The NFL awarded 39 compensatory draft picks Tuesday for next month’s draft, finalizing the complete order of the annual selection meeting.
The defending Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers received five extra picks apiece, the most of any team. Sixteen teams earned at least one pick.
The NFL maintains a confidential formula to decide how to dole out the compensatory picks, but it’s understood that teams who lose certain unrestricted free agents to another team receive a compensatory pick the following year.
Additional picks are awarded to teams who have a minority coach or executive hired by a different club for the same role or a higher-ranking one.
The first compensatory pick belongs to the Detroit Lions at #97 overall during the third round. The 49ers will make the 262nd and final pick of the draft, with the player chosen earning the title of “Mr. Irrelevant.”
The draft will be held April 28-30 in Las Vegas.
List of 2022 NFL Draft compensatory picks:
Round 3
#97 Detroit
#98 New Orleans
#99 Cleveland
#100 Baltimore
#101 New Orleans
#102 San Francisco
#103 Kansas City
#104 L.A. Rams
#105 San Francisco
Round 4
#138 Pittsburgh
#139 Baltimore
#140 Green Bay
#141 Baltimore
#142 L.A. Rams
#143 Tennessee
Round 5
#176 Dallas
#177 Detroit
#178 Dallas
#179 Indianapolis
Round 6
#211 L.A. Rams
#212 L.A. Rams
#213 Atlanta
#214 L.A. Chargers
#215 Arizona
#216 Indianapolis
#217 Detroit
#218 L.A. Rams
#219 Tennessee
#220 San Francisco
#221 San Francisco
Round 7
#254 L.A. Chargers
#255 L.A. Chargers
#256 Arizona
#257 Arizona
#258 Green Bay
#259 Kansas City
#260 L.A. Chargers
#261 Tampa Bay
#262 San Francisco