Free agents who received qualifying offers from their old clubs. The old club has a right of first refusal to all players listed below. Compensation is as listed in the column on the right. If the old club has only a right of first refusal but is not entitled to any compensation, the designation "first refusal" appears in the column. In order to submit an offer sheet, a new club must have available the required choice or choices, defined as its own or better choices in the applicable rounds, in the 1996 NFL Draft. Offer sheets may be submitted to players in category No. 1 no later than 11:59 p.m., New York time, on Monday, April 15.
First Refusal/ Club Player Pos. College Compensation ARIZONA Brown, Chad DE Mississippi First Refusal Fann, Chad TE Florida A&M First Refusal Hearst, Garrison RB Georgia 1st & 3rd Moore, Brandon T Duke First Refusal ATLANTA George, Ron LB Stanford 5th Harper, Roger DB Ohio State 2nd Kennedy, Lincoln T Washington First Refusal Lyons, Mitch TE Michigan State 6th Walker, Darnell DB Oklahoma 7th BALTIMORE Caldwell, Mike LB Middle Tennessee 3rd Everitt, Steve C Michigan 1st Footman, Dan DE Florida State 1st BUFFALO Brown, Monty LB Ferris State First Refusal Copeland, Russell WR Memphis State 4th Smith, Thomas DB North Carolina 1st CAROLINA Christian, Bob RB Northwestern First Refusal Elliott, Matt C Michigan First Refusal Griffith, Howard RB Illinois First Refusal Love, Sean G Penn State First Refusal Zgonina, Jeff DT Purdue 7th CHICAGO Baker, Myron LB Louisiana Tech 4th Conway, Curtis WR Southern California 1st & 3rd Fontenot, Albert DE Baylor 4th Gedney, Chris TE Syracuse 3rd Minter, Barry LB Tulsa 6th CINCINNATI Brumfield, Scott G Brigham Young First Refusal McGee, Tony TE Michigan 2nd Pelfrey, Doug K Kentucky First Refusal Smith, Artie DE Louisiana Tech 5th Tovar, Steve LB Ohio State 3rd Wallerstedt, Brett LB Arizona State 6th DALLAS Marion, Brock DB Nevada-Reno 7th Smith, Darrin LB Miami 1st Stone, Ron T Boston College 4th DENVER Evans, Jerry TE Toledo First Refusal Jones, Rondell DB North Carolina 3rd Robinson, Jeff DE Idaho 4th DETROIT Jeffries, Greg DB Virginia 6th London, Antonio LB Alabama 1st McNeil, Ryan DB Miami 1st GREEN BAY Jordan, Charles WR Long Beach CC First Refusal Knapp, Lindsay T Notre Dame 5th Teague, George DB Alabama 1st HOUSTON Barrow, Micheal LB Miami 1st Bishop, Blaine DB Ball State 1st Mills, John Henry TE Wake Forest 5th Wycheck, Frank TE Maryland 6th INDIANAPOLIS Gray, Derwin DB Brigham Young 4th Humphrey, Ronald RB Mississippi Valley First Refusal McDonald, Devon LB Notre Dame 4th Potts, Roosevelt RB N.E. Louisiana 2nd JACKSONVILLE Coleman, Ben T Wake Forest 2nd Keith, Craig TE Lenoir-Rhyne 7th Maston, Le'Shai RB Baylor First Refusal Myslinski, Tom G Tennessee 4th Smith, Jimmy WR Jackson State 2nd Stephens, Santo LB Temple First Refusal Thomas, Dave DB Tennessee First Refusal KANSAS CITY Anderson, Darren DB Toledo 4th Bailey, Victor WR Missouri 2nd Hughes, Danan WR Iowa 7th MIAMI Kirby, Terry RB Viginia 1st MINNESOTA Evans, Charles RB Clark Atlanta First Refusal Graham, Scottie RB Ohio State 7th Smith, Robert RB Ohio State 1st NEW ENGLAND Brisby, Vincent WR N.E. Louisiana 1st Brown, Corwin DB Michigan 4th Gisler, Mike G Houston First Refusal Lewis, Vernon DB Pittsburgh First Refusal Slade, Chris LB Virginia 1st NEW ORLEANS Brown, Derek RB Nebraska 4th Neal, Lorenzo RB Fresno State 4th N.Y. GIANTS Beamon, Willie DB Northern Iowa First Refusal Buckley, Marcus LB Texas A&M 3rd Strahan, Michael DE Texas Southern 1st N.Y. JETS Murrell, Adrian RB West Virginia 1st OAKLAND Ismail, Raghib WR Notre Dame 1st Stephens, Richard T Tulsa First Refusal Trapp, James DB Clemson 3rd PHILADELPHIA Holmes, Lester T Jackson State 1st Willis, James LB Auburn 5th PITTSBURGH Hastings, Andre WR Georgia 3rd Henry, Kevin DE Mississippi State 4th Williams, Willie DB Western Carolina 1st ST. LOUIS Belin, Chuck G Wisconsin 5th Drayton, Troy TE Penn State 2nd Robinson, Greg RB N.E. Louisiana First Refusal SAN DIEGO Bush, Lewis LB Washington State 4th Castle, Eric DB Oregon 6th Cocozzo, Joe G Michigan 3rd Gordon, Dwayne LB New Hampshire First Refusal Parrella, John DT Nebraska 2nd SEATTLE Gray, Carlton DB UCLA 1st Keim, Mike T Brigham Young First Refusal McCrary, Michael DE Wake Forest 7th Wells, Dean LB Kentucky 4th TAMPA BAY Ahanotu, Chidi DT California 6th Buckley, Curtis DB East Texas State First Refusal DuBose, Demetrius LB Notre Dame 2nd Husted, Michael K Virginia First Refusal Lynch, John DB Stanford 3rd Moore, Dave TE Pittsburgh 7th Thomas, Lamar WR Miami 3rd WASHINGTON Brooks, Reggie RB Notre Dame 2nd Crews, Terry LB Western Michigan First Refusal Palmer, Sterling DE Florida State 4th