The NFL on Thursday announced it has awarded 37 compensatory picks to 16 teams for the 2023 Draft, which will be held between April 27 and 29 in Kansas City, Missouri.
What are the compensatory picks and how do they work?
NFL offers draft placements designated from rounds No 3 through 7 in the event of specific personnel change, which means the net loss of compensatory free agents or the hiring of a minority employee as the head coach or general manager with a different team.
In 2022, the league awarded 39 compensatory picks to 16 different teams.
The NFL uses a formula to award the picks. It accounts a player’s average salary per year (APY), snap count and postseason awards. The exact formula, however, is not known.
“A pair of NFC West teams led the way, with the 49ers receiving a league-high seven selections and the Rams netting four. The 37 compensatory picks include five special selections that were awarded at the end of the third round to teams that have had a minority employee hired as a head coach or primary football executive by another club. Three of those picks were awarded to San Francisco. The special compensatory picks were instituted as an amendment to the 2020 Collective Bargaining.” NFL.com said.
Teams like the San Francisco 49ers, Los Angeles Rams, Cardinals, Dallas Cowboys, Kansas City Chiefs, Green Bay Packers, Las Vegas Raiders, New England Patriots, New York Giants, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Commanders have received multiple picks this year.
Here is a complete list:
Round 3:
96) Arizona Cardinals
97) Washington Commanders
98) Cleveland Browns*
99) San Francisco 49ers*
100) Kansas City Chiefs*
101) San Francisco 49ers*
102) San Francisco 49ers*
Round 4:
135) New England Patriots
Round 5:
167) Los Angeles Rams
168) Arizona Cardinals
169) Dallas Cowboys
170) Green Bay Packers
171) Los Angeles Rams
172) New York Giants
173) San Francisco 49ers
174) Las Vegas Raiders
175) Tampa Bay Buccaneers
176) Dallas Cowboys
177) Los Angeles Rams
Round 6:
210) New England Patriots
211) Minnesota Vikings
212) Dallas Cowboys
213) Arizona Cardinals
214) Las Vegas Raiders
215) Washington Commanders
216) San Francisco 49ers
217) Kansas City Chiefs
Round 7:
250) Kansas City Chiefs
251) Los Angeles Rams
252) Tampa Bay Buccaneers
253) San Francisco 49ers
254) New York Giants
255) San Francisco 49ers
256) Green Bay Packers
257) New Orleans Saints
258) Chicago Bears
259) Houston Texans
