NFL Announces 34 Compensatory Draft Choices to 14 Clubs

Below includes the recalculated compensatory draft choices for the 2024 NFL Draft, with the primary change being Cincinnati receiving a third-round selection instead of the first of their two sixth round selections, per the NFL Management Council.

NEW YORK — March 11, 2024 — A total of 34 compensatory draft selections in the 2024 NFL Draft have been awarded to 14 teams, the NFL announced today. 

Under the rules for compensatory draft selections, a team losing more or better compensatory free agents (“CFA”) than it acquires in the previous year is eligible to receive compensatory draft picks.

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. Clubs that suffer a net loss of CFAs during the prior free agent signing period are eligible to receive a corresponding number of compensatory selections. In addition, a club that lost the same number of CFAs that it gained (no net loss), may be eligible to receive a selection at the end of round seven based on the value of the CFAs lost versus the value of the CFAs gained. No club may receive more than four compensatory picks in any one year. If a club qualifies for more than four compensatory picks after offsetting each CFA lost by each CFA gained of an equal or higher value, the four highest remaining selections will be awarded to the club.  

The Collective Bargaining Agreement limits the number of compensatory selections to the number of clubs then in the League (32). This year, three clubs, the Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay Packers, and Jacksonville Jaguars qualified for a compensatory selection under the net loss formula but will not receive that pick because the final numerical value of the CFA who was lost ranked 33rd or lower among the final numerical values of all compensatory selections. Each of those clubs will receive compensatory selections for other CFAs lost whose final numerical value ranked within the top 32.

In addition to the 32 compensatory selections awarded under the net loss formula, a special compensatory selection was awarded to the Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers under a 2020 amendment to the League’s Collective Bargaining Agreement, which was agreed upon by the NFL and the NFLPA to promote equal employment opportunities and an inclusive workforce within NFL clubs. This initiative provides that the prior employer-club of a minority employee who has been hired by another club as its head coach or primary football executive (general manager) will receive compensation in the form of a special compensatory draft selection in the third round of each of the next two drafts, or in each of the next three drafts if two minority employees from the employer-club are hired for these positions by another club or clubs. Special compensatory selections are awarded in draft selection order after all other compensatory selections in round three and are denoted with an asterisk in the following table. 

The following 2024 compensatory draft picks have been awarded for the 2024 NFL Draft, which will be held on April 25-April 27 in Detroit:

RoundRound Choice/Overall SelectionTeam
333-96Jacksonville
334-97Cincinnati
335-98Philadelphia
336-99*Los Angeles Rams
337-100*San Francisco
   
433-133San Francisco
434-134Buffalo
435-135Baltimore
   
533-168New Orleans
534-169Green Bay
535-170New Orleans
536-171Philadelphia
537-172Philadelphia
538-173Kansas City
539-174Dallas
540-175New Orleans
541-176San Francisco
   
633-209Los Angeles Rams
634-210Philadelphia
635-211San Francisco
636-212Jacksonville
637-213Los Angeles Rams
638-214Cincinnati
639-215San Francisco
640-216Dallas
641-217Los Angeles Rams
642-218New York Jets
643-219Green Bay
644-220Tampa Bay
   
733-253Los Angeles Chargers
734-254Los Angeles Rams
735-255Green Bay
736-256New York Jets
737-257New York Jets
*special compensatory selections

The compensatory free agents lost and gained in 2023 by the clubs that will receive compensatory picks in the 2024 Draft:

BALTIMORELost:Oliver, Josh; Powers, Ben
Gained:Agholor, Nelson
 
BUFFALOLost:Edmunds, Tremaine; Keenum, Case; Singletary, Devin
Gained:Harty, Deonte; McGovern, Connor
 
CINCINNATILost:Bates, Jessie; Bell, Vonn; Hurst, Hayden; Perine, Samaje
Gained:Brown, Orlando; Scott, Nick
 
DALLASLost:Brown, Noah; McGovern, Connor; Schultz, Dalton
Gained: 
 
GREEN BAYLost:Lazard, Allen; Lowry, Dean; Reed, Jarran; Tonyan, Robert
Gained: 
 
JACKSONVILLELost:Jones, Marvin; Key, Arden; Manhertz, Chris; Taylor, Jawaan
Gained: 
 
KANSAS CITYLost:Brown, Orlando; Hardman, Mecole; Saunders, Khalen; Smith-Schuster, JuJu; Thornhill, Juan; Wylie, Andrew
Gained:Edwards, Mike; Hardman, Mecole*; Omenihu, Charles; Taylor, Jawaan; Tranquill, Drue
 
LOS ANGELES CHARGERSLost:Tranquill, Drue
Gained: 
 
LOS ANGELES RAMSLost:Gaines, Greg; Gay, Matt; Mayfield, Baker; Robinson, A’Shawn; Scott, Nick
Gained: 
 
NEW ORLEANSLost:Dalton, Andy; Davenport, Marcus; Elliss, Kaden; Harty, Deonte; Onyemata, David; Tuttle, Shy
Gained:Saunders, Khalen; Shepherd, Nathan; Williams, Jamaal
 
NEW YORK JETSLost:Feeney, Dan; Herbig, Nate; Rankins, Sheldon; Shepherd, Nathan; White, Mike
Gained:Hardman, Mecole; Lazard, Allen
 
PHILADELPHIALost:Dillard, Andre; Edwards, T.J.; Epps, Marcus; Gardner-Johnson, Chauncey; Hargrave, Javon; Minshew, Gardner; Sanders, Miles; Seumalo, Isaac; White, Kyzir
Gained: 
 
SAN FRANCISCOLost:Al-Shaair, Azeez; Brunskill, Daniel; Ebukam, Samson; Garoppolo, Jimmy; McGlinchey, Mike; Moseley, Emmanuel; Omenihu, Charles; Ridgeway, Hassan; Ward, Jimmie
Gained:Darnold, Sam; Ferrell, Clelin; Hargrave, Javon; Oliver, Isaiah
 
TAMPA BAYLost:Edwards, Mike; Murphy-Bunting, Sean; Nunez-Roches, Rakeem
Gained:Gaines, Greg; Mayfield, Baker

* Reacquired via trade

2024 NFL COMPENSATORY DRAFT PICKS*

Los Angeles Rams4
Philadelphia4
San Francisco4
Green Bay3
New Orleans3
New York Jets3
Cincinnati2
Dallas2
Jacksonville2
Baltimore1
Buffalo1
Kansas City1
Los Angeles Chargers1
Tampa Bay1
TOTAL32

*Does not include special compensatory selections

SUMMARY OF COMPENSATORY DRAFT PICKS, 1994-2024*

Baltimore56
Dallas54
Green Bay52
Los Angeles Rams51
New England48
San Francisco43
Philadelphia41
Cincinnati37
Pittsburgh35
Tennessee33
Arizona32
Seattle32
Kansas City31
New York Giants30
Buffalo29
Minnesota28
Los Angeles Chargers26
Atlanta25
Indianapolis25
Tampa Bay25
Denver24
Detroit24
Las Vegas23
Miami22
Chicago21
Jacksonville21
Carolina20
Houston19
Washington19
New Orleans17
New York Jets17
Cleveland13
TOTAL973

*Does not include special compensatory selections

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