Draft Picks
NFL announces 2006 compensatory selections; Falcons receive none
March 27, 2006
A total of 32 compensatory choices in the 2006 NFL Draft have been awarded to 19 teams, the NFL today announced.
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 32 compensatory choices announced will supplement the 223 choices in the seven rounds of the 2006 NFL Draft (April 29-30). 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.
Three clubs this year (Buffalo, Seattle and Washington) will receive a compensatory pick even though they did not suffer a net loss of compensatory free agents. Under the formula, the compensatory free agents these teams lost were ranked higher than the ones they signed (by a specified point differential based upon salary and performance).
The following 2006 draft picks have been determined by the NFL Management Council:
Third Round
- 33-97 -- New York Jets
Fourth Round
- 33-130 -- Denver
- 34-131 -- Pittsburgh
- 35-132 -- Baltimore
- 36-133 -- Pittsburgh
Fifth Round
- 33-165 -- Green Bay
- 34-166 -- Baltimore
- 35-167 -- Pittsburgh
- 36-168 -- Philadelphia
- 37-169 -- Tennessee
Sixth Round
- 33-202 -- Tampa Bay
- 34-203 -- Baltimore
- 35-204 -- Philadelphia
- 36-205 -- New England
- 37-206 -- New England
- 38-207 -- Indianapolis
- 39-208 -- Baltimore
Seventh Round
- 33-241 -- Tampa Bay
- 34-242 -- St. Louis
- 35-243 -- St. Louis
- 36-244 -- Tampa Bay
- 37-245 -- Tennessee
- 38-246 -- Tennessee
- 39-247 -- Detroit
- 40-248 -- Buffalo
- 41-249 -- Seattle
- 42-250 -- Washington
- 43-251 -- Houston
- 44-252 -- New Orleans
- 45-253 -- Green Bay
- 46-254 -- San Francisco
- 47-255 -- Oakland
Picks 251-255 are supplemental compensatory picks (based upon draft-order formula) to fulfill the number of draft choices permitted by agreement with the NFL Players Association in the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
