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An expansion team is a new team in a sports league, usually from a city that has not hosted a team in that league before, formed with the intention of satisfying the demand for a local team from a population in a new area. Sporting leagues also hope that the expansion of their competition will grow the popularity of the sport generally.
J.J. Watt, widely regarded to be the greatest Texans player of all time, was drafted 11th overall in the 2011 NFL draft. [1] The Houston Texans are a professional American football team from Houston, playing in the National Football League (NFL). They joined the NFL in 2002 as an expansion franchise.
The last three expansion drafts took place between 1995 and 2002. In 1995, two new teams, the Carolina Panthers and the Jacksonville Jaguars were allowed to pick between 30 and 42 players each from existing teams' rosters. 1999 NFL expansion draft was held for the Cleveland Browns, the 31st team in the league.
The 2002 National Football League expansion draft is the most recent National Football League (NFL) draft in which a new expansion team, named the Houston Texans, selected its first players. On October 6, 1999, in Atlanta , NFL owners had unanimously voted to award the 32nd NFL franchise and Super Bowl XXXVIII to the city of Houston, Texas . [ 1 ]
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, [2] 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 ...
Last summer we saw the SEC throw the first punch in college football expansion when they brought the Oklahoma Sooners and Texas Longhorns into the fold. That move won’t become official until ...
The NFL's trade deadline is Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 4 p.m. ET. Already we've seen two high-profile wide receivers shipped off, but there is still plenty of time for other big-name players to find ...
These draft picks are at the end of the third round, after standard compensatory picks; if multiple teams qualify, they are awarded by draft order in the first round. These picks are in addition to, and have no impact on, the standard 32 compensatory picks. [5] One pick was awarded for the 2026 NFL draft pursuant to the resolution.