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NFL-7 3/1/02

FREE AGENCY SIGNING PERIOD BEGINS; 451 PLAYERS BECOME FREE AGENTS

The National Football League today announced that 451 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. No “transition” players were designated this year. Franchise and transition players are special categories for restricted and unrestricted free agents. The deadline for making these designations for 2002 was February 21.

2002 FRANCHISE PLAYER DESIGNATIONS

Franchise Players	Team
T Flozell Adams	Dallas
K Jason Elam	Denver
T Tarik Glenn	Indianapolis
TE Tony Gonzalez *	Kansas City
T Walter Jones	Seattle
S Kwamie Lassiter	Arizona
LB Jeremiah Trotter	Philadelphia
K Adam Vinatieri	New England
* Exclusive

In 2001, four 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 playerby 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 2001 salary, whichever is greater. No other clubs can negotiate with exclusive franchise players. This year, tight end TONY GONZALEZ of Kansas City was the only player who was designated as an exclusive franchise player. The second type of franchise player is offered a minimum of the average of the top five salaries at his position in the 2001 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. Under a new rule agreed to this year by the NFL Management Council and the NFL Players Association, if a designated franchise player signs a multiyear contract with the designating club between February 22 and March 15 at 4:00 PM ET, the club retains its franchise player designation for the following league year. After March 15, 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 2002 retains franchise designation rights for 2003 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 2001 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 12) to sign their unrestricted veteran free agents to whom a tender was made on June 1. If the player does not sign by November 12, 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 1) 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
Unrestricted	108	121	171	99	85	110	115	107	93
Restricted	8	7	6	4	2	4	2	4	4
Transition	4	4	2	2	2	1	1	0	0
Franchise	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
TOTALS	121	132	179	105	89	117	118	111	97

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

a) 104 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 2002 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	Burke, Tom	DE	Wisconsin	3^rd
	Greisen, Chris	QB	N.W. Missouri	7^th
	Makovicka, Joel	RB	Nebraska	4^th
	McKinley, Dennis	RB	Mississippi State	6^th
	Rhinehart, Jacoby	DB	Southern Methodist	6^th

Atlanta	Draft, Chris	LB	Stanford	6^th
	Kelly, Jeff	LB	Kansas State	6^th
	McClure, Todd	C	Louisiana State	7^th

Baltimore	Mulitalo, Edwin	G	Arizona	1^st
	Stokley, Brandon	WR	Louisiana-Lafayette	4^th

Buffalo	Bryson, Shawn	RB	Tennessee	3^rd
	Foreman, Jay	LB	Nebraska	5^th
	Jackson, Sheldon	TE	Nebraska	7^th
	Newman, Keith	LB	North Carolina	4^th
	Prioleau, Pierson	DB	Virginia Tech	4^th
	Watson, Chris	DB	Eastern Illinois	3^rd

Carolina	Navies, Hannibal	LB	Colorado	4^th
	Nesbit, Jamar	C	South Carolina	1^st


Chicago		Bates, D'Wayne	WR	Northwestern	ROFR
		Booker, Marty	WR	Louisiana-Monroe	1^st
		Colvin, Rosevelt	LB	Purdue	1^st
		Holdman, Warrick	LB	Texas A&M	ROFR
		Tucker, Rex	G	Texas A&M	1st

Cincinnati		Armour, JuJuan	DB	Miami, O.	7^th
		Hall, Cory	DB	Fresno State	3^rd
		Williams, Nick	TE	Miami	5^th

Cleveland		Akins, Chris	DB	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	7^th
		Chanoine, Roger	T	Temple	ROFR
		Dawson, Phil	K	Texas	ROFR
		McCutcheon, Daylon	DB	Southern California	3^rd
		Miller, Arnold	DE	Louisiana State	ROFR
		Rainer, Wali	LB	Virginia	4^th
		Smith, Marquis	DB	California	3^rd
		Spriggs, Marcus	DT	Troy State	6^th

Dallas		Chiaverini, Darrin	WR	Colorado	5^th
		Fricke, Ben	C	Houston	ROFR
		Hawthorne, Duane	DB	Northern Illinois	ROFR
		Lucky, Mike	TE	Arizona	7^th
		Nguyen, Dat	LB	Texas A&M	1^st
		Noble, Brandon	DT	Penn State	1^st

