The NFL announced their compensatory draft selections on Friday and the New York Giants were awarded a fifth-round pick (No. 171 overall) in the 2019 NFL Draft.
The additional selection is based on the league’s formula of free agents signed versus free agents lost the previous season. It was initially thought the Giants would receive both a fourth and a fifth rounder having lost offensive lineman Justin Pugh and linebacker Devon Kennard in free agency, but instead they’ll have to settle for the one pick.
From the NFL:
Compensatory free agents are determined by a formula based on salary, playing time and postseason honors. The formula was developed by the NFL Management Council. Not every free agent lost or signed by a club is covered by this formula. No club may receive more than four compensatory picks in any one year. If a club qualifies for more than four compensatory picks after offsetting each CFA lost by each CFA gained of an equal or higher value, the four highest remaining selections will be awarded to the club.
The Collective Bargaining Agreement limits the number of compensatory selections to the number of clubs then in the League (32). This year, six clubs: the Baltimore Ravens, the Cincinnati Bengals, the Indianapolis Colts, the Los Angeles Rams, the New York Giants, and the San Francisco 49ers qualified for compensatory selections under the net loss formula but will not receive those picks because the final numerical values of the CFAs who were lost by those clubs ranked 33rd through 39th among the final numerical values of all compensatory selections. Each of those six clubs will receive compensatory selections for other CFAs lost whose final numerical values ranked within the top 32.
The additional selection gives the Giants 10 picks this year: One pick in the each of the first, second and sixth rounds, two fourth rounders, two seventh rounders and three in the fifth round.
The lost/gained scorecard used to determine the Giants’ compensation:
Lost: Ross Cockrell, D.J. Fluker, Devon Kennard, Justin Pugh, Weston Richburg and Geno Smith
Gained: Cody Latimer, Kareem Martin, Nate Solder and Michael Thomas
