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The NFL announced its compensatory recruitment choices for 2021, which now include special compensatory choices that reward teams for developing minority coaches and executives.
This year’s selections range from the third to the sixth rounds. With the CBA limiting the number of compensatory selections to the number of clubs in the league at 32, there were seven teams that qualified for a choice, but did not receive it in Falcons, Bears, Colts, Vikings, Eagles, Steelers and Buccaneers. But only Indianapolis received no selection because their lost free agent was ranked 33rd or lower in the formula used to generate choices.
The Cowboys have four compensatory choices in the draft in 2021, with one in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth rounds. Dallas lost Byron Jones, Robert Quinn, Randall Cobb, Xavier Su’a-Filo and Jeff Heath and Jason Witten last year at the free agency.
There were five special compensatory selections awarded at the end of the third round – one for the 49ers, one for the Rams, one for the Ravens and one for the Saints. Each of them comes from another team that is hiring a minority from your organization to be the head coach or general manager. The NFL initially announced an incorrect number for San Francisco’s special teams, with two this year instead of one. With Robert Saleh becoming the coach of the Jets and Martin Mayhew becoming the GM of Washington, San Francisco will receive a special compensatory selection for each of the next three years.
Falcons and Packers each have three regular compensatory choices. The Panthers, Bears, Chiefs, Rams, Vikings, Patriots, Saints and Eagles have two. The Ravens, Chargers, Steelers, 49ers, Buccaneers and Titans have one.
Regular picks for the third round were for the Patriots (No. 96), Chargers (No. 96), Saints (No. 98), Cowboys (No. 99), Titans (No. 100) and Rams (No. 101)
The special compensatory selections were for 49ers (No. 102), Rams (No. 103), Ravens (No. 104) and Saints (No. 105).
The fourth round selections were for Cowboys (No. 138), Patriots (No. 139), Steelers (No. 140), Rams (No. 141), Packers (No. 142), Vikings (No. 143), and Chiefs (No. 144).
The fifth round selections were for Packers (No. 177), Cowboys (No. 178), Falcons (No. 179), 49ers (No. 180), Chiefs (No. 181), Falcons (No. 182), and Ravens (No. 183).
And the sixth round selections went to Buccaneers (No. 216), Saints (No. 217), Falcons (No. 218), Packers (No. 219), Bears (No. 220), Panthers (No. 221) , Vikings (No. 222), Eagles (No. 223 and No. 224), Panthers (No. 225), Cowboys (No. 226) and Bears (No. 227).
Since 1994, the Ravens have led the league with 53 compensatory selections from the 876 winners.