Denver		Clark, Desmond	TE	Wake Forest	1^st
		Gary, Olandis	RB	Georgia	4^th

Detroit		DeVries, Jared	DE	Iowa	3^rd
		Kriewaldt, Clint	LB	Wis.-Stevens Point	6^th

Green Bay		Driver, Donald	WR	Alcorn State	7^th
		Hunt, Cletidus	T	Kentucky State	3^rd
	McBride, Tod		DB	UCLA	ROFR

Houston	Rogers, Charlie		RB	Georgia Tech	5^th
	Schau, Ryan		T	Illinois	ROFR
	Young, Ryan		T	Kansas State	1^st

Indianapolis	Nwokorie, Chukie		DE	Purdue	ROFR
	Saturday, Jeff		C	North Carolina	1^st
	Scioli, Brad		DE	Penn State	5^th
	Smith, Hunter		P	Notre Dame	7^th
	Sword, Sam		LB	Michigan	ROFR
	Wilkins, Terrence		WR	Virginia	ROFR

Jacksonville	Craft, Jason		DB	Colorado State	5^th
	Mack, Stacey		RB	Temple	ROFR

Kansas City	Atkins, Larry		LB	UCLA	3^rd
	Jones, Willie		T	Grambling	ROFR
	Maslowski, Mike		LB	Wisconsin-LaCrosse	ROFR
	Stills, Gary		LB	West Virginia	3^rd

Miami	Weaver, Jed		TE	Oregon	7th

Minnesota	Nelson, Jim		LB	Penn State	ROFR
	Sawyer, Talance		DE	Nevada-Las Vegas	6^th
	Wright, Kenny		DB	N.W. Louisiana	4^th

New England	Ruegamer, Grey		C	Arizona State	3^rd

New Orleans	Delhomme, Jake		QB	Louisiana-Lafayette	ROFR
	Hall, Lamont		TE	Clemson	ROFR
	Terrell, Daryl		T	Southern Mississippi	ROFR
	Whitehead, Willie		DE	Auburn	ROFR

N.Y. Giants	Campbell, Dan		TE	Texas A&M	3^rd
	Rosenthal, Mike		G	Notre Dame	5^th
	Whittle, Jason		G	S.W. Missouri	ROFR

N.Y. Jets	Loverne, David		G	San Jose State	3^rd
	Yeast, Craig		WR	Kentucky	4^th

Philadelphia	Brown, Na		WR	North Carolina	4^th
	Brzezinski, Doug		G	Boston College	3^rd
	Cook, Rashard		DB	South Carolina	6^th
	Martin, Cecil		RB	Wisconsin	6^th

Pittsburgh	Brown, Kris		K	Nebraska	7^th
	Cushing, Matt		TE	Illinois	ROFR
	Porter, Joey		LB	Colorado State	1^st
	Ross, Oliver		T	Iowa State	5^th
	Schneck, Mike		C	Wisconsin	ROFR
	Smith, Aaron		DE	Northern Colorado	1^st
	Tuman, Jerame		TE	Michigan	5^th
	Zeroue, Amos		RB	West Virginia	1^st

San Diego	Dingle, Adrian		DE	Clemson	5^th
	Heiden, Steve		TE	South Dakota State	3^rd
	Perry, Jason		DB	North Carolina State	4^th
	Ruff, Orlando		LB	Furman	ROFR

San Francisco	Jackson, Terry		RB	Florida	5^th
	Okeafor, Chike		DE	Purdue	3^rd

Seattle	Cochran, Antonio		DE	Georgia	4^th
	Huard, Brock		QB	Washington	3^rd
	Miranda, Paul		DB	Central Florida	4^th
	Terry, Tim		LB	Temple	ROFR
	Wedderburn, Floyd		T	Penn State	5^th

St. Louis	Hodgins, James		RB	San Jose State	ROFR
	Spikes, Cameron		G	Texas A&M	5^th

Tampa Bay	Jackson, Dexter		DB	Florida State	4^th

Tennessee	Thornton, John		DT	West Virginia	2^nd

Washington	Thompson, Derrius		WR	Baylor	ROFR

b) 7 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 2002 and 2003 NFL Drafts (or 2004, if applicable).

