The NFL has awarded 32 compensatory draft choices in the April draft. The compensatory choices supplement the 223 choices in the upcoming draft. The picks are set for the third through seventh rounds, based on the value of a team’s free agents lost last offseason.

The purpose of these picks is to compensate the teams that suffered a net loss of quality unrestricted free agents in the previous year. A team that loses more or better compensatory free agents than it acquires in a year is eligibile to receive compensatory picks, up to a maximum of four.

Compensatory free agents are determined by a formula based on salary, playing time and postseason honors. Not every free agent lost or signed by a franchise is covered by this formula, which was developed by the NFL Management Council.

According to a press release from the NFL, one team (Cincinnati) this year will receive a compensatory pick even though it did not suffer a net loss of compensatory free agents. Under the above-mentioned formula, the compensatory free agents that the Bengals lost were ranked higher than the ones it signed (by a specified point differential based upon salary and performance).

The final two draft choices, picks Nos. 254 and 255, are supplemental compensatory picks (based upon draft-order formula) to fulfill the number of draft choices permitted by agreement with the NFL Players Association in the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

What follows are the 32 compensatory picks awarded by the NFL, listed by round, with the overall selection number in parentheses:

3 (96) San Diego
3 (97) San Francisco
3 (98) Indianapolis
3 (99) Oakland
4 (132) Pittsburgh
4 (133) Atlanta
4 (134) Baltimore
4 (135) San Francisco
4 (136) Indianapolis
4 (137) Baltimore
5 (170) Pittsburgh
5 (171) New England
5 (172) San Diego
5 (173) Indianapolis
5 (174) Baltimore
6 (207) Baltimore
6 (208) New England
6 (209) New England
6 (210) Seattle
7 (243) Green Bay
7 (244) Atlanta
7 (245) Tampa Bay
7 (246) Tampa Bay
7 (247) New England
7 (248) St. Louis
7 (249) St. Louis
7 (250) New York Giants
7 (251) Jacksonville
7 (252) Jacksonville
7 (253) Cincinnati
7 (254) Oakland
7 (255) Detroit

Following are the compensatory free agents lost and signed by the clubs that will receive compensatory picks in the 2007 NFL draft:

ATLANTA — Lost: Barry Stokes, Kevin Shaffer.

BALTIMORE — Lost: Will Demps, Ma'ake Kemoeatu, Chester Taylor, Anthony Weaver, Anthony Wright, Dave Zastudil. Signed: Justin Bannan.

CINCINNATI — Lost: Jon Kitna, Matt Schobel. Signed: Anthony Wright, Dexter Jackson.

GREEN BAY — Lost: Mike Flanagan, Paris Lenon, Ryan Longwell, Craig Nall. Signed: Marquand Manuel, Ryan Pickett, Charles Woodson.

INDIANAPOLIS — Lost: Edgerrin James, David Thornton, Larry Tripplett, Mike Vanderjagt. Signed: Adam Vinatieri.

JACKSONVILLE — Lost: Akin Ayodele, Ephraim Salaam, Jamie Winborn, Kenny Wright. Signed: Nick Greisen, Brian Williams.

NEW ENGLAND — Lost: Tom Ashworth, Matt Chatham, André Davis, Tim Dwight, Christian Fauria, David Givens, Adam Vinatieri. Signed: Reche Caldwell.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Lost: Will Allen, Kendrick Clancy, Nick Greisen, Shaun Williams. Signed: Jason Bell, Will Demps, R.W. McQuarters.

OAKLAND — Lost: Renaldo Hill, Charles Woodson. Signed: Lance Johnstone.

PITTSBURGH — Lost: Chris Hope, Antwaan Randle El, Kimo von Oelhoffen. Signed: Ryan Clark.

ST. LOUIS — Lost: Adam Archuleta, Tyoka Jackson, Damione Lewis, Jamie Martin, Ryan Pickett, Rex Tucker. Signed: Fakhir Brown, Corey Chavous, Todd Steussie, Will Witherspoon.

SAN DIEGO — Lost: Drew Brees, Reche Caldwell, Ben Leber, Justin Peelle. Signed: Marlon McCree, Aaron Shea.

SAN FRANCISCO — Lost: Andre Carter, Anthony Clement, Julian Peterson. Signed: Antonio Bryant.

SEATTLE — Lost: Ryan Hannam, Steve Hutchinson, Joe Jurevicius, Marquand Manuel. Signed: Tom Ashworth, Russell Davis, Julian Peterson.

TAMPA BAY — Lost: Jameel Cook, Dexter Jackson, Todd Steussie. Signed: Jamie Winborn.

