NFL announces compensatory draft picks: How 35 selections get distributed across league

The NFL announced 35 compensatory draft picks awarded to 15 teams Tuesday, officially setting the order for the 2025 NFL Draft which is set to take place April 24-26.

Compensatory picks are awarded to teams based on the number of compensatory free agents that leave the team the previous offseason. The picks are awarded on top of the seven picks (one in each round) NFL teams are typically allocated in the draft.

“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,” the NFL policy reads.

“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.”

Three teams — the Baltimore Ravens, Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins — were awarded the maximum possible amount of compensatory picks with four. In addition to the 32 traditional compensatory picks award, three special compensatory picks were awarded to the San Francisco 49ers, Los Angeles Rams and Detroit Lions due to rewards from an equal employment opportunity promotion agreed upon in the 2020 Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Since compensatory picks were first introduced in 1994, Baltimore has received the most in the league with 60 such selections.

Full breakdown of 2025 compensatory picks

(round-overall selection)

Round 3:

3-97: Minnesota Vikings

3-98: Miami Dolphins

3-99: New York Giants

3-100: San Francisco 49ers

3-101: Los Angeles Rams

3-102: Detroit Lions

Round 4:

4-135: Miami

4-136: Baltimore Ravens

4-137: Seattle Seahawks

4-138: San Francisco

Round 5:

5-169: Buffalo Bills

5-170: Dallas Cowboys

5-171: Dallas

5-172: Seattle

5-173: Buffalo

5-174: Dallas

5-175: Seattle

5-176: Baltimore

Round 6:

6-209: Los Angeles Chargers

6-210: Baltimore

6-211: Dallas

6-212: Baltimore

6-213: Las Vegas Raiders

6-214: Los Angeles Chargers

6-215: Las Vegas

6-216: Cleveland Browns

Round 7:

7-249: San Francisco

7-250: Green Bay Packers

7-251: Kansas City Chiefs

7-252: San Francisco

7-253: Miami

7-254: Cleveland

7-255: Los Angeles Chargers

7-256: Miami

7-257: Kansas City

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(Photo: Aaron M. Sprecher / AP)

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