1995 NFL Expansion Draft

Panthers and the Jaguars selected the first players in franchise historyThe 1995 National Football League Expansion Draft was held on February 15, 1995. [cite web |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CEEDA133BF935A25751C0A963958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |title=Expansion Teams Pick Big Names, No Names|accessdate=2008-09-23 |author=Timothy W. Smith |date=1995-02-16 |publisher=New York Times] The two new expansion teams, the Carolina Panthers and the Jacksonville Jaguars alternated picks from lists of unprotected players from existing franchises. Existing NFL teams made six players available [cite web |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1995/01/18/SP47.DTL&hw=lineman&sn=122&sc=193 |title=NFL NOTES: Familiar Names on Expansion Draft List |accessdate=2008-09-23 |author=Associated Press |date=1995-01-18 |publisher=San Francisco Chronicle] , and the new teams were required to pick a minimum of 30 and a maximum of 42 players. Each time one of the expansion franchises selected a player from an existing team, that team was then permitted to remove a remaining player from its list of available players. Each existing franchise, therefore, could lose a total of no more than three players.

In addition to these draft picks, the Panthers received the first pick in the 1995 NFL Draft, and the Jaguars were given the second pick.

Player selections

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