NFL announces compensatory draft selections

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The NFL has awarded 32 compensatory selections for this year's draft with the picks awarded to 19 different teams, the league announced today at the annual league meetings.

The rules governing compensatory selections gives teams compensatory picks when it loses more or better compensatory free agents than it acquires during the previous league year.

The picks range between the third and the seventh round.

And the NFL management council uses a formula derived from salary, playing time and postseason awards.

The NFL announced that three teams, the Oakland Raiders, Miami Dolphins and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, were given a compensatory pick even though they didn't incur a net loss of compensatory free agents.

Under the formula, the compensatory free agents lost by these clubs were ranked higher than the ones they signed (by a specified point differential based upon salary and performance).

The NFL management council announced the following 2010 draft picks:

ROUND CHOICE - ROUND OVERALL SELECTION - TEAM

3 33-96 Cincinnati

3 34-97 Tennessee

3 35-98 Atlanta

4 33-131 Cincinnati

5 33-164 Pittsburgh

5 34-165 Atlanta

5 35-166 Pittsburgh

5 36-167 Minnesota

5 37-168 San Diego

5 38-169 Green Bay

6 33-202 Carolina

6 34-203 Jacksonville

6 35-204 Carolina

6 36-205 New England

6 37-206 San Francisco

6 38-207 Tennessee

7 33-240 Indianapolis

7 34-241 Tennessee

7 35-242 Pittsburgh

7 36-243 Philadelphia

7 37-244 Philadelphia

7 38-245 Seattle

7 39-246 Indianapolis

7 40-247 New England

7 41-248 New England

7 42-249 Carolina

7 43-250 New England

7 44-251 Oakland

7 45-252 Miami

7 46-253 Tampa Bay

7 47-254 St. Louis

7 48-255 Detroit

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