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Mike Vrabel and Hines Ward joined the Steelers as compensatory picks. Matt Hasselbeck, Scott Wells, Pierre Garcon, Antoine Bethea and Marques Colston all were compensatory picks.

Of course, you still need someone qualified enough to make those late-round picks. A perfect example came in 2000.

With the 183rd pick of that year’s draft, the Browns selected quarterback Spergon Wynn with a regular sixth-round pick. Sixteen picks later, the Patriots used one of their compensatory picks on another quarterback. His name was Tom Brady.

 

Mark Craig • mcraig@startribune.com