Rookie Cap Allocations

The NFL announced their rookie salary cap allocations, with the Detroit Lions allocated $4,121,438 as the maximum amount given to sign all their rookies, including undrafted free agents. This rookie pool of money is a cap within the salary cap, it is part of the overall salary cap a team must stay within, not an additional amount. The total salary cap for each team in 2006 is $102 million, so the Lions rookie cap represents 4% of their total cap space. While the typical overall rookie pool has grown at about 2%, this years increase represents a 5% increase over last year.

ROOKIE SALARY CAP ALLOCATIONS

Team (# of Picks) Rookie pool

1) Green Bay (12) $6,647,633
2) N.Y. Jets (10) $6,631,295
3) Tennessee (10) $5,844,517
4) San Francisco (9) $5,646,962
5) Houston (7) $5,390,902
6) Buffalo (9) $5,366,937
7) New Orleans (8) $5,220,174
8) St. Louis (10) $4,880,531
9) Cleveland (10) $4,876,144
10) Baltimore (10) $4,762,876
11) New England (10) $4,617,429
12) Oakland (7) $4,504,263
13) Philadelphia (8) $4,256,970
14) Tampa Bay (10) $4,213,367
15) Detroit (7) $4,121,438
16) Arizona (7) $4,100,955
17) Denver (7) $3,853,423
18) Pittsburgh (9) $3,852,681
19) Dallas (8) $3,786,517
20) San Diego (8) $3,724,681
21) Minnesota (6) $3,708,617
22) Cincinnati (8) $3,688,985
23) Carolina (8) $3,673,327
24) N.Y. Giants (7) $3,523,882
25) Kansas City (7) $3,394,243
26) Indianapolis (7) $3,157,508
27) Miami (6) $3,023,638
28) Chicago (7) $2,899,270
29) Jacksonville (6) $2,871,527
30) Seattle (6) $2,830,866
31) Washington (6) $2,241,339
32) Atlanta (5) $2,069,514

Total (255) $133,382,411

Lions Draft Picks and thier Combine/Pro Day Results

The draft picks are in for the Detroit Lions. Here are the picks and their results from the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis and their individual workouts at their respective schools pro days.

ERNIE SIMS - OLB - Florida State
Round One (9th overall)

Combine Results Sims ran the 40 in 4.50, had a 10'5" broad jump, and had a 41" vertical leap.

Pro Day Results Sims (5-11 1⁄4, 234 pounds) ran the 40s in 4.55 and 4.48 seconds.

DANIEL BULLOCKS - S - Nebraska
Round Two (40th overall)

Combine Results Bullocks ran the 40 in 4.38, had a time of 6.91 in the three cone drill, and had a 11.22 time in the 60-yard shuttle.

Pro Day Results Bullocks stood on everything he did at the Combine and only did position drills.

BRIAN CALHOUN - RB - Wisconsin
Round Two (74th overall)

Combine Results Calhoun ran the 40 in 4.60, had a 10'4" broad jump, was timed at 7.05 in the three cone drill, and had a 4.2 time in the 20-yard shuttle.

Pro Day Results Calhoun (5-9, 204 pounds) ran the 40-yard dash in 4.38. He also had a 38-inch vertical jump, 4.04 short shuttle, 11.03 long shuttle and 6.83 three-cone drill.

JONATHAN SCOTT - OT - Texas
Round Five (141st overall)

Combine Results Scott ran the 40 in 5.31 and 8'5" broad jump.

Pro Day Results Scott (6-6, 322 pounds) has an arm length of 33 7/8 inches and a hand size of 10 inches. Did 17 bench presses. Stood on his numbers from the Combine in the other categories.

ALTON 'DEE' MCCANN - CB - West Virginia
Round Six (179th overall)

Combine Results McCann had a 40.5-inch vertical leap.

Pro Day Results McCann (5-10 7/8, 195 pounds) was timed at 4.52 and 4.54 in the 40. He had a 421⁄2-inch vertical jump, a 10-foot-7 broad jump, a 4.10 short shuttle, a 7.05 three-cone drill and 12 lifts.

FRED MATUA - G - Southern Cal
Round Seven (217th overall)

Combine Results Matua was not invited to the scouting combine.

Pro Day Results Matua (6-2 3/8, 301 pounds) ran his 40s in 5.06 and 5.19. He also had a 30-inch vertical, 4.86 short shuttle, 78.08 three-cone drill, and 26 bench presses of 225-pounds.

ANTHONY CANNON - OLB - Tulane
Round Seven (217th overall)

Combine Results Cannon was not invited to the scouting combine.

Pro Day Results Tulane had no pro day.