The Baltimore Ravens are all about building their roster through the NFL draft, and one key to their success has been the accumulation of compensatory draft picks.
The formula used to award compensatory draft picks, developed by the NFL Management Council, is as follows.
[A] Compensatory Free Agent (“CFA”) shall be defined as an Unrestricted Free Agent (“UFA”) who: (i) signed with a new Club during the prior free agency signing period […] prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, on the Monday following the NFL Draft for that League Year1 […]; and (ii) ranked within the top 35%2 of all League players […]. Clubs that lose to other Clubs a greater number of CFAs than they sign or acquire from other Clubs shall be eligible to receive a Compensatory Draft Selection in the College Draft to be held in the following League Year subject to the provisions set forth below.
Nick Korte of Over The Cap makes a yearly projection for compensatory picks. This April, he has the Ravens getting four compensatory picks: a fourth, two fifths, and a sixth.
The Ravens will receive picks for Patrick Queen (Steelers), Jadeveon Clowney (Panthers), Geno Stone (Bengals), and Kevin Zeitler (Lions).
Baltimore will pick 27th overall in the first round, and they could have as many as 11 draft picks.
