Eric DeCosta’s title is general manager of the Ravens. But he’s also known by another, less-formal moniker in NFL circles: comp-pick king.

On Tuesday, the league announced the compensatory picks awarded to teams for next month’s draft.

Each year, teams are awarded compensatory draft picks between Rounds 3 and 7 based on a formula involving a player’s average salary per year, snap count and postseason awards. A team qualifies for them when they have more qualifying free agents lost than gained in a year.

With the free agent departures last offseason of linebackers Patrick Queen and Jadeveon Clowney, safety Geno Stone and guard Kevin Zeitler, Baltimore was awarded the maximum of four such respective picks in this year’s draft: one in the fourth round (No. 136), one in the fifth (176) and two in the sixth (Nos. 210 and 212).

Those are in addition to the seven they already had, giving them 11 in all.

Since the inception of compensatory picks in 1994, no team has been awarded more than the Ravens’ 60. The Dallas Cowboys (58), Green Bay Packers (53), Los Angeles Rams (51) and New England Patriots (48) round out the top five.

“Any time you have more draft picks, you have the chance to draft more players, obviously, and get lucky on a few guys,” DeCosta said last year. “That’s what this thing is really all about, putting yourself in a position to take advantage and do things to help your team.”

It’s a philosophy that has worked out fairly well over the years, though there have been some misses, too.

Three years ago, a fourth-round comp pick yielded the Ravens emergent tight end Isaiah Likely in the fourth round. In 2014, they used one on defensive lineman Brent Urban, also in the fourth round. The year before, they landed future All-Pro and nine-time Pro Bowl selection fullback Kyle Juszczyk (fourth round) and future Pro Bowl center Ryan Jensen.

Quarterback Derek Anderson (2005), punter Sam Koch (2006) and fullback Le’Ron McClain (2007) were also notable comp pick selections.

Already, the Ravens are in line to receive more comp picks in next year’s draft, too. With guard Patrick Mekari, cornerback Brandon Stephens and linebacker Malik Harrison all signing elsewhere in free agency this offseason, that sets them up to potentially receive three more.

Here’s Baltimore’s full assortment of 2025 NFL draft picks:

Round 1: No. 27 overall

Round 2: No. 59

Round 3: No. 91

Round 4: Nos. 129, 136 (compensatory)

Round 5: No. 176 (compensatory)

Round 6: Nos. 183 (via Carolina Panthers), 203, 210 (compensatory), 212 (compensatory)

Round 7: No. 243

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