On Friday afternoon, the National Football League released the 32 compensatory picks for the 2017 NFL Draft, and it was good news for the Kansas City Chiefs.
The Chiefs were awarded four additional picks:
Third round – No. 104 overall
Fifth round – No. 182 overall
Sixth round – No. 218 overall
Sixth round – No. 220 overall
A look at noteworthy third round selections in franchise history.
DL Allen Bailey, Miami (2011)
DB Gary Barbaro, Nicholls St. (1976)
RB Jamaal Charles, Texas (2008)
DL Justin Houston, Georgia (2011)
WR Henry Marshall, Missouri (1976)
P Dustin Colquitt, Tennessee (2005)
TE Travis Kelce, Cincinnati (2013)
DB Albert Lewis, Grambling St. (1983)
OL Will Shields, Nebraska (1993)
DL Gary Stills, West Virginia (1999)
LB Gary Spani, Kansas St. (1978)
Here's the explanation behind compensatory picks, per the NFL’s release.
"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 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."
For the Chiefs, the following players were part of the formula that led to the acquisition of the picks this year.
Lost: OL Jeff Allen, DB Tyvon Branch, QB Chase Daniel, CB Sean Smith, OL Donald Stephenson
Gained: OL Mitchell Schwartz
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One change this year is, for the first time, these compensatory picks can be traded, which adds even more intrigue to teams moving around the board leading up to and during the draft.
Here's a look at all of the Chiefs' compensatory picks since the NFL started giving them out in 1994.
YEAR
POS
NAME
COLLEGE
ROUND
OVERALL
2015
CB
Steve Nelson
Oregon State
3rd
98
2015
LB
D.J. Alexander
Oregon State
5th
172
2015
TE
James O'Shaughnessy
Illinois State
5th
173
2015
DL
Rakeem Nunez-Roches
Southern Miss
6th
217
2013
RB
Knile Davis
Arkansas
3rd
96
2013
FB
Braden Wilson
Kansas State
6th
204
2011
DL
Jerrell Powe
Mississippi
6th
199
2009
K
Ryan Succop
South Carolina
7th
256
2005
P
Dustin Colquitt
Tennessee
3rd
99
2003
DB
Willie Pile
Virginia Tech
7th
252
2001
DL
Terdell Sands
UT Chattanooga
7th
243
2000
DB
Pat Dennis
Louisiana Monroe
5th
162
1998
FB
Ernest Blackwell
Missouri
7th
224
1997
RB
June Henley
Kansas
5th
163
1997
WR
Isaac Byrd
Kansas
6th
214
1996
DB
Darrell Williams
Tennessee State
7th
245
1995
LB
Jerrot Willard
California
5th
164
1995
DL
Bryan Proby
Arizona State
6th
202
1995
OL
Tom Barndt
Pittsburgh
6th
207
