The Baltimore Ravens expect to receive three compensatory picks in the 2015 draft.
That comes from the Ravens' net loss in free agency last offseason. The Ravens lost four significant unrestricted free agents -- defensive end Arthur Jones (Indianapolis), offensive tackle Michael Oher (Tennessee), cornerback Corey Graham (Buffalo), and safety James Ihedigbo (Detroit) -- and they signed only one in safety Darian Stewart from St. Louis.
The unknown is in what round each of those three additional picks will come. According to the formula used by the website overthgcap.com, the Ravens should get an extra pick in the fourth (for Jones), fifth (for Oher) and sixth round (for Graham).
If this proves correct, the Ravens would have a total of nine picks, including two in the fourth, one in the fifth and two in the sixth round.
Compiling compensatory picks has been a strength of the Ravens over the years. They have received 41 compensatory picks since they were first awarded in 1994. That is eight more than any other team in the NFL.
Last year, the Ravens used compensatory picks to draft tight end Crockett Gillmore (third round), defensive end Brent Urban (fourth round), running back Lorenzo Taliaferro (fourth round) and guard John Urschel (fifth round).
Compensatory picks are announced at the NFL owners meetings in March.
Here are the six current picks in the 2015 draft for the Ravens:
First round (one pick), second round (one pick), third round (one pick), fourth round (one pick), fifth round (no pick, traded to Tampa Bay Buccaneers for center Jeremy Zuttah), sixth round (one, traded their own sixth-round pick to the Cleveland Browns for a 2014 seventh-rounder that they used to select wide receiver Michael Campanaro, and acquired the Cowboys' sixth-rounder in Rolando McClain trade in exchange for a seventh-round pick), and seventh round (one, traded their seventh-round pick to Cowboys in McClain deal and acquired the Dolphins' seventh-rounder in the Bryant McKinnie trade).
