Gwinnett Daily Post

Three of the four semi-finalists in the 2012 playoffs will receive the most compensatory picks in the NFL Draft according to selections announced by the league Monday.

The Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens and the NFC finalist Atlanta Falcons each received four compensatory picks while Super Bowl runner-up San Francisco 49ers and the Tennessee Titans picked up three extra picks.

Under the rules for compensatory draft selections, a team losing more or better compensatory free agents than it acquires in the previous year is eligible to receive compensatory draft picks. The number of picks a team receives equals the net loss of compensatory free agents up to a maximum of four. The 32 compensatory choices announced will supplement the 222 choices in the seven rounds of the 2013 NFL Draft (April 25-27).

Although this is a case of the rich getting richer this year, it is nothing new for the Ravens to get a good share of compensatory picks. Since this system was installed in 1994, the Ravens collected 37 compensatory picks, six more than any other team.

The Ravens earned their haul this year because last year they lost six players to free agency and signed only two. The Falcons lost four and signed none.

In all, a total of 32 compensatory selections in the 2013 draft were awarded to 16 teams.

The full list of awarded selections:

ROUND, ROUND CHOICE/OVERALL SELECTION, TEAM

1. 33-95, Houston

2. 34-96, Kansas City

3. 35-97, Tennessee

4. 33-130, Baltimore

5. 34-131, San Francisco

6. 35-132, Detroit

7. 36-133, Atlanta

8. 33-166, Miami

9. 34-167, Green Bay

10. 35-168, Baltimore

11. 33-201, Houston

12. 34-202, Tennessee

13. 35-203, Baltimore

14. 36-204, Kansas City

15. 37-205, Oakland

16. 38-206, Pittsburgh

17. 33-239, Philadelphia

18. 34-240, Cincinnati

19. 35-241, Seattle

20. 36-242, Seattle

21. 37-243, Atlanta

22. 38-244, Atlanta

23. 39-245, Detroit

24. 40-246, San Francisco

25. 41-247, Baltimore

26. 42-248, Tennessee

27. 43-249, Atlanta

28. 44-250, Miami

29. 45-251, Cincinnati

30. 46-252, San Francisco

31. 47-253, New York Giants

32. 48-254, Indianapolis