Fantasy File

2002 Free Agents

By Bob Harris, Special to CNNSI.com

As I've noted before, the key to fielding a successful Fantasy football team is making sure you're the best-informed owner in your league. With that thought in mind, the following list will provide you with a heads-up look at players whose contracts were scheduled to expire after the 2001 season.

According to the NFLPA, the following players will become free agents unless they are re-signed by their current teams on or before Feb. 28:

Kickers and Punters

Exclusive Rights
Cortez, Jose (San Francisco)
Feely, Jay (Atlanta)
Hanson, Chris (Jacksonville)
Hilbert, Jon (Dallas)
Holmes, Jaret (Jacksonville)
Knorr, Micah (Dallas)
Lechler, Shane (Oakland)
Lindell, Rian (Seattle)
Seder, Tim (Dallas)

Restricted Free Agents
Brown, Kris (Pittsburgh)
Dawson, Phil (Cleveland)
Kight, Danny (Baltimore)
Smith, Hunter (Indianapolis)

Unrestricted Free Agents
Andersen, Morten (New York Giants)
Anderson, Gary (Minnesota)
Blanchard, Cary (Arizona)
Carney, John (New Orleans)
Christie, Steve (San Diego)
Elam, Jason (Denver)
Hollis, Mike (Jacksonville)
Johnson, Lee (Minnesota)
Landeta, Sean (Philadelphia)
Peterson, Todd (Kansas City)
Richardson, Kyle (Baltimore)
Turk, Matt (Miami)
Vinatieri, Adam (New England)
Walter, Ken (New England)

Quarterbacks

Exclusive Rights
Brown, Travis (Buffalo)
Dreisbach, Scott (Detroit)
Johnson, Doug (Atlanta)
Lytle, Matthew (Carolina)
Robinson, Roderick (Jacksonville)
Stoerner, Clint (Dallas)
Volek, Billy (Tennessee)
Wright, Anthony (Dallas)
Craig, Dameyune (Carolina)
Delhomme, Jake (New Orleans)
Germaine, Joe (Kansas City)
Greisen, Chris (Arizona)
Huard, Brock (Seattle)

Unrestricted Free Agents
Banks, Tony (Washington)
Brown, Dave (Arizona)
Cunningham, Randall (Baltimore)
Dilfer, Trent (Seattle)
Frerotte, Gus (Denver)
Graham, Kent (Washington)
Harbaugh, Jim (Carolina)
Justin, Paul (St. Louis)
Miller, Jim (Chicago)
Mirer, Rick (San Francisco)
Mitchell, Scott (Cincinnati)
Pederson, Doug (Green Bay)
Peete, Rodney (Oakland)
Quinn, Jonathan (Jacksonville)
Rypien, Mark (Indianapolis)
**Van Pelt, Alex (Buffalo)

Running Backs

Exclusive Rights
Alexander, Dan (Tennessee)
Brigham, Marques (Oakland)
Brookins, Jason (Baltimore)
Cason, Aveion (Detroit)
Clemons, Lloyd (New York Giants)
Coleman, Ka Ron (Denver)
Droughns, Reuben (Detroit)
Edwards, Brian (Chicago)
Finn, James (Indianapolis)
Goodman, Herbert (Green Bay)
Hoover, Brad (Carolina)
Johnson, Bryan (Washington)
Joseph, Elvis (Jacksonville)
Kreider, Dan (Pittsburgh)
Lewis, Jonas (San Francisco)
Ricard, Alan (Baltimore)
Smith, Maurice (Atlanta)
Stecker, Aaron (Tampa Bay)
Stith, Shyrone (Indianapolis)
Washington, Damon (New York Giants)
Washington, Patrick (Jacksonville)
White, Jamel (Cleveland)
White, Reggie (Jacksonville)

Restricted Free Agents
Ayanbadejo, Obafemi (Baltimore)
Bryson, Shawn (Buffalo)
Denson, Autry (Chicago)
Gary, Olandis (Denver)
Hodgins, James (St. Louis)
Irvin, Sedrick (Detroit)
Jackson, Terry (San Francisco)
Kirby, Charles (Tampa Bay)
Mack, Stacey (Jacksonville)
Makovicka, Joel (Arizona)
Martin, Cecil (Philadelphia)
McKinley, Dennis (Arizona)
Rogers, Charlie (Seattle)
Watson, Justin (St. Louis)
Williams, Jermaine (Oakland)
Williams, Nick (Cincinnati)
Zereoue, Amos (Pittsburgh)

