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NFL awards 39 compensatory 2022 NFL Draft picks to 16 teams

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Dan Parr
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The NFL announced on Tuesday it has awarded 39 compensatory picks to 16 teams for the 2022 NFL Draft.

The San Francisco 49ers and reigning champion Los Angeles Rams tied as the teams receiving the most compensatory picks, with five apiece. The Los Angeles Chargers were one off the lead with four. The 39 compensatory picks include seven special selections that were awarded at the end of the third round to teams that have had a minority employee hired as a head coach or general manager by another club. The special compensatory selections were instituted as an amendment to the 2020 Collective Bargaining Agreement in an effort to promote equal employment opportunities within NFL teams.

Per the league, a team losing more or better compensatory free agents than it acquires in the previous year is eligible to receive compensatory draft picks. The compensatory picks are positioned from Round 3 to Round 7 based on the value of the compensatory free agents lost. The formula that determines compensatory free agents is based on salary, playing time and postseason honors.

Here is the full list of compensatory picks awarded to teams ahead of the 2022 NFL Draft (special compensatory picks denoted by an asterisk):

Round 3

  1. Detroit Lions
  2. New Orleans Saints
  3. Cleveland Browns*
  4. Baltimore Ravens*
  5. New Orleans Saints*
  6. San Francisco 49ers*
  7. Kansas City Chiefs*
  8. Los Angeles Rams*
  9. San Francisco 49ers*

Round 4

  1. Pittsburgh Steelers
  2. Baltimore Ravens
  3. Green Bay Packers
  4. Baltimore Ravens
  5. Los Angeles Rams
  6. Tennessee Titans

Round 5

  1. Dallas Cowboys
  2. Detroit Lions
  3. Dallas Cowboys
  4. Indianapolis Colts

Round 6

  1. Los Angeles Rams
  2. Los Angeles Rams
  3. Atlanta Falcons
  4. Los Angeles Chargers
  5. Arizona Cardinals
  6. Indianapolis Colts
  7. Detroit Lions
  8. Los Angeles Rams
  9. Tennessee Titans
  10. San Francisco 49ers
  11. San Francisco 49ers

Round 7

  1. Los Angeles Chargers
  2. Los Angeles Chargers
  3. Arizona Cardinals
  4. Arizona Cardinals
  5. Green Bay Packers
  6. Kansas City Chiefs
  7. Los Angeles Chargers
  8. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  9. San Francisco 49ers