Club	Player	Pos.	College
Arizona	Lassiter, Kwamie	DB	Kansas

Dallas	Adams, Flozell	T	Michigan State

Denver	Elam, Jason	K	Hawaii

Indianapolis	Glenn, Tarik	T	California

New England	Vinatieri, Adam	K	South Dakota State

Philadelphia	Trotter, Jeremiah	LB	Stephen F. Austin

Seattle	Jones, Walter	T	Florida State

c) 1 player with three or more accrued seasons has been designated as an exclusive franchise player. The old club retains exclusive negotiating rights to the player listed below.

Club	Player	Pos.	College
Kansas City	Gonzalez, Tony	TE	California

d) 295 players with four or more accrued seasons are unrestricted free agents. The players in this category may be signed by any club in the league 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	Blanchard, Cary	K	Oklahoma State
	Brown, Dave	QB	Duke
	Chavous, Corey	DB	Vanderbilt
	Clement, Anthony	T	Louisiana-Lafayette
	Folston, James	LB	Louisiana-Monroe
	Hardy, Terry	TE	Southern Mississippi
	Junkin, Trey	TE	Louisiana Tech
	Knight, Tom	DB	Iowa
	Pittman, Michael	RB	Fresno State
	Tillman, Pat	DB	Arizona State
	Walz, Zack	LB	Dartmouth

Atlanta	Crockett, Henri	LB	Florida State
	Gordon, Darrien	DB	Stanford
	Hallen, Bob	G	Kent State
	Hudson, Chris	DB	Colorado
	Jervey, Travis	RB	Citadel
	Kozlowski, Brian	TE	Connecticut
	Salaam, Ephraim	T	San Diego State
	Swayda, Shawn	DT	Arizona State
	Ulmer, Artie	LB	Valdosta State
	Wiley, Chuck	DE	Louisiana State
	Williams, Elijah	DB	Florida


Baltimore	Allen, Terry	RB	Clemson
	Bobo, Orlando	G	Louisiana-Monroe
	Cunningham, Randall	QB	Nevada-Las Vegas
	Dalton, Lional	DT	Eastern Michigan
	Harris, Corey	DB	Vanderbilt
	Hellestrae, Dale	C	Southern Methodist
	Johnson, Pat	WR	Oregon
	Lake, Carnell	DB	UCLA
	Richardson, Kyle	P	Arkansas State
	Starks, Duane	DB	Miami
	Trapp, James	DB	Clemson
	Williams, Moe	RB	Kentucky
	Williams, Sammy	T	Oklahoma

Buffalo	Brown, Lance	DB	Indiana
	Conaty, Billy	C	Virginia Tech
	Cowart, Sam	LB	Florida State
	Price, Shawn	DT	Pacific
	Unutoa, Morris	C	Brigham Young

Carolina	Broughton, Luther	TE	Furman
	Chester, Larry	DT	Temple
	Hambrick, Darren	LB	South Carolina
	Harbaugh, Jim	QB	Michigan
	Hayes, Donald	WR	Wisconsin
	Hetherington, Chris	RB	Yale
	Peter, Jason	DT	Nebraska
	Richardson, Damien	DB	Arizona State
	Slade, Chris	DE	Virginia

Chicago	Allen, James	RB	Oklahoma
	Harris, Walt	DB	Mississippi State
	Herndon, Jimmy	T	Houston
	Jones, Greg	LB	Colorado
	Kreutz, Olin	C	Washington
	Miller, Jim	QB	Michigan State
	Parrish, Tony	DB	Washington
	Powell, Carl	DE	Louisville
	Shelton, Daimon	RB	Cal State-Sacramento
	Sinceno, Kaseem	TE	Syracuse
	Smith, Frankie	DB	Baylor

Cincinnati	Carter, Chris	DB	Texas
	Hawkins, Artrell	DB	Cincinnati
	Jackson, John	T	Eastern Kentucky
	Mitchell, Scott	QB	Utah
	Wilson, Reinard	DE	Florida State

Cleveland	German, Jammi	WR	Miami
	Jackson, Raymond	DB	Colorado State
	Johnson, Tre	G	Temple
	Jones, Lenoy	LB	Texas Christian
	McKenzie, Keith	DE	Ball State
	Saleh, Tarek	LB	Wisconsin
	Santiago, O.J.	TE	Kent State
	Smith, Mark	DT	Auburn
	Spires, Greg	DE	Florida State
	Thompson, Mike	DT	Wisconsin

Dallas	Myers, Michael	DT	Alabama
	Reese, Izell	DB	Alabama-Birmingham
	Woodson, Darren	DB	Arizona State

