A total of 32 compensatory choices in the 2006 NFL Draft have been awarded to 19 teams, the NFL announced today, and the Texans will receive the 43 rd pick in the seventh round (251 st overall). The Texans, who have the number-one overall choice, now have eight draft picks, including two in the third round.
Under terms of the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement, a team losing more or better compensatory free agents than it acquires in a 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 223 choices in the seven rounds of the 2006 NFL Draft (April 29-30). 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.
Three clubs this year (Buffalo, Seattle and Washington) will receive a compensatory
pick even though they did not suffer a net loss of compensatory free agents.
Under the formula, the compensatory free agents these teams lost were ranked higher
than the ones they signed (by a specified point differential based upon salary
and performance).
