A total of 35 compensatory draft selections in the 2025 NFL Draft, to be held over April 24-26^th in Green Bay, have been awarded to 15 teams, the NFL has announced.

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, which are usually within rounds three through seven based on the value of the compensatory free agents lost.

Compensatory free agents are determined by a formula, developed by the NFL Management Council, based on salary, playing time and postseason honours, although not every free agent lost or signed by a club is covered. 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. In addition, a club that lost the same number of CFAs that it gained (ie, no net loss), may be eligible to receive a selection at the end of round seven based on the value of the CFAs lost versus the value of the CFAs gained. No club may receive more than four compensatory picks in any one year, and, if a club qualifies for more after offsetting each CFA lost by each CFA gained of an equal or higher value, the four highest remaining selections will be awarded to the club.

In addition to the 32 compensatory selections awarded under the net loss formula, a special compensatory selection was awarded to the San Francisco 49ers, the Los Angeles Rams and the Detroit Lions under a 2020 amendment to the League’s Collective Bargaining Agreement to promote equal employment opportunities and an inclusive workforce within NFL clubs. This initiative provides that the prior employer-club of a minority employee who has been hired by another club as its head coach or primary football executive (ie, general manager) will receive compensation in the form of a special compensatory draft selection in the third round of each of the next two drafts, or in each of the next three if two minority employees from the employer-club are hired for these positions by another club or clubs. Special compensatory selections are awarded in draft selection order after all other compensatory selections in round three and are denoted with an asterisk in the following table.

COMPENSATORY DRAFT PICKS 2025

Round/Pick Team

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

4/135 Miami Dolphins
4/136 Baltimore Ravens
4/137 Seattle Seahawks
4/138 San Francisco 49ers

5/169 Buffalo Bills
5/170 Dallas Cowboys
5/171 Dallas Cowboys
5/172 Seattle Seahawks
5/173 Buffalo Bills
5/174 Dallas Cowboys
5/175 Seattle Seahawks
5/176 Baltimore Ravens

6/209 Los Angeles Chargers
6/210 Baltimore Ravens
6/211 Dallas Cowboys
6/212 Baltimore Ravens
6/213 Las Vegas Raiders
6/214 Los Angeles Chargers
6/215 Las Vegas Raiders
6/216 Cleveland Browns

7/249 San Francisco 49ers
7/250 Green Bay Packers
7/251 Kansas City Chiefs
7/252 San Francisco 49ers
7/253 Miami Dolphins
7/254 Cleveland Browns
7/255 Los Angeles Chargers
7/256 Miami Dolphins
7/257 Kansas City Chiefs

COMPENSATORY FREE AGENTS LOST AND GAINED IN 2024

Baltimore Ravens
Lost: Jadeveon Clowney; Ronald Darby; Devin Duvernay; Gus Edwards; Patrick Queen; John Simpson; Geno Stone; Kevin Zeitler
Gained: Derrick Henry

Buffalo Bills
Lost: Gabe Davis; Tyrel Dodson; Leonard Floyd; Dane Jackson; Tim Settle
Gained: Mack Hollins; Austin Johnson; Curtis Samuel

Cleveland Browns
Lost: Harrison Bryant; Jordan Elliott; Joe Flacco; Sione Takitaki
Gained: Jordan Hicks; Quinton Jefferson

Dallas Cowboys
Lost: Dorance Armstrong; Tyler Biadasz; Dante Fowler; Tony Pollard; Tyron Smith
Gained: none

Green Bay Packers
Lost: Yosuah Nijman; Jon Runyan; Darnell Savage
Gained: Josh Jacobs; Xavier McKinney

Kansas City Chiefs
Lost: Nick Allegretti; Willie Gay; Tommy Townsend
Gained: Marquise Brown

Las Vegas Raiders
Lost: Jermaine Eluemunor; Austin Hooper; Josh Jacobs; Bilal Nichols; Amik Robertson
Gained: Harrison Bryant; Gardner Minshew; Christian Wilkins

Los Angeles Chargers
Lost: Michael Davis; Austin Ekeler; Gerald Everett; Austin Johnson; Kenneth Murray
Gained: Gus Edwards; Kristian Fulton

Miami Dolphins
Lost: Raekwon Davis; DeShon Elliott; Robert Hunt; Brandon Jones; Andrew Van Ginkel; Christian Wilkins; Cedrick Wilson
Gained: Aaron Brewer; Jordyn Brooks; Kendall Fuller

Minnesota Vikings
Lost: Kirk Cousins; Danielle Hunter; Marcus Davenport; Jordan Hicks; K.J. Osborn; D.J. Wonnum
Gained: Blake Cashman; Sam Darnold; Jonathan Greenard; Shaquill Griffin; Andrew Van Ginkel

New York Giants
Lost: Saquon Barkley; Ben Bredeson; Xavier McKinney; A’Shawn Robinson; Tyrod Taylor
Gained: Jermaine Eluemunor; Drew Lock; Jon Runyan; Devin Singletary

Seattle Seahawks
Lost: Jordyn Brooks; Evan Brown; Damien Lewis; Drew Lock; Colby Parkinson; Bobby Wagner
Gained: Pharaoh Brown; Tyrel Dodson; George Fant

San Francisco 49ers
Lost: Sam Darnold; Clelin Ferrell; Sebastian Joseph-Day; Javon Kinlaw; Ray-Ray McCloud; Charlie Woerner; Chase Young
Gained: Elliott Jordan; Yetur Gross-Matos; Leonard Floyd; Isaac Yiadom