Denver	Brown, Eric	DB	Mississippi State
	Davis, Eric	DB	Jacksonville State
	Diaz-Infante, David	G	San Jose State
	Frerotte, Gus	QB	Tulsa
	Teague, Trey	T	Tennessee
	Woodall, Lee	LB	West Chester

Detroit	Aldridge, Allen	LB	Houston
	Bailey, Robert	DB	Miami
	Blaise, Kerlin	G	Miami
	Campbell, LaMar	DB	Wisconsin
	Carter, Marty	DB	Middle Tennessee
	Crowell, Germane	WR	Virginia
	Emanuel, Bert	WR	Rice
	Joyce, Matt	T	Richmond
	Kirschke, Travis	DT	UCLA
	Kowalkowski, Scott	LB	Notre Dame
	McElroy, Ray	DB	Eastern Illinois
	Pritchett, Kelvin	DT	Mississippi
	Semple, Tony	G	Memphis
	Sloan, David	TE	New Mexico
	Williams, Brian	LB	Southern California

Green Bay	Bradford, Corey	WR	Jackson State
	Brown, Gilbert	DT	Kansas
	Davis, Tyrone	TE	Virginia
	Dotson, Earl	T	Texas A&M-Kingsville
	Flanigan, Jim	DT	Notre Dame
	Henderson, William	RB	North Carolina
	Holmberg, Rob	LB	Penn State
	Jenkins, Billy	DB	Howard
	Pederson, Doug	QB	Louisiana-Monroe
	Rossum, Allen	DB	Notre Dame
	Schroeder, Bill	WR	Wisconsin-La Crosse
	Stokes, Barry	G	Eastern Michigan
	Wahle, Mike	G	Navy

Indianapolis	Harris, Sean	LB	Arizona
	McKinney, Steve	G	Texas A&M
	Moore, Larry	G	Brigham Young
	Morton, Mike	LB	North Carolina
	Pathon, Jerome	WR	Washington
	Phillips, Ryan	LB	Idaho
	Rypien, Mark	QB	Washington State
	Simmons, Tony	WR	Wisconsin
	Thomas, Mark	DE	North Carolina State

Jacksonville	Dawkins, Sean	WR	California
	Fordham, Todd	T	Florida State
	Hardy, Kevin	LB	Illinois
	Hollis, Mike	K	Idaho
	Jones, Damon	TE	Southern Illinois
	Posey, Jeff	LB	Southern Mississippi
	Quinn, Jonathan	QB	Middle Tennessee
	Smith, Jeff	C	Tennessee
	Wade, John	C	Marshall
	Wynn, Renaldo	DE	Notre Dame


Kansas City	Cadrez, Glenn	LB	Houston
	Owens, Rich	DE	Lehigh
	Peterson, Todd	K	Georgia
	Ransom, Derrick	DT	Cincinnati
	Ricks, Mikhael	TE	Stephen F. Austin
	Riley, Victor	T	Auburn
	Spears, Marcus	G	N.W. Louisiana
	Warfield, Eric	DB	Nebraska
	Willis, Donald	G	North Carolina A&T

Miami	Bromell, Lorenzo	DE	Clemson
	Cousin, Terry	DB	South Carolina
	Folau, Spencer	T	Idaho
	McGarrahan, Scott	DB	New Mexico
	Mixon, Kenny	DE	Louisiana State
	Ogden, Jeff	WR	Eastern Washington
	Smith, Lamar	RB	Houston
	Swayne, Harry	T	Rutgers
	Turk, Matt	P	Wisconsin-Whitewater
	Walker, Brian	DB	Washington State

Minnesota	Anderson, Gary	K	Syracuse
	Carter, Cris	WR	Ohio State
	Carter, Dale	DB	Tennessee
	Chamberlain, Byron	TE	Wayne State, Neb.
	Collins, Calvin	C	Texas A&M
	Griffith, Robert	DB	San Diego State
	Jacquet, Nate	WR	San Diego State
	Johnson, Lee	P	Brigham Young
	Johnstone, Lance	DE	Temple
	Jordan, Andrew	TE	Western Carolina
	Monty, Pete	LB	Wisconsin
	Morrow, Harold	RB	Auburn
	Reed, Jake	WR	Grambling
	Wong, Kailee	LB	Stanford

