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2011 NFL Free Agency Begins
From NFL Media July 25, 2011	Print

NFL clubs may begin contract negotiations with the players listed in the following categories at 10:00 a.m., New York time, Tuesday, July 26.

Beginning at 6:00 p.m., New York time, on Friday, July 29, clubs may extend Offer Sheets to, or sign, such players, pursuant to the procedures applicable to each category.

Please note there are six categories of free agents.

1. Restricted Free Agents who received Qualifying Offers from their Old Clubs and are subject to the First Refusal/Compensation system of the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement:

Club	Player	Pos.	First Refusal/Compensation
Arizona	Doucet, Early	WR	3rd
	Hightower, Tim	RB	2nd
	Keith, Brandon	T	2nd
Atlanta	Grimes, Brent	DB	1st
	Weems, Eric	WR	2nd
Baltimore	Cousins, Oniel	T	3rd
	Gooden, Tavares	LB	3rd
	McClain, Jameel	LB	2nd
	Nakamura, Haruki	DB	6th
	Parmele, Jalen	RB	6th
	Smith, Marcus	WR	4th
	Talavou, Kelly	NT	ROFR
	Zbikowski, Tom	DB	3rd
Buffalo	Chandler, Scott	TE	4th
Carolina	Clowney, David	WR	5th
	Jansen, J.J.	LS	ROFR
	Senn, Jordan	LB	ROFR
Chicago	Hanie, Caleb	QB	ROFR
Cincinnati	Cook, Kyle	C	2nd
	Livings, Nate	G	ROFR
	Palmer, Jordan	QB	6th
	Roland, Dennis	T	ROFR
Cleveland	Moore, Evan	TE	2nd
Dallas	Ball, Alan	DB	7th
Denver	Prater, Matt	K	2nd
	Woodyard, Wesley	LB	2nd
Detroit	Avril, Cliff	DE	1st
	Felton, Jerome	RB	5th
	Fluellen, Andre	DT	3rd
Houston	Brisiel, Mike	G	2nd
Indianapolis	Foster, Eric	DE	2nd
Kansas City	Carr, Brandon	DB	1st
	Cox, Mike	RB	ROFR
	Gilberry, Wallace	DE	2nd
	Richardson, Barry	T	2nd
Miami	Garner, Nate	T	2nd
Minnesota	Abdullah, Husain	DB	2nd
	Henderson, Erin	LB	ROFR
New England	Green-Ellis, BenJarvus	RB	2nd
New Orleans	Nicks, Carl	G	1st
N.Y. Jets	Turner, Robert	C	ROFR
Oakland	Bush, Michael	RB	1st
Pittsburgh	Dixon, Dennis	QB	5th
	Hills, Tony	T	4th
St. Louis	Chamberlain, Chris	LB	7th
	Foster, Renardo	T	ROFR
	Greco, John	G	3rd
	Vobora, David	LB	7th
San Diego	Applewhite, Antwan	LB	2nd
	Tolbert, Mike	RB	2nd
Seattle	Polumbus, Tyler	T	ROFR
Tampa Bay	Barth, Connor	K	2nd
	Lee, James	T	2nd
	Lynch, Corey	DB	6th
	Mack, Elbert	DB	ROFR
	Okam, Frank	NT	5th
	Spurlock, Micheal	WR	ROFR
Tennessee	Bailey, Patrick	LB	ROFR
	Otto, Mike	T	7th
	Shaw, Tim	LB	5th

The Old Club has a Right of First Refusal to all players listed above. 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 "ROFR" appears in the column. In order to submit an Offer Sheet, a New Club must have available the required choice, defined as its own or better choice in the applicable rounds, in the 2012 NFL Draft.

Offer Sheets may be submitted to an Old Club until 11:59 p.m., New York time, on Saturday, August 20.

2. Players with three or more accrued seasons who have been designated as Franchise players:

Club	Player	Pos.
Cleveland	Dawson, Phil	K
Kansas City	Hali, Tamba	LB
New England	Mankins, Logan	G
San Diego	Jackson, Vincent	WR

The Old Club has a Right of First Refusal to the players listed above and compensation of two No. 1 Draft Choices. In order to submit an Offer Sheet, a New Club must have available the required choices, defined as its own or better choices in the First Round in the 2012 and 2013 NFL Drafts. Offer Sheets may be submitted to an Old Club until 4:00 p.m., New York time, on the Tuesday following the 10th regular season weekend.