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Dunn represents the highest value of contracts of any NFL player agent. But since losing a $44.6 million lawsuit to his former partner in November 2002, Dunn has suffered a number of setbacks. The NFLPA's disciplinary committee voted to suspend him for two years, but Dunn filed for personal bankruptcy, which halted all administrative actions against him. His partner, Joby Branion, began serving a nine-month suspension this month. If this is reported nine months from now, Dunn may not make it, but he's battled the odds before and came out ahead.

His list of major clients has included some very famous names:
• Matt Hasselbeck
• Drew Bledsoe
• Kerry Collins
• Ahman Green
• DeShaun Foster
• Zack Crockett

Drew Rosenhaus is a 1987 graduate of the University of Miami and, in 1990, obtained a law degree from Duke University School of Law. Drawing heavily on his college connections, sixteen of Rosenhaus' 90 NFL clients are fellow University of Miami alumni.

Rosenhaus is believed to be a member of the "Miami Mafia," a small but very tight-knit group of prominent, influential University of Miami alumni involved in business, politics and sports. The group, which includes University of Miami alumni from the 1980s and early 1990s, is known for their close and sometimes secretive professional and social collaborations that usually have included extensive reciprocal professional support for each other.

Advocating holdouts and other aggressive tactics

Rosenhaus is famously known both for his aggressive and sometimes risky approaches to the representation of his NFL clients, and also for often generating unpredictably large contracts for them. He represents some of the best-known and most flamboyant personalities in professional football.

Due to his aggressive dealings, some of Rosenhaus' competitors claim Rosenhaus sometimes violates NFL Player's Association (NFLPA) rules by illegally contacting clients signed with other agents. Rosenhaus and his clients deny this charge. His competitors also claim that Rosenhaus uses players to vigorously recruit other NFL players and prospects, which, if true, also would represent a violation of NFLPA policies. According to the NFLPA, however, there have been no formal findings of violations of their policies by Rosenhaus, though Rosenhaus' approaches to client representation are considered some of the most controversial in professional football.

1998: A Shark Never Sleeps

Rosenhaus is the subject of a 1998 biography, A Shark Never Sleeps: Wheeling and Dealing with the NFL's Most Ruthless Agent. In addition to his appearance in Jerry Maguire, Rosenhaus appeared in another movie about professional football, Any Given Sunday, released in 1999.

2003: Representation of Willis McGahee

One prominent example of Rosenhaus' success as an agent was his representation of former University of Miami star running back Willis McGahee, who, in January 2003, suffered a disastrous, potentially career-ending knee injury in his final college game (the Fiesta Bowl, which was the national championship game that year; Miami lost to Ohio State in overtime) and, one month after the injury, signed with Rosenhaus with the goal of obtaining an NFL contract.

Rosenhaus predicted that, under his representation, McGahee would be a first-round NFL draft pick in the 2003 NFL draft. A seemingly arrogant prediction at the time, Rosenhaus also offered to waive his standard three-percent commission and work for free if McGahee failed to be drafted in the first round. During the Draft, cameras would cut to live shots of McGahee and Rosenhaus talking on their cellular phones, giving the impression that they were communicating with teams interested in drafting McGahee. What wasn't known until after the Draft was that McGahee was, in fact, talking to Rosenhaus, seated right next to him. Surprising to many, the Buffalo Bills picked McGahee in the first round as the 23rd overall choice in the draft. This was despite the fact that McGahee, still suffering from a devastating knee injury, started his career with the Bills not only unable to play, but barely able to walk. After successful reconstructive surgery and intensive rehabilitation, McGahee signed a five-year contract with Bills worth about $16 million.[4] McGahee is currently one of the NFL's most promising young running backs.

July 2005: Saving a life in Orlando

While Rosenhaus is unpopular in some corners for his confrontational negotiation on behalf of his NFL clients, he received very positive national attention on July 19, 2005, when he saved the life of a four-year-old boy, Maurice Hill. Hill had no pulse and had essentially drowned in the pool at the Grand Floridian Hotel in Orlando. Rosenhaus, a former lifeguard, dove into the pool, pulled Hill out of the pool and administered CPR until paramedics arrived and restored the youngster's breathing.

Rosenhaus was credited with saving the young boy's life. Regarding the event, Rosenhaus joked that he "put down his phone" for a change. "I was thrilled to help the boy. It was nice to be a good guy for once," Rosenhaus said.

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His list of major clients has included some very famous names:
• Terrel Owens
• Javon Walker
• Jeremy Shockey
• Warren Sapp
• Clinton Portis