2025 NFL draft: Full list of 35 compensatory picks distributed to 16 teams

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Of the 257 total picks in the coming 2025 NFL Draft, 35 of them are compensatory picks.

But what is a compensatory pick? Why are teams awarded them and which teams have one (or more) such selections?

This year, 16 teams have earned at least one compensatory draft pick. Some teams earned picks for losing more quality free agents than they signed last year. The NFL also awarded special compensatory picks to three teams that lost minority coaches and front office personnel to other organizations.

Paste BN Sports has compiled everything to know about this year's compensatory picks – including which teams earned picks and how many – ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft.

2025 NFL Draft compensatory picks

Round 3

No. 97 overall: Minnesota Vikings
No. 98 overall: Miami Dolphins
No. 99 overall: New York Giants
No. 100 overall: San Francisco 49ers
No. 101 overall: Los Angeles Rams
No. 102 overall: Detroit Lions

Round 4

No. 135 overall: Miami Dolphins
No. 136 overall: Baltimore Ravens
No. 137 overall: Seattle Seahawks
No. 138 overall: San Francisco 49ers

Round 5

No. 169 overall: Buffalo Bills
No. 170 overall: Dallas Cowboys
No. 171 overall: Dallas Cowboys
No. 172 overall: Seattle Seahawks
No. 173 overall: Buffalo Bills
No. 174 overall: Dallas Cowboys
No. 175 overall: Seattle Seahawks
No. 176 overall: Baltimore Ravens

Round 6

No. 209 overall: Los Angeles Chargers
No. 210 overall: Baltimore Ravens
No. 211 overall: Dallas Cowboys
No. 212 overall: Baltimore Ravens
No. 213 overall: Las Vegas Raiders
No. 214 overall: Los Angeles Chargers
No. 215 overall: Las Vegas Raiders
No. 216 overall: Cleveland Browns

Round 7

No. 249 overall: San Francisco 49ers
No. 250 overall: Green Bay Packers
No. 251 overall: Kansas City Chiefs
No. 252 overall: San Francisco 49ers
No. 253 overall: Miami Dolphins
No. 254 overall: New Orleans Saints
No. 255 overall: Cleveland Browns
No. 256 overall: Los Angeles Chargers
No. 257 overall: Kansas City Chiefs

2025 NFL Draft compensatory picks by team

Here's how many compensatory picks each team has been awarded for this year's draft:

Baltimore Ravens: 4
Dallas Cowboys: 4
San Francisco 49ers: 4
Los Angeles Chargers: 3
Miami Dolphins: 3
Seattle Seahawks: 3
Buffalo Bills: 2
Cleveland Browns: 2
Kansas City Chiefs: 2
Las Vegas Raiders: 2
Detroit Lions: 1
Green Bay Packers: 1
Los Angeles Rams: 1
Minnesota Vikings: 1
New Orleans Saints: 1
New York Giants: 1

What is a compensatory pick?

Along with the seven picks every team begins with in a given year's draft, the NFL also awards at least 32 additional, "compensatory" picks to various teams. These additional picks are positioned at the ends of Rounds 3-7.

Compensatory picks are awarded to teams that "lost more or better compensatory free agents than they signed in the previous year," according to an NFL.com article. "The formula that determines compensatory free agents is based on salary, playing time and postseason honors."

Teams may also earn additional compensatory picks if a minority coach or executive they hired departs to take a head coach or "primary football executive position" with another team.

This year, 16 teams earned at least one compensatory pick. Three of them – the Rams, Lions and 49ers – earned special compensatory picks for losing minority coaches/executives to other teams.

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