By PFW staff
Updated Sept. 2, 2012 @ 8:35 p.m. ET
Players are listed alphabetically under each position. Note: "UFA" means unrestricted free agent; "RFA" means restricted free agent; "FFA" means frachise free agent; "cut" means he became an unrestricted free agent after being released by his previous team.
The official free-agent signing period began at 4 p.m. ET on March 13.
| Quarterbacks | FA Type | 2011 Team | 2012 Team |
| Derek Anderson | UFA | Carolina | Carolina |
| Charlie Batch | UFA | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh |
| John Beck | cut | Washington | Houston |
| Kyle Boller | UFA (retired) | Oakland | |
| Drew Brees | FFA | New Orleans | New Orleans |
| Mark Brunell | UFA | New York Jets | |
| Jason Campbell | UFA | Oakland | Chicago |
| Rudy Carpenter | cut | Tampa Bay | |
| David Carr | UFA | New York Giants | New York Giants |
| Kellen Clemens | UFA | St. Louis | |
| Kerry Collins | UFA (retired) | Indianapolis | |
| Chase Daniel | RFA | New Orleans | New Orleans |
| Jake Delhomme | UFA | Houston | |
| Dennis Dixon | UFA | Pittsburgh | |
| A.J. Feeley | UFA | St. Louis | |
| Matt Flynn | UFA | Green Bay | Seattle |
| Jeff Garcia | UFA (retired) | Houston | |
| Chris Greisen | UFA | Dallas | |
| Rex Grossman | UFA | Washington | Washington |
| Caleb Hanie | UFA | Chicago | Denver |
| Chad Henne | UFA | Miami | Jacksonville |
| Shaun Hill | UFA | Detroit | Detroit |
| Brian Hoyer | cut | New England | |
| Josh Johnson | UFA | Tampa Bay | |
| Mike Kafka | cut | Philadelphia | |
| Jon Kitna | UFA (retired) | Dallas | |
| Byron Leftwich | UFA | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh |
| Matt Leinart | cut | Houston | Oakland |
| J.P. Losman | UFA | Miami | |
| Peyton Manning | cut | Indianapolis | Denver |
| Josh McCown | UFA | Chicago | |
| Luke McCown | UFA | Jacksonville | Atlanta |
| Stephen McGee | cut | Dallas | |
| Kevin O'Connell | UFA | New York Jets | |
| Dan Orlovsky | UFA | Indianapolis | Tampa Bay |
| Kyle Orton | UFA | Kansas City | Dallas |
| Curtis Painter | cut | Indianapolis | |
| John Parker Wilson | cut | Atlanta | |
| Brady Quinn | UFA | Denver | Kansas City |
| Chris Redman | cut | Atlanta | |
| Sage Rosenfels | UFA | Minnesota | |
| Alex Smith | UFA | San Francisco | San Francisco |
| Troy Smith | cut | Pittsburgh | |
| Drew Stanton | UFA | Detroit | Indianapolis |
| Billy Volek | cut | San Diego | |
| Seneca Wallace | cut | Cleveland | |
| Charlie Whitehurst | UFA | Seattle | San Diego |
| Vince Young | UFA | Philadelphia | |
| Running backs | FA Type | 2011 Team | 2012 Team |
| Joseph Addai | cut | Indianapolis | New England |
| Jackie Battle | UFA | Kansas City | San Diego |
| Kahlil Bell | cut | Chicago | |
| Cedric Benson | UFA | Cincinnati | Green Bay |
| Lorenzo Booker | RFA | Minnesota | Chicago |
| Ronnie Brown | UFA | Philadelphia | San Diego |
| Michael Bush | UFA | Oakland | Chicago |
| Rock Cartwright | UFA | Oakland | |
| Tashard Choice | UFA | Buffalo | Buffalo |
| Kevin Faulk | UFA | New England | |
| Justin Forsett | UFA | Seattle | Houston |
| Matt Forté | FFA | Chicago | Chicago |
| Earnest Graham | UFA | Tampa Bay | |
| Ryan Grant | UFA | Green Bay | |
| BenJarvus Green-Ellis | UFA | New England | Cincinnati |
| Tim Hightower | cut | Washington | |
| Lex Hilliard | UFA | Miami | |
| Peyton Hillis | UFA | Cleveland | Kansas City |
| Brandon Jacobs | cut | New York Giants | San Francisco |
| Thomas Jones | UFA | Kansas City | |
| Deji Karim | cut | Jacksonville | Indianapolis |
| Matt Lawrence | UFA | Baltimore | |
