Post by Colts GM (Ben) on Feb 27, 2023 20:06:30 GMT -6
Rookie Draft:
An annual rookie draft is held on June 1st in which all players who were eligible in that year's NFL Draft are eligible for selection. The first and second rounds have a 24-hour clock which cuts to 12-hours in rounds 3-4. Each team owns four rookie draft picks—one in each round. Picks for the current season, as well as the next season, are considered "active" and eligible to be traded. Additionally, a team may receive a compensatory draft pick at the end of rounds 2-4.
The rookie salary scale corresponds with the round in which a player was selected.
First round: $1.2M/$1.8M/$2.4M/$3M
Second round: $1.05M/$1.58M/$2.1M/$2.63M
Third round: $0.9M/$1.35M/$1.8M/$2.25M
Fourth round: $0.75M/$1.13M/$1.5M/$1.88M
Undrafted: $0.6M/$0.9M/$1.2M/$1.5M
Undrafted rookies can either be claimed via waivers, or signed via free agency. Once a team places a bid in either place, that is the avenue by which that player will be acquired with the player's contract structure reflecting this.
Compensatory Picks:
A team may receive a compensatory draft pick if it lost a free agent without adequately replacing that player. To determine this, the top-10 free agents in terms of highest total contract value are listed in order from highest to lowest. Contracts ranked 1-5 warrant the former team a pick at the end of round two. Contracts ranked 6-10 warrant the former team a pick at the end of round three. Picks may be added at the end of round four at league managers' discretion for competitive balance (typically in the case of a rebuilding team with a new general manager).
If a team loses a player and replaces that player with another top-10 contract, those picks cancel out and no compensatory pick is awarded. Note that teams/players further down the list do not "slide up" to fill that void; it remains vacant.
An annual rookie draft is held on June 1st in which all players who were eligible in that year's NFL Draft are eligible for selection. The first and second rounds have a 24-hour clock which cuts to 12-hours in rounds 3-4. Each team owns four rookie draft picks—one in each round. Picks for the current season, as well as the next season, are considered "active" and eligible to be traded. Additionally, a team may receive a compensatory draft pick at the end of rounds 2-4.
The rookie salary scale corresponds with the round in which a player was selected.
First round: $1.2M/$1.8M/$2.4M/$3M
Second round: $1.05M/$1.58M/$2.1M/$2.63M
Third round: $0.9M/$1.35M/$1.8M/$2.25M
Fourth round: $0.75M/$1.13M/$1.5M/$1.88M
Undrafted: $0.6M/$0.9M/$1.2M/$1.5M
Undrafted rookies can either be claimed via waivers, or signed via free agency. Once a team places a bid in either place, that is the avenue by which that player will be acquired with the player's contract structure reflecting this.
Compensatory Picks:
A team may receive a compensatory draft pick if it lost a free agent without adequately replacing that player. To determine this, the top-10 free agents in terms of highest total contract value are listed in order from highest to lowest. Contracts ranked 1-5 warrant the former team a pick at the end of round two. Contracts ranked 6-10 warrant the former team a pick at the end of round three. Picks may be added at the end of round four at league managers' discretion for competitive balance (typically in the case of a rebuilding team with a new general manager).
If a team loses a player and replaces that player with another top-10 contract, those picks cancel out and no compensatory pick is awarded. Note that teams/players further down the list do not "slide up" to fill that void; it remains vacant.