New England	Buckley, Terrell	DB	Florida State
	Cox, Bryan	LB	Western Illinois
	Hill, Ray	DB	Michigan State
	Mitchell, Brandon	DT	Texas A&M
	Parker, Riddick	DT	North Carolina
	Phifer, Roman	LB	UCLA
	Rutledge, Rod	TE	Alabama
	Smith, Antowain	RB	Houston
	Williams, Grant	T	Louisiana Tech

New Orleans	Carney, John	K	Notre Dame
	Cleeland, Cameron	TE	Washington
	Glover, La’Roi	DT	San Diego State
	Jackson, Willie	WR	Florida
	Johnson, Joe	DT	Louisville
	Mitchell, Johnny	TE	Nebraska
	Naeole, Chris	G	Colorado
	Oldham, Chris	DB	Oregon
	Price, Marcus	T	Louisiana State
	Weary, Fred	DB	Florida
	Wilson, Jerry	DB	Southern U.


N.Y. Giants	Andersen, Morten	K	Michigan State
	Comella, Greg	RB	Stanford
	Jurevicius, Joe	WR	Penn State
	McDaniel, Emmanuel	DB	East Carolina
	Stone, Ron	G	Boston College
	Williams, Shaun	DB	UCLA

N.Y. Jets	Farrior, James	LB	Virginia
	Jenkins, Kerry	G	Troy State
	Lyle, Rick	DE	Missouri
	Martin, Steve	DT	Missouri
	Ogbogu, Eric	DE	Maryland

Oakland	Ashmore, Darryl	T	Northwestern
	Graham, Aaron	C	Nebraska
	Jackson, Grady	DT	Knoxville
	Myles, Toby	T	Jackson State
	Peete, Rodney	QB	Southern California
	Williams, Jermaine	RB	Houston

Philadelphia	Bartrum, Mike	TE	Marshall
	Caldwell, Mike	LB	Middle Tennessee
	Hauck, Tim	DB	Montana
	Landeta, Sean	P	Towson
	Miller, Bubba	C	Tennessee
	Mitchell, Brian	RB	Louisiana-Lafayette
	Pyne, Jim	C	Virginia Tech

Pittsburgh	Bell, Myron	DB	Michigan State
	Blackwell, Will	WR	San Diego State
	Holmes, Earl	LB	Florida A&M
	Shaw, Bobby	WR	California
	Simmons, Jason	DB	Arizona State
	Townsend, Deshea	DB	Alabama
	Witman, Jon	RB	Penn State

San Diego	Binn, David	C	California
	Christie, Steve	K	William & Mary
	Dixon, Gerald	LB	South Carolina
	Fortin, Roman	C	San Diego State
	Graham, DeMingo	G	Hofstra
	Harris, Derrick	RB	Miami
	Holecek, John	LB	Illinois
	Jacox, Kendyl	C	Kansas State
	Milburn, Glyn	WR	Stanford
	Mohring, Mike	DT	Pittsburgh
	Parrella, John	DT	Nebraska
	Roundtree, Raleigh	G	South Carolina State
	Tanuvasa, Maa	DT	Hawaii
	Turner, Scott	DB	Illinois

San Francisco	Beasley, Fred	RB	Auburn
	Drakeford, Tyronne	DB	Virginia Tech
	Hearst, Garrison	RB	Georgia
	Killens, Terry	LB	Penn State
	McCullough, George	DB	Baylor
	Mirer, Rick	QB	Notre Dame
	Newberry, Jeremy	C	California
	Schulters, Lance	DB	Hofstra
	Willig, Matt	T	Southern California


Seattle	Dilfer, Trent	QB	Fresno State
	Fauria, Christian	TE	Colorado
	Mili, Itula	TE	Brigham Young
	Strong, Mack	RB	Georgia
	Watters, Ricky	RB	Notre Dame
	Weiner, Todd	T	Kansas State

St. Louis	Ahanotu, Chidi	DE	California
	Brigance, O.J.	LB	Rice
	Fletcher, London	LB	John Carroll
	Hakim, Az-Zahir	WR	San Diego State
	Holcombe, Robert	RB	Illinois
	Jones, Cedric	DE	Oklahoma
	Jones, Rod	T	Kansas
	Justin, Paul	QB	Arizona State
	Little, Leonard	DE	Tennessee
	Moran, Sean	DE	Colorado State
	Proehl, Ricky	WR	Wake Forest
	Robinson, Jeff	TE	Idaho

