The Ravens have been awarded third- and fourth-round compensatory draft picks, the league announced March 10, giving the Ravens a total of nine picks in this year’s draft.
Compensatory draft picks are awarded to teams based on free-agency losses compared to free-agency acquisitions. This past year, the Ravens lost linebackers Za’Darius Smith, C.J. Mosley and Terrell Suggs and wide receiver John Brown as unrestricted free agents who factor in the compensatory pick equation, while they signed safety Earl Thomas and running back Mark Ingram. (Players who had been cut by other teams, or players signed after a certain date, don’t factor in the league’s closely-guarded compensatory formula.)
As a result, the Ravens were left with two compensatory picks, which can be awarded from Rounds 3 to 7 in the draft. The Ravens were awarded the final pick of the third round (No. 106 overall) and the fifth compensatory pick of the fourth round (No. 143 overall).