| Kregg Lumpkin | UFA | Tampa Bay | Seattle |
| Mewelde Moore | UFA | Pittsburgh | Indianapolis |
| Maurice Morris | UFA | Detroit | |
| Sammy Morris | UFA | Dallas | |
| Jerious Norwood | UFA | St. Louis | |
| Cedric Peerman | RFA | Cincinnati | |
| Ray Rice | FFA | Baltimore | Baltimore |
| Steve Slaton | cut | Miami | |
| Armond Smith | cut | Cleveland | Carolina |
| Kevin Smith | UFA | Detroit | Detroit |
| LaRod Stephens-Howling | RFA | Arizona | Arizona |
| Chester Taylor | UFA | Arizona | |
| Mike Tolbert | UFA | San Diego | Carolina |
| LaDainian Tomlinson | UFA (retired) | New York Jets | San Diego |
| Derrick Ward | UFA (retired) | Houston | |
| D.J. Ware | cut | New York Giants | Tampa Bay |
| Cadillac Williams | UFA | St. Louis | |
| Fullbacks | FA Type | 2011 Team | 2012 Team |
| Jerome Felton | UFA | Indianapolis | Minnesota |
| Tony Fiammetta | UFA | Dallas | New England |
| Ahmard Hall | UFA | Tennessee | |
| Jacob Hester | cut | San Diego | |
| Lex Hilliard | RFA | Miami | Minnesota |
| Spencer Larsen | UFA | Denver | |
| Ryan Mahaffey | cut | Indianapolis | |
| Reagan Maui'a | cut | Arizona | |
| Le'Ron McClain | UFA | Kansas City | San Diego |
| Brit Miller | UFA | St. Louis | St. Louis |
| Ovie Mughelli | cut | Atlanta | |
| Moran Norris | UFA | San Francisco | |
| Chris Pressley | RFA | Cincinnati | Cincinnati |
| Michael Robinson | UFA | Seattle | Seattle |
| Owen Schmitt | UFA | Philadelphia | Oakland |
| Manase Tonga | cut | Oakland | |
| Lawrence Vickers | cut | Houston | Dallas |
| Kris Wilson | UFA | Baltimore | |
| Wide receivers | FA Type | 2011 Team | 2012 Team |
| Seyi Ajirotutu | cut | Carolina | |
| Danny Amendola | RFA | St. Louis | St. Louis |
| David Anderson | UFA | Washington | |
| Anthony Armstrong | cut | Washington | Miami |
| Devin Aromashodu | UFA | Minnesota | Minnesota |
| Donnie Avery | UFA | Tennessee | Indianapolis |
| Dwayne Bowe | FFA | Kansas City | Kansas City |
| Deion Branch | cut | New England | |
| Dezmon Briscoe | cut | Tampa Bay | Washington |
| Antonio Bryant | UFA | None | Seattle |
| Plaxico Burress | UFA | New York Jets | |
| Deon Butler | cut | Seattle | |
| Andre Caldwell | UFA | Cincinnati | Denver |
| Greg Camarillo | UFA | Minnesota | |
| Michael Clayton | UFA | New York Giants | |
| Mark Clayton | UFA | St. Louis | |
| Jerricho Cotchery | UFA | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh |
| Patrick Crayton | UFA | San Diego | |
| Quan Cosby | cut | Indianapolis | |
| Rashied Davis | UFA | Detroit | |
| Dorin Dickerson | cut | New England | Buffalo |
| Jarett Dillard | cut | Jacksonville | |
| Early Doucet | UFA | Arizona | Arizona |
| Harry Douglas | UFA | Atlanta | Atlanta |
| Marcus Easley | cut | Buffalo | |
| Braylon Edwards | cut | San Francisco | Seattle |
| Lee Evans | cut | Baltimore | |
| Jabar Gaffney | cut | Washington | |
| Pierre Garcon | UFA | Indianapolis | Washington |
| Clyde Gates | cut | Miami | New York Jets |
| Ted Ginn Jr. | UFA | San Francisco | San Francisco |
| Anthony Gonzalez | UFA | Indianapolis | |
| Derek Hagan | UFA | Buffalo | |
| Chad Hall | cut | Philadelphia | |
| Jason Hill | cut | Jacksonville | |
| Domenik Hixon | UFA | New York Giants | New York Giants |
| T.J. Houshmandzadeh | UFA | Oakland | |
| DeSean Jackson | FFA | Philadelphia | Philadelphia |
| Vincent Jackson | UFA | San Diego | Tampa Bay |
| Bryant Johnson | UFA | Houston | |
| Jacoby Jones | cut | Houston | Baltimore |
| Brandon Lloyd | UFA | St. Louis | New England |
| Mario Manningham | UFA | New York Giants | San Francisco |
