| The following list of players was available to
the Houston Texans in the expansion draft, which was held Monday, Feb. 18. Each NFL team
had to expose five players. Each club was able to put forward only one player who was
placed on injured reserve after the start of the 2001 regular season and one player who
has 10 or more years of free-agency experience. Neither punters nor kickers were permitted
to be part of the list. The Texans were mandated to select between 30 and 42 players in
the expansion draft, or a lesser number of players with salaries totaling 38 percent of
the salary cap. As it turned out, they selected 19 players.
The Jets and the Jaguars lost the most players in the draft, each giving up three. The
Ravens lost two players.
An existing club was able to recall one player from its list after one of its players
was selected. After a second player was selected from a club, that club could pull back
both of its remaining players. In practice, only eight players were recalled.
A total of 155 veterans were available for selection by the Texans.
Here is the team-by-team list of players, with players actually selected shown in
boldface:
Arizona — DE Jabari Issa, WR Rob Moore, DB Jacoby Rhinehart
(recalled), LB Johnny Rutledge, OG Yusuf Scott.
Atlanta — RB Jamal Anderson, DB Ronnie Bradford, QB Chris Chandler, TE Derek
Rackley, RB Rodney Thomas.
Baltimore — DE Rob Burnett, LB Brad Jackson, WR Jermaine Lewis, LB
Jamie Sharper, OG Kip Vickers.
Buffalo — WR-KR Avion Black, OT John Fina, DB Raion Hill, DB Ken
Irvin, QB Rob Johnson.
Carolina — RB Tshimanga Biakabutuka, CB Doug Evans, DT Sean Gilbert, DB Jimmy
Hitchcock, LB Dean Wells.
Chicago — RB Autry Denson, OG Kevin Dogins, DB Than Merrill (recalled), DT Robert
Newkirk, QB Danny Wuerffel.
Cincinnati — OT John Jackson, LB Riall Johnson, DE Jevon Langford, TE Tony McGee,
OT Jamain Stephens.
Cleveland — LB Brant Boyer (recalled), DB Lamar Chapman, CB Corey Fuller, OG
Jeremy McKinney, OT Roman Oben.
Dallas — OG Ben Fricke (recalled), TE Johnny Huggins, TE Mike
Solwold, C Mark Stepnoski, S George Teague.
Denver — DT Jerry Johnson, WR Phil McGeoghan, DE Kavika Pittman, LB Bill
Romanowski, RB Detron Smith.
Detroit — TE Brad Banta, QB Charlie Batch, RB Reuben Droughns, S Kurt Schultz, RB
James Stewart.
Green Bay — C Rob Davis, DT Santana Dotson, LB Bernardo Harris, DE John Thierry,
LB K.D. Williams.
Indianapolis — CB Jeff Burris, DB Chad Cota, TE Ken Dilger, DT Ellis Johnson, DT
Mike Wells.
Jacksonville — OT Tony Boselli, WR Keenan McCardell, DT
Seth Payne, DT Gary Walker, OG Zach Wiegert.
Kansas City — DB Taje Allen, WR Derrick Alexander, DT Nate Hobgood-Chittick, WR
Larry Parker, DB Bracy Walker.
Miami — DT Tim Bowens, OG Heath Irwin, TE Hunter Goodwin, LB Scott Galyon, RB
James Johnson.
Minnesota — OT Brad Badger, LB Ed McDaniel, DB Robert Tate, DB Orlando Thomas, WR
Troy Walters.
New England — WR Charles Johnson, LB Ted Johnson, LB Willie McGinest, CB Terrance
Shaw, S Matt Stevens.
New Orleans — OG Tom Ackerman, QB Jeff Blake, S Richard Newsome, LB Darrin Smith,
OG Wally Williams.
New York Giants — LB Jessie Armstead, DB Sam Garnes, DE Kenny Holmes, OG Glenn
Parker, DB Dave Thomas.
New York Jets — DT Shane Burton, CB Marcus Coleman, CB
Aaron Glenn, DB Chris Hayes, OT Ryan Young.
Oakland — LB Elijah Alexander, RB Terry Kirby, WR Marcus Knight, DB Marquez Pope,
DT Josh Taves.
Philadelphia — CB Darrel Crutchfield, CB William Hampton (recalled), OT
Ryan Schau, WR Gari Scott, TE Jeff Thomason.
Pittsburgh — WR Troy Edwards, FB Jon Witman, C Mike Schneck, OL Roger Duffy, WR
Will Blackwell.
St. Louis — LB Brian Allen, LB Mark Fields, CB Jacoby Shepherd,
OT Ryan Tucker, RB Justin Watson.
San Diego — QB Dave Dickenson, LB Deon Humphrey, TE Freddie Jones, RB Fred
McCrary, DB Jason Perry.
San Francisco — TE Greg Clark, S John Keith, C Ben Lynch, DT Reggie McGrew, DB
Anthony Parker.
Seattle — WR Fabien Bownes, C J.P. Darche (recalled), DB Paul Miranda, RB-PR
Charlie Rogers, DE Michael Sinclair.
Tampa Bay — LB Jeff Gooch, DE Marcus Jones (recalled), OG Randall McDaniel, TE
Sean McDermott, DB Eric Vance.
Tennessee — DB Michael Booker, DB DeRon Jenkins, OG Bruce Matthews, WR Chris
Sanders, DE Juqua Thomas.
Washington — C Ethan Albright, RB Michael Bates, OG Matt Campbell,
DT Jerry DeLoach (recalled), WR Kevin Lockett.
Order in which players were chosen;
estimated cap values for 2002 |