3. Players with three or more accrued seasons who have been designated as Transition Players:

None

4. Players with four or more accrued seasons who negotiated Rights of First Refusal with their Old Clubs:

Club	Player	Pos.
Kansas City	Curtis, Kevin	WR

Please see procedures in Category No. 1.

5. Unrestricted Free Agents with four or more accrued seasons:

Club	Player	Pos.
Arizona	Abdullah, Hamza	DB
	Batiste, D'Anthony	T
	Branch, Alan	DT
	Breaston, Steve	WR
	Claxton, Ben	C
	Faneca, Alan	G
	Graham, Ben	P
	Lutui, Deuce	G
	McBride, Trumaine	DB
	Patrick, Ben	TE
	Robinson, Bryan	NT
	Sendlein, Lyle	C
	Spach, Stephen	TE
	Ware, Matt	DB
	Watson, Gabe	NT
	Wright, Jason	RB
Atlanta	Blalock, Justin	G
	Bryant, Matt	K
	Clabo, Tyson	T
	Dahl, Harvey	G
	Finneran, Brian	WR
	Johnson, Thomas	NT
	Koenen, Michael	P
	Nicholas, Stephen	LB
	Norwood, Jerious	RB
	Peterson, Mike	LB
	Snelling, Jason	RB
	Williams, Brian	DB
Baltimore	Bulger, Marc	QB
	Burgess, Prescott	LB
	Carr, Chris	DB
	Chester, Chris	G
	Gaither, Jared	T
	Houser, Kevin	LS
	Houshmandzadeh, T.J.	WR
	Landry, Dawan	DB
	McClain, Le'Ron	RB
	Moll, Tony	T
	Stallworth, Donte'	WR
	Washington, Fabian	DB
	Wilson, Josh	DB
	Yanda, Marshal	G
Buffalo	Ayodele, Akin	LB
	Ellison, Keith	LB
	Florence, Drayton	DB
	McCargo, John	DE
	Posluszny, Paul	LB
	Whitner, Donte	DB
	Youboty, Ashton	DB
Carolina	Alexander, Gerald	DB
	Anderson, James	LB
	Hodge, Abdul	LB
	Hudson, Marcus	DB
	Johnson, Charles	DE
	King, Jeff	TE
	Landri, Derek	DT
	Lloyd, Rhys	K
	Marshall, Richard	DB
	Moore, Matt	QB
	Morris, Chris	C
	Petitti, Rob	T
	Rosario, Dante	TE
	St. Pierre, Brian	QB
	Williams, DeAngelo	RB
	Williams, Jamar	LB
	Wilson, C.J.	DB
Chicago	Adams, Anthony	NT
	Bullocks, Josh	DB
	Clark, Desmond	TE
	Collins, Todd	QB
	Davis, Rashied	WR
	Graham, Corey	DB
	Iwuh, Brian	LB
	Kreutz, Olin	C
	Manning, Danieal	DB
	Maynard, Brad	P
	Roach, Nick	LB
	Tinoisamoa, Pisa	LB
	Wilson, Rod	LB
	Wolfe, Garrett	RB
Cincinnati	Benson, Cedric	RB
	Chambers, Kirk	T
	Fanene, Jonathan	DE
	Johnson, Brandon	LB
	Jones, Dhani	LB
	Joseph, Johnathan	DB
	Kelly, Reggie	TE
	Leonard, Brian	RB
	Mathis, Evan	G
	Ndukwe, Chinedum	DB
	Owens, Terrell	WR
	Ratliff, Keiwan	DB
	Williams, Roy	DB
	Wilson, Gibril	DB
Cleveland	Bell, Mike	RB
	Elam, Abram	DB
	Estandia, Greg	TE
	Mitchell, Jayme	DE
	Piscitelli, Sabby	DB
	Robinson, Derreck	DE
	Roth, Matt	LB
	Smith, Robaire	DE
	Sorensen, Nick	DB
	Stuckey, Chansi	WR
	Trusnik, Jason	LB
	Vickers, Lawrence	RB
	Womack, Floyd	G
	Wright, Eric	DB
	Yates, Billy	G
Dallas	Barron, Alex	T
	Bowen, Stephen	DE
	Free, Doug	T
	Hatcher, Jason	DE
	Hurd, Sam	WR
	Kosier, Kyle	G
	Sensabaugh, Gerald	DB
	Spears, Marcus	DE
	Williams, Leon	LB
Denver	Eckel, Kyle	RB
	Fields, Ronald	NT
	Harris, Ryan	T
	Maroney, Laurence	RB
	Thomas, Marcus	DE
Detroit	Brown, C.C.	DB
	Carpenter, Bobby	LB
	Ciurciu, Vinny	LB
	Clark, Brian	WR
	DeVries, Jared	DE
	Gandy, Dylan	C
	Hill, Tye	DB
	Houston, Chris	DB
	Johnson, Landon	LB
	McBride, Turk	DE
	McDonald, Brandon	DB
