The following press release comes from the National Football League.
NFL ANNOUNCES 32 COMPENSATORY DRAFT CHOICES TO 14 CLUBS
A total of 32 compensatory choices in the 2015 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 than it acquires
in the previous 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 today will supplement the 224 choices in the seven rounds of the 2015 NFL Draft held on April 30 – May 2 in Chicago.
The first round will begin at 8:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 30. The second and third rounds are set for Friday, May 1 at 7:00 PM ET followed by rounds 4 – 7 on Saturday, May 2 at 12:00 PM ET.
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.
The NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement limits the number of compensatory picks to the number of clubs then in the league (32). This year, three clubs– Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Green Bay – qualified for compensatory picks under the net loss formula but will not receive those picks because they ranked 33rd, 34th and 35th, respectively, among all compensatory picks. All three clubs will receive picks for other compensatory free agents lost who ranked within the top 32 compensatory picks.
The following 2015 compensatory draft choices have been determined by the NFL Management Council:
| ROUND | OVERALL SELECTION | TEAM |
| 3(33) | 97 | New England |
| 3(34) | 98 | Kansas City |
| 3(35) | 99 | Cincinnati |
| 4(33) | 132 | San Francisco |
| 4(34) | 133 | Denver |
| 4(35) | 134 | Seattle |
| 4(36) | 135 | Cincinnati |
| 4(37) | 136 | Baltimore |
| 5(33) | 169 | Carolina |
| 5(34) | 170 | Seattle |
| 5(35) | 171 | Baltimore |
| 5(36) | 172 | Kansas City |
| 5(37) | 173 | Kansas City |
| 5(38) | 174 | Houston |
| 5(39) | 175 | Baltimore |
| 6(33) | 208 | Denver |
| 6(34) | 209 | Seattle |
| 6(35) | 210 | Green Bay |
| 6(36) | 211 | Houston |
| 6(37) | 212 | Green Bay |
| 6(38) | 213 | Carolina |
| 6(39) | 214 | Seattle |
| 6(40) | 215 | St. Louis |
| 6(41) | 216 | Houston |
| 6(42) | 217 | Kansas City |
| 7(33) | 250 | Denver |
| 7(34) | 251 | Denver |
| 7(35) | 252 | Pittsburgh |
| 7(36) | 253 | New England |
| 7(37) | 254 | San Francisco |
| 7(38) | 255 | Indianapolis |
| 7(39) | 256 | Arizona |