Tampa Bay	Abdullah, Rabih	RB	Lehigh
	Anthony, Reidel	WR	Florida
	Brien, Doug	K	California
	Cannida, James	DT	Nevada
	Duncan, Jamie	LB	Vanderbilt
	Dunn, Warrick	RB	Florida State
	Green, Jacquez	WR	Florida
	Kelly, Brian	DB	Southern California
	Pierson, Pete	T	Washington
	Washington, Todd	C	Virginia Tech
	White, Steve	DE	Tennessee
	Williams, Karl	WR	Texas A&M-Kingsville

Tennessee	DiNapoli, Gennaro	G	Virginia Tech
	Evans, Josh	DT	Alabama-Birmingham
	Favors, Greg	LB	Mississippi State
	Fisk, Jason	DT	Stanford
	Hicks, Skip	RB	UCLA
	Long, Kevin	C	Florida State
	Phenix, Perry	DB	Southern Mississippi
	Porter, Daryl	DB	Boston College
	Salave'a, Joe	DT	Arizona
	Sidney, Dainon	DB	Alabama-Birmingham

Washington	Alexander, Stephen	TE	Oklahoma
	Banks, Tony	QB	Michigan State
	Barber, Shawn	LB	Richmond
	Battaglia, Marco	TE	Rutgers
	Bennett, Donnell	RB	Miami
	Carter, Ki-Jana	RB	Penn State
	Coleman, Ben	G	Wake Forest
	Fischer, Mark	C	Purdue
	Graham, Kent	QB	Ohio State
	Jones, Robert	LB	East Carolina
	Lang, Kenard	DT	Miami
	Lyle, Keith	DB	Virginia
	Mason, Eddie	LB	North Carolina
	Metcalf, Eric	WR	Texas
	Raymer, Cory	C	Wisconsin
	Szott, Dave	G	Penn State
	Westbrook, Michael	WR	Colorado

e)      44 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	Hart, Lawrence	TE	Southern U.
	Oglesby, Cedric	K	South Carolina State
	Scott, Yusuf	G	Arizona

Baltimore	Ayanbadejo, Obafemi	RB	San Diego State
	Jackson, Brad	LB	Cincinnati
	Kight, Danny	K	Augustana

Buffalo	Carpenter, Keion	DB	Virginia Tech
	Heimburger, Craig	G	Missouri
	Wright, Kenyatta	LB	Oklahoma State

Carolina	Craig, Dameyune	QB	Auburn
	Killings, Cedric	DT	Carson-Newman
	Lucas, Al	DT	Troy State
	Wilson, Gillis	DE	Southern U.

Chicago	Denson, Autry	RB	Notre Dame
	Dragos, Scott	RB	Boston College
	Edwards, Brian	RB	East Tennessee State
	Newkirk, Robert	DT	Michigan State

Cleveland	LaMontagne, Noel	G	Virginia
	Moreland, Jake	TE	Western Michigan

Detroit	Droughns, Reuben	RB	Oregon
	Irvin, Sedrick	RB	Michigan State
	Samuel, Khari	LB	Massachusetts
	Supernaw, Kywin	DB	Indiana

Green Bay	Williams, K.D.	LB	Henderson State

Indianapolis	Barnes, Lionel	DE	Louisiana-Monroe
	Gilbert, Ben	G	Ohio State
	Ridder, Tim	G	Notre Dame

Jacksonville	Baniewicz, Mark	T	Syracuse
	Olson, Erik	DB	Colorado State
	Smith, Emanuel	WR	Arkansas

Kansas City	Parker, Larry	WR	Southern California

New Orleans	Clarke, Phil	LB	Pittsburgh
	McGarity, Wane	WR	Texas
	Wilson, Robert	WR	Florida A&M

Philadelphia	Hamiter, Uhuru	DT	Delaware State
	Moore, Damon	DB	Ohio State

Pittsburgh	Strickland, Timothy	DB	Mississippi

San Francisco	Lynch, Ben	C	California

St. Louis	Cohen, Dustin	LB	Miami, O.
	Griffin, Damon	WR	Oregon
	Watson, Justin	RB	San Diego State

Tampa Bay	Kirby, Charles	RB	Virginia

Tennessee	Embray, Keith	DE	Utah

Washington	Serwanga, Kato	DB	California

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