Zachariah Branch

Non-playoff teams get picks 1-18 -- the team with the worst record picks first overall

Teams eliminated in the Wild Card round get picks 19-24

Teams eliminated in the Divisional round get picks 25-28

Teams eliminated in the Conference Championships get picks 29-30

Super Bowl loser gets pick 31

Super Bowl winner gets pick 32

Tiebreakers: strength of schedule, division tiebreakers, conference tiebreakers, interconference tiebreakers, coin toss

This order applies to all seven rounds of the draft with tied teams cycling positions from round to round

Weeks before the draft, up to a total of 32 compensatory picks are awarded to teams that lost significant free agents -- these picks are made after rounds 3-7