	Rayner, Dave	K
	Stanton, Drew	QB
	Wendling, John	DB
Green Bay	Bigby, Atari	DB
	Colledge, Daryn	G
	Crosby, Mason	K
	Hall, Korey	RB
	Jackson, Brandon	RB
	Jenkins, Cullen	DE
	Jones, James	WR
	Kuhn, John	RB
	Smith, Anthony	DB
	Spitz, Jason	C
	Wilhelm, Matt	LB
Houston	Anderson, Mark	DE
	Bentley, Kevin	LB
	Bulman, Tim	DE
	Butler, Rashad	T
	Diles, Zach	LB
	Green, Jarvis	DE
	Jones, Jacoby	WR
	Leach, Vonta	RB
	Leinart, Matt	QB
	Lewis, Damione	DT
	Paymah, Karl	DB
	Pollard, Bernard	DB
	Studdard, Kasey	G
	Turk, Matt	P
Indianapolis	Addai, Joseph	RB
	Bullitt, Melvin	DB
	Dawson, Keyunta	DE
	Francisco, Aaron	DB
	Hagler, Tyjuan	LB
	Hamlin, Ken	DB
	Johnson, Antonio	DT
	Johnson, Charlie	T
	Muir, Daniel	DT
	Rhodes, Dominic	RB
	Session, Clint	LB
	Vinatieri, Adam	K
Jacksonville	Bouman, Todd	QB
	Considine, Sean	DB
	Durant, Justin	LB
	Edwards, Trent	QB
	Morrison, Kirk	LB
	Podlesh, Adam	P
	Sims-Walker, Mike	WR
Kansas City	Anderson, Charlie	LB
	Battle, Jackie	RB
	Castille, Tim	RB
	Copper, Terrance	WR
	Croyle, Brodie	QB
	Daniels, Travis	DB
	Edwards, Ron	NT
	Mays, Corey	LB
	McGraw, Jon	DB
	Niswanger, Rudy	C
	O'Callaghan, Ryan	T
	Pope, Leonard	TE
	Smith, Shaun	DE
	Vrabel, Mike	LB
	Wiegmann, Casey	C
Miami	Brown, Ronnie	RB
	Cobbs, Patrick	RB
	McDaniel, Tony	DE
	McQuistan, Pat	T
	Moses, Quentin	LB
	Pennington, Chad	QB
	Procter, Cory	G
	Thigpen, Tyler	QB
	Williams, Ricky	RB
Minnesota	Baskett, Hank	WR
	Cook, Ryan	G
	Edwards, Ray	DE
	Evans, Fred	NT
	Favre, Brett	QB
	Frampton, Eric	DB
	Jackson, Tarvaris	QB
	Leber, Ben	LB
	Lewis, Greg	WR
	Longwell, Ryan	K
	Ramsey, Patrick	QB
	Rice, Sidney	WR
	Sheppard, Lito	DB
	Tahi, Naufahu	RB
	Walker, Frank	DB
	Williams, Pat	NT
New England	Faulk, Kevin	RB
	Graham, Shayne	K
	Light, Matt	T
	McGowan, Brandon	DB
	Morris, Sammy	RB
	Ojinnaka, Quinn	G
	Page, Jarrad	DB
	Taylor, Fred	RB
	Warren, Gerard	DE
	White, Tracy	LB
New Orleans	Ayodele, Remi	NT
	Betts, Ladell	RB
	Bushrod, Jermon	T
	Charleston, Jeff	DE
	Clark, Danny	LB
	Evans, Heath	RB
	Giordano, Matt	DB
	Goodwin, Jonathan	C
	Hargrove, Tony	DT
	Harper, Roman	DB
	Humphrey, Tory	TE
	Jones, Julius	RB
	Mitchell, Kawika	LB
	Mitchell, Marvin	LB
	Moore, Lance	WR
	Prioleau, Pierson	DB
	Reis, Chris	DB
	Roby, Courtney	WR
	Shanle, Scott	LB
	Sharper, Darren	DB
	Strief, Zach	T
	Thomas, David	TE
	Torrence, Leigh	DB
	Wilkerson, Jimmy	NT
	Wynn, DeShawn	RB
	Young, Usama	DB
N.Y. Giants	Blackburn, Chase	LB
	Boothe, Kevin	G
	Boss, Kevin	TE
	Bradshaw, Ahmad	RB
	Bulluck, Keith	LB
	Clayton, Michael	WR
	Cofield, Barry	DT
	Grant, Deon	DB
	Hagan, Derek	WR
	Johnson, Michael	DB
	Kiwanuka, Mathias	DE
	Smith, Steve	WR
	Sorgi, Jim	QB
	Tollefson, Dave	DE
	Wilkinson, Gerris	LB
N.Y. Jets	Clemens, Kellen	QB
	Coleman, Drew	DB
	Cromartie, Antonio	DB
	Edwards, Braylon	WR
	Ellis, Shaun	DE
	Folk, Nick	K
	Holmes, Santonio	WR
	Hunter, Wayne	T
	Ihedigbo, James	DB
	Laury, Lance	LB
	Pool, Brodney	DB
	Pryce, Trevor	DE
	Richardson, Tony	RB
	Smith, Brad	WR
	Smith, Eric	DB
	Weatherford, Steve	P