Unrestricted Free Agents
Abdullah, Rabih (Tampa Bay)
Allen, James (Chicago)
Allen, Terry (Baltimore)
Beasley, Fred (San Francisco)
Bennett, Donnell (Washington)
Carter, Ki-Jana (Washington)
Comella, Greg (New York Giants)
Harris, Derrick (San Diego)
Henderson, William (Green Bay)
Hetherington, Chris (Carolina)
Hicks, Skip (Tennessee)
Holcombe, Robert (St. Louis)
Jervey, Travis (Atlanta)
Mitchell, Brian (Philadelphia)
Morrow, Harold (Minnesota)
Pittman, Michael (Arizona)
Shelton, Daimon (Chicago)
Smith, Antowain (New England)
Smith, Lamar (Miami)
Strong, Mack (Seattle)
Watters, Ricky (Seattle)
Williams, Moe (Baltimore)

Wide Receivers

Restricted Free Agents
Bates, D'Wayne (Chicago)
Booker, Marty (Chicago)
Brown, Na (Philadelphia)
Chiaverini, Darrin (Dallas)
Driver, Donald (Green Bay)
Griffin, Damon (St. Louis)
McGarity, Wane (New Orleans)
Parker, Larry (Kansas City)
Ricks, Mikhael (Kansas City)
Stokley, Brandon (Baltimore)
Thompson, Derrius (Washington)
Wilkins, Terrence (Indianapolis)
Wilson, Robert (New Orleans)
Yeast, Craig (New York Jets)

Unrestricted Free Agents
Bradford, Corey (Green Bay)
Crowell, Germane (Detroit)
Dawkins, Sean (Jacksonville)
Dwight, Tim (San Diego)
Emanuel, Bert (Detroit)
Engram, Bobby (Seattle)
German, Jammi (Cleveland)
Green, Jacquez (Tampa Bay)
Hakim, Az-Zahir (St. Louis)
Hayes, Donald (Carolina)
Jackson, Willie (New Orleans)
Jacquet, Nate (Minnesota)
Johnson, Patrick (Baltimore)
Jurevicius, Joe (New York Giants)
Metcalf, Eric (Washington)
Milburn, Glyn (San Diego)
Ogden, Jeff (Miami)
Pathon, Jerome (Indianapolis)
Proehl, Ricky (St. Louis)
Reed, Jake (Minnesota)
Schroeder, Bill (Green Bay)
Shaw, Bobby (Pittsburgh)
Simmons, Tony (Indianapolis)
Westbrook, Michael (Washington)
Williams, Karl (Tampa Bay)

Tight Ends

Restricted Free Agents
Campbell, Dan (New York Giants)
Clark, Desmond (Denver)
Cushing, Matt (Pittsburgh)
Hall, Lamont (New Orleans)
Heiden, Steve (San Diego)
Jackson, Sheldon (Buffalo)
Lucky, Mike (Dallas)
Tuman, Jerame (Pittsburgh)
Weaver, Jed (Miami)

Unrestricted Free Agents
Alexander, Stephen (Washington)
Bartrum, Mike (Philadelphia)
Battaglia, Marco (Washington)
Binn, David (San Diego)
Broughton, Luther (Carolina)
Chamberlain, Byron (Minnesota)
Cleeland, Cameron (New Orleans)
Davis, Tyrone (Green Bay)
Fauria, Christian (Seattle)
Hardy, Terry (Arizona)
Jones, Damon (Jacksonville)
Jordan, Andrew (Minnesota)
Junkin, Trey (Arizona)
Kozlowski, Brian (Atlanta)
Mili, Itula (Seattle)
Mitchell, Pete (Detroit)
Rutledge, Rod (New England)
Santiago, O.J. (Cleveland)
Sinceno, Kaseem (Chicago)
Sloan, David (Detroit)

** Has agreed in principle to new contract.

There you have it. Next week we'll start breaking this list down by position and look at some of the scenarios that could transpire during the course of this year's free agent signing period.

Bob Harris is Editor and Webmaster of the TFL Report and Senior Editor for Fantasy Sports Publications

 

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