| Ruvell Martin | cut | Buffalo | |
| Robert Meachem | UFA | New Orleans | San Diego |
| Carlton Mitchell | cut | Cleveland | |
| Josh Morgan | UFA | San Francisco | Washington |
| Legedu Naanee | UFA | Carolina | Miami |
| Chad Ochocinco | cut | New England | Miami |
| Kevin Ogletree | UFA | Dallas | Dallas |
| Kasim Osgood | cut | Jacksonville | Detroit |
| Akwasi Owusu-Ansah | cut | Jacksonville | |
| Roscoe Parrish | UFA | Buffalo | |
| Laurent Robinson | UFA | Dallas | Jacksonville |
| Courtney Roby | UFA | New Orleans | New Orleans |
| Eddie Royal | UFA | Denver | San Diego |
| Chaz Schilens | UFA | Oakland | New York Jets |
| Jordan Shipley | cut | Cincinnati | |
| Jerome Simpson | UFA | Cincinnati | Minnesota |
| Matthew Slater | UFA | New England | New England |
| Steve Smith | UFA | Philadelphia | St. Louis |
| Micheal Spurlock | UFA | Tampa Bay | San Diego |
| Donté Stallworth | UFA | Washington | |
| Brandon Stokley | UFA | New York Giants | Denver |
| Maurice Stovall | UFA | Detroit | |
| Chansi Stuckey | cut | Arizona | |
| Brett Swain | UFA | San Francisco | |
| Devin Thomas | UFA (retired) | New York Giants | Chicago |
| Tiquan Underwood | cut | New England | |
| Jerheme Urban | UFA | Kansas City | |
| Mike Wallace | RFA | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh |
| Roberto Wallace | cut | Miami | |
| Reggie Wayne | UFA | Indianapolis | Indianapolis |
| Eric Weems | UFA | Atlanta | Chicago |
| Wes Welker | FFA | New England | New England |
| Chastin West | cut | Jacksonville | |
| Blair White | cut | Indianapolis | |
| Mike Williams | cut | Seattle | |
| Roy Williams | UFA | Chicago | Houston |
| Matt Willis | RFA | Denver | Denver |
| Tight ends | FA Type | 2011 Team | 2012 Team |
| Billy Bajema | UFA | St. Louis | Baltimore |
| Jake Ballard | cut | N.Y. Giants | New England |
| Anthony Becht | UFA | Kansas City | |
| Martellus Bennett | UFA | Dallas | N.Y. Giants |
| Kevin Boss | cut | Oakland | Kansas City |
| John Carlson | UFA | Seattle | Minnesota |
| Scott Chandler | UFA | Buffalo | Buffalo |
| Dallas Clark | cut | Indianapolis | Tampa Bay |
| Colin Cochart | cut | Cincinnati | Dallas |
| Chris Cooley | cut | Washington | |
| Kellen Davis | UFA | Chicago | Chicago |
| Fred Davis | FFA | Washington | Washington |
| Joel Dreessen | UFA | Houston | Denver |
| Brody Eldridge | cut | Indianapolis | |
| Daniel Fells | UFA | Denver | New England |
| John Gilmore | UFA | New Orleans | |
| Daniel Graham | cut | Tennessee | |
| Dan Gronkowski | cut | Cleveland | |
| Will Heller | cut | Detroit | Detroit |
| Anthony Hill | UFA | Indianapolis | |
| Michael Hoomanawanui | cut | St. Louis | |
| Tory Humphrey | UFA | New Orleans | Oakland |
| David Johnson | RFA | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh |
| Reggie Kelly | UFA | Atlanta | |
| Jim Kleinsasser | UFA (retired) | Minnesota | |
| Donald Lee | UFA | Cincinnati | Cincinnati |
| Randy McMichael | UFA | San Diego | San Diego |
| Evan Moore | cut | Cleveland | |
| Matthew Mulligan | UFA | New York Jets | St. Louis |
| John Nalbone | cut | Seattle | |
| Jake O'Connell | RFA | Kansas City | Kansas City |
| Justin Peelle | UFA | San Francisco | |
| Leonard Pope | UFA | Kansas City | Pittsburgh |
| Dante Rosario | UFA | Denver | San Diego |
| Bo Scaife | UFA | Cincinnati | New England |
| Visanthe Shiancoe | UFA | Minnesota | New England |
| Jeremy Shockey | UFA | Carolina | |
| Alex Smith | UFA | Cleveland | Cleveland |
| Stephen Spach | UFA | St. Louis | |
| Kory Sperry | UFA | San Diego | San Diego |
| Jacob Tamme | UFA | Indianapolis | