3 more draft picks in '15 for Texans

Mar 23, 2015 at 01:22 PM

The Houston Texans have been awarded three compensatory picks in the 2015 NFL Draft, the NFL announced today. The NFL Management Council determined the Texans will receive the 38th pick in the fifth round (174th overall) and the 36th and 41st picks in the sixth round (211th and 216th overall).

In 2014, the Texans were awarded three compensatory Draft picks.

Below is the entire release from the NFL detailing the compensatory picks awarded in 2015:

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 picks have been determined by the NFL Management Council:

	ROUND CHOICE/
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

The compensatory free agents lost and signed in 2014 by the clubs that will receive compensatory picks in the 2015 draft:

ARIZONA	Lost:	Antoine Cason, Karlos Dansby, Jim Dray, Andre Roberts
	Gained:	Ted Ginn, Ted Larsen, Jared Veldheer

BALTIMORE	Lost:	Ed Dickson*, Corey Graham, James Ihedigbo, Arthur Jones, Michael Oher
	Gained:	Darian Stewart

CAROLINA	Lost:	Ted Ginn, Domenik Hixon, Brandon LaFell, Michael Mitchell, Captain Munnerlyn
	Gained:	Antoine Cason, Jerricho Cotchery, Ed Dickson

CINCINNATI	Lost:	Anthony Collins, Michael Johnson
	Gained:	None

DENVER	Lost:	Robert Ayers, Zane Beadles, Eric Decker, Jeremy Mincey^, Knowshon Moreno, Shaun Phillips, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, Wesley Woodyard
	Gained:	Emmanuel Sanders, Aqib Talib, T.J. Ward

GREEN BAY	Lost:	Evan Dietrich-Smith, James Jones, C.J. Wilson*
	Gained:	None

HOUSTON	Lost:	Joe Mays, Earl Mitchell, Antonio Smith, Ben Tate
	Gained:	Kendrick Lewis

INDIANAPOLIS	Lost:	Antoine Bethea, Donald Brown, Kavell Conner
	Gained:	Arthur Jones, Hakeem Nicks

KANSAS CITY	Lost:	Branden Albert, Jon Asamoah, Quintin Demps, Tyson Jackson, Akeem Jordan^, Kendrick Lewis^, Dexter McCluster, Geoff Schwartz
	Gained:	Joe Mays, Vance Walker

NEW ENGLAND	Lost:	LeGarrette Blount, Dane Fletcher, Brandon Spikes, Aqib Talib
	Gained:	Brandon Browner, Brandon LaFell

PITTSBURGH	Lost:	Ryan Clark, Jerricho Cotchery, Evander Hood, David Johnson*, Emmanuel Sanders, Al Woods
	Gained:	LeGarrette Blount, Michael Mitchell, Arthur Moats, Cam Thomas

SEATTLE	Lost:	Brandon Browner, Breno Giacomini, Chris Maragos^, Clinton McDonald, Paul McQuistan^, Golden Tate, Walter Thurmond^
	Gained:	None

SAN FRANCISCO	Lost:	Tarell Brown, Anthony Dixon, Donte Whitner
	Gained:	Antoine Bethea

ST. LOUIS	Lost:	Kellen Clemens, Shelley Smith, Darian Stewart, Chris Williams
	Gained:	Kenny Britt, Alex Carrington, Shaun Hill

*Did not qualify for a compensatory pick, 32 picks already awarded.

^Compensatory pick not awarded. Maximum of four already allocated.

TOTAL 2015 NFL COMPENSATORY DRAFT PICKS

Denver	4
Kansas City	4
Seattle	4
Baltimore	3
Houston	3
Carolina	2
Cincinnati	2
Green Bay	2
New England	2
San Francisco	2
Arizona	1
Indianapolis	1
Pittsburgh	1
St. Louis	1
TOTAL	32

NFL CLUB SUMMARY OF COMPENSATORY DRAFT PICKS, 1994-2015*

Baltimore	44
Green Bay	35
Dallas	33
St. Louis **	31
Philadelphia	30
Pittsburgh	30
Tennessee *	30
New England	29
Buffalo	26
San Francisco	25
Cincinnati	24
Seattle	24
NY Giants	23
Indianapolis	21
Detroit	19
Jacksonville	19
Kansas City	19
Atlanta	18
San Diego	18
Tampa Bay	18
Arizona	17
Chicago	17
Miami	17
Minnesota	17
Oakland	17
Carolina	16
Denver	13
NY Jets	13
Houston	12
Washington	12
New Orleans	10
Cleveland	6
TOTAL	683

1994 was the first year that compensatory draft choices were awarded.
St. Louis picks include those awarded to Los Angeles Rams. * Tennessee picks include those awarded to Houston Oilers.

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