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posted 03/16/99
A total of 27 compensatory choices in the 1999 NFL Draft have been awarded to 16 teams, including the maximum four to the Green Bay Packers, 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 27 compensatory choices announced today will supplement the 224 choices in the regular seven rounds of the 1999 NFL Draft. 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 and performance. The formula was developed by the NFL Management Council. Not every free agent lost or signed by a club is covered by this formula. Two clubs this year (Atlanta and Buffalo) 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 on salary and performance).
The following 1999 draft picks have been approved by the NFL Management Council Executive Committee:
| ROUND | OVERALL SELECTION | TEAM |
| 3 | 96 | Green Bay |
| 3 | 97 | Pittsburgh |
| 4 | 130 | Philadelphia |
| 4 | 131 | Baltimore |
| 4 | 132 | Philadelphia |
| 4 | 133 | Green Bay |
| 4 | 134 | Dallas |
| 4 | 135 | Green Bay |
| 5 | 168 | Pittsburgh |
| 5 | 169 | Denver |
| 5 | 170 | Arizona |
| 5 | 171 | Minnesota |
| 6 | 204 | Arizona |
| 6 | 205 | Green Bay |
| 6 | 206 | Denver |
| 6 | 207 | Arizona |
| 7 | 240 | NY Giants |
| 7 | 241 | Arizona |
| 7 | 242 | Tampa Bay |
| 7 | 243 | New England |
| 7 | 244 | Jacksonville |
| 7 | 245 | Dallas |
| 7 | 246 | Miami |
| 7 | 247 | Cincinnati |
| 7 | 248 | Jacksonville |
| 7 | 249 | Atlanta |
| 7 | 250 | Buffalo |
| 7 | 251 | Cincinnati |
| 7 | 252 | Indianapolis |
| 7 | 253 | Philadelphia |
| 7 | 254 | St. Louis |
Picks 251-254 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 which will receive compensatory picks in the 1999 NFL Draft (April 17-18):
ARIZONA
Lost: Brent Alexander, Michael Bankston, Mike Caldwell, Jeff Feagles, Kent Graham, Eric Hill, Kevin Williams
Signed:Mario Bates
ATLANTA
Lost: Bert Emanuel, Dan Owens, Matt Willig
Signed:Randy Fuller, Eugene Robinson, Dave Widell
BALTIMORE
Lost: Derrick Alexander, Antonio Langham
Signed:Roosevelt Potts
BUFFALO
Lost: Jeff Burris, Corbin Lacina, Bryce Paup
Signed:Sam Gash, Joe Panos, Kevin Williams
CINCINNATI
Lost: Andre Collins, Gerald Dixon, Ricardo McDonald
Signed:Michael Bankston, Thomas Randolph
DALLAS
Lost: John Flannery, George Hegamin, Brock Marion
Signed:Everett McIver
DENVER
Lost: Allen Aldridge, Brian Habib
GREEN BAY
Lost: Edgar Bennett, Mark Collins, Doug Evans, Craig Hentrich, Eugene Robinson, Aaron Taylor, Gabe Wilkins
Signed:Raymont Harris, Pat Terrell, Matt Willig
JACKSONVILLE
Lost: Ty Hallock, Natrone Means, Dave Widell
Signed:Bryce Paup
MIAMI
Lost: Qadry Ismail, Everett McIver, Roosevelt Potts
Signed:Kevin Donnalley, Brock Marion
MINNESOTA
Lost: Dewayne Washington, Leonard Wheeler
Signed:Gary Anderson
NEW ENGLAND
Lost: Keith Byars, Sam Gash
Signed:Antonio Carter
NY GIANTS
Lost: Ray Agnew, Thomas Randolph
Signed:Kent Graham
PHILADELPHIA
Lost: Ty Detmer, Jeff Herrod, Joe Panos, Darrin Smith, Ricky Watters
Signed:Mike Caldwell, George Hegamin, Bill Johnson
PITTSBURGH
Lost: Randy Fuller, John Jackson, Tom Myslinski, Yancey Thigpen
Signed:Roger Duffy, Dewayne Washington
TAMPA BAY
Lost: Jackie Harris, Jim Pyne
Signed:Bert Emanuel
TOTAL 1999 NFL COMPENSATORY DRAFT CHOICES
Arizona -- 4
Green Bay -- 4
Dallas -- 2
Denver -- 2
Jacksonville -- 2
Philadelphia -- 2
Pittsburgh -- 2
Atlanta -- 1
Baltimore -- 1
Buffalo -- 1
Cincinnati -- 1
Miami -- 1
Minnesota -- 1
New England -- 1
NY Giants -- 1
Tampa Bay -- 1
TOTAL -- 27
NFL CLUBS WITH MOST COMPENSATORY DRAFT PICKS, 1993-99 *
Dallas -- 18
Philadelphia -- 12
Buffalo -- 11
Pittsburgh -- 11
Arizona -- 10
Green Bay -- 9
NY Giants -- 8
Kansas City -- 7
Chicago -- 6
Detroit -- 6
Miami -- 6
Baltimore -- 5
Minnesota -- 5
Tennessee -- 5
* 1993 was first year that compensatory draft choices were awarded.
courtesy NFL