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 |
