pittman |
| Signed: | Joe Bowden, Jackie Harris, Ryan McNeil | |
| GREEN BAY | Lost: | Vaughn Booker, Keith McKenzie |
| Signed: | John Thierry | |
| JACKSONVILLE | Lost: | Jay Fiedler, James Stewart, Dave Thomas, Rich Tylski, Regan Upshaw |
| Signed: | Hardy Nickerson | |
| KANSAS CITY | Lost: | Tom Barndt, Joe Horn, Glenn Parker, Reggie Tongue |
| Signed: | Duane Clemons, Kendall Gammon, Steve Martin, Todd Sauerbrun, | |
| MINNESOTA | Lost: | Jeff Christy, Duane Clemons, Jeff George, Jimmy Hitchcock |
| Signed: | Lemanski Hall, Craig Sauer | |
| NEW ENGLAND | Lost: | Heath Irwin, Steve Israel, Shawn Jefferson, Marty Moore, Chris Sullivan |
| Signed: | Eric Bjornson, Grant Williams | |
| NY GIANTS | Lost: | Cary Blanchard, Percy Ellsworth, Scott Galyon, Bernard Holsey, Roman Oben |
| Signed: | Jason Garrett, Glenn Parker, Dave Thomas, Dusty Zeigler | |
| ST. LOUIS | Lost: | Mike Gruttadauria, Fred Miller, Jay Williams |
| Signed: | Sean Moran | |
| SEATTLE | Lost: | Sam Adams, Phillip Daniels, Fred Thomas, Brian Walker, Grant Williams, |
| Signed: | Robbie Tobeck, Reggie Tongue | |
| TAMPA BAY | Lost: | Trent Dilfer, Hardy Nickerson |
| Signed: | Jeff Christy | |
| TENNESSEE | Lost: | Joe Bowden, Anthony Dorsett, Jackie Harris, Jon Runyan |
| Signed: | Randall Godfrey, Fred Miller |
TOTAL 2001 NFL COMPENSATORY DRAFT PICKS
| Buffalo | -- | 4 |
| Jacksonville | -- | 4 |
| Dallas | -- | 3 |
| New England | -- | 3 |
| Seattle | -- | 3 |
| Minnesota | -- | 2 |
| St. Louis | -- | 2 |
| Tennessee | -- | 2 |
| Arizona | -- | 1 |
| Atlanta | -- | 1 |
| Cleveland | -- | 1 |
| Green Bay | -- | 1 |
| Kansas City | -- | 1 |
| NY Giants | -- | 1 |
| San Diego | -- | 1 |
| Tampa Bay | -- | 1 |
| TOTAL | -- | 31 |
NFL CLUBS WITH MOST COMPENSATORY DRAFT PICKS, 1993-2001 *
| Dallas | -- | 21 |
| Buffalo | -- | 16 |
| Green Bay | -- | 16 |
| Pittsburgh | -- | 13 |
| Arizona | -- | 12 |
| Philadelphia | -- | 12 |
| Minnesota | -- | 11 |
| Jacksonville | -- | 10 |
| New England | -- | 10 |
| Kansas City | -- | 9 |
| NY Giants | -- | 9 |
| Tennessee | -- | 8 |
| Detroit | -- | 7 |
| San Diego | -- | 7 |
| Chicago | -- | 6 |
| Miami | -- | 6 |
| New Orleans | -- | 6 |
| St. Louis | -- | 6 |
| Seattle | -- | 6 |
| Baltimore | -- | 5 |
| Tampa Bay | -- | 5 |
| Washington | -- | 5 |
* 1993 was first year that compensatory draft choices were awarded.