Oakland	Asomugha, Nnamdi	DB
	Barnes, Khalif	T
	Brown, Ricky	LB
	Condo, Jon	LS
	Frye, Charlie	QB
	Gallery, Robert	G
	Gradkowski, Bruce	QB
	Henderson, Mario	T
	Higgins, Johnnie Lee	WR
	Howard, Thomas	LB
	Huff, Michael	DB
	Miller, Zach	TE
	Moss, Jarvis	LB
	O'Sullivan, J.T.	QB
	Satele, Samson	C
	Walker, Langston	T
	Williams, Sam	LB
Philadelphia	Akers, David	K
	Bradley, Stewart	LB
	Cole, Nick	G
	Gaither, Omar	LB
	Harris, Antoine	DB
	Harrison, Jerome	RB
	Hobbs, Ellis	DB
	Jean-Gilles, Max	G
	Jordan, Akeem	LB
	McCray, Bobby	DE
	Mikell, Quintin	DB
	Patterson, Dimitri	DB
	Rocca, Saverio	P
	Sims, Ernie	LB
	Wells, Reggie	G
Pittsburgh	Colon, Willie	T
	Eason, Nick	DE
	Essex, Trai	G
	Fox, Keyaron	LB
	Gay, William	DB
	Hoke, Chris	NT
	Madison, Anthony	DB
	Moore, Mewelde	RB
	Scott, Jonathan	T
	Sepulveda, Daniel	P
	Spaeth, Matt	TE
	Suisham, Shaun	K
	Taylor, Ivan	DB
	Warren, Greg	LS
St. Louis	Clayton, Mark	WR
	Dockery, Kevin	DB
	Fells, Daniel	TE
	Gibson, Gary	DT
	Goldberg, Adam	G
	Hovan, Chris	DT
	Johnson, Darcy	TE
	Lewis, Michael	DB
	Robinson, Laurent	WR
	Ryan, Clifton	DT
	Schouman, Derek	TE
San Diego	Barnes, Antwan	DE
	Burnett, Kevin	LB
	Carter, Tyrone	DB
	Cesaire, Jacques	DE
	Clary, Jeromey	T
	Cooper, Stephen	LB
	Dearth, James	LS
	Floyd, Malcom	WR
	Hughes, Dante	DB
	Johnson, Travis	DE
	McMichael, Randy	TE
	Moore, Brandon	LB
	Mruczkowski, Scott	C
	Naanee, Legedu	WR
	Neill, Ryan	LS
	Oliver, Paul	DB
	Siler, Brandon	LB
	Sproles, Darren	RB
	Volek, Billy	QB
	Washington, Kelley	WR
	Watkins, Pat	DB
	Weddle, Eric	DB
San Francisco	Baas, David	C
	Evans, Demetric	DE
	Franklin, Aubrayo	NT
	Goldson, Dashon	DB
	James, William	DB
	LaBoy, Travis	LB
	Lawson, Manny	LB
	McDonald, Ray	DE
	Reed, Jeff	K
	Sims, Barry	T
	Smith, Alex	QB
	Smith, Troy	QB
	Spikes, Takeo	LB
	Westbrook, Brian	RB
	Wragge, Tony	C
Seattle	Babineaux, Jordan	DB
	Brock, Raheem	DE
	Gordon, Amon	DT
	Hasselbeck, Matt	QB
	Herring, Will	LB
	Hill, LeRoy	LB
	Jennings, Kelly	DB
	Locklear, Sean	T
	Losman, J.P.	QB
	Mare, Olindo	K
	Martin, Ruvell	WR
	McCoy, Matt	LB
	Mebane, Brandon	DT
	Milloy, Lawyer	DB
	Pitts, Chester	T
	Richardson, Jay	DE
	Robinson, Michael	RB
	Siavii, Junior	DT
	Spencer, Chris	C
	Stokley, Brandon	WR
	Terrill, Craig	DT
	Willis, Ray	T
Tampa Bay	Black, Quincy	LB
	Crowder, Tim	DE
	Gilmore, John	TE
	Hayward, Adam	LB
	Joseph, Davin	G
	Koutouvides, Niko	LB
	Ruud, Barrett	LB
	Stovall, Maurice	WR
	Trueblood, Jeremy	T
	White, Stylez G	DE
	Williams, Carnell	RB
Tennessee	Babin, Jason	DE
	Ball, Dave	DE
	Collins, Kerry	QB
	Douglas, Marques	DT
	Ford, Jacob	DE
	Hall, Ahmard	RB
	Harris, Leroy	G
	Hood, Roderick	DB
	Moss, Randy	WR
	Nickey, Donnie	DB
	Scaife, Bo	TE
	Simms, Chris	QB
	Thornton, David	LB
	Tulloch, Stephen	LB
	Winborn, Jamie	LB
Washington	Blades, H.B.	LB
	Brown, Jammal	T
	Buchanon, Phillip	DB
	Doughty, Reed	DB
	Furrey, Mike	WR
	Golston, Kedric	DE
	Grossman, Rex	QB
	Heyer, Stephon	T
	McIntosh, Rocky	LB
	Moss, Santana	WR
	Rogers, Carlos	DB
	Wilson, Chris	LB

In accordance with the signing periods stated above, the players in category No. 5 may be signed by any club in the League until 4:00 p.m., New York time, on Saturday, September 3, with no rights of any character held by the Old Club.

6. Players with fewer than four accrued seasons who received no Qualifying Offer or no minimum tender from their Old Club:

Club	Player	Pos.
Arizona	Adams, Michael	DB
	Broughton, Nehemiah	RB
	Dykes, Keilen	DT
	Iwebema, Kenny	DE
	Maui'a, Reagan	RB
Baltimore	Sanders, Daniel	C
Buffalo	Brohm, Brian	QB
	Ganther, Quinton	RB
	Stupar, Jonathan	TE
Chicago	Aromashodu, Devin	WR
Cincinnati	White, Marvin	DB
Cleveland	Adams, Titus	DE
	Costanzo, Blake	LB
Dallas	Greisen, Chris	QB
Detroit	Nordin, Jake	TE
	Smith, Kevin	RB
Green Bay	Bell, Josh	DB
Indianapolis	Hart, Mike	RB
	Richardson, Mike	DB
	Robinson, Gijon	TE
	Santi, Tom	TE
	Silva, Jamie	DB
Jacksonville	Smith, Bryan	DE
Kansas City	Leggett, Maurice	DB
Miami	Haynos, Joey	TE
Minnesota	Young, Albert	RB
New Orleans	Dunbar, Jo-Lonn	LB
	Waters, Anthony	LB
N.Y. Giants	Brown, Courtney	DB
Pittsburgh	Harris, Tuff	DB
St. Louis	Butler, Quincy	DB
	Darby, Kenneth	RB
	Johnson, Curtis	LB
San Diego	Beckwith, Darry	LB
	Latsko, Billy	RB
San Francisco	Patrick, Chris	T
Tampa Bay	Huggins, Kareem	RB
Tennessee	Allred, Colin	LB

The players in category No. 6 may be signed with no rights of any character held by the Old Club. There is no signing deadline applicable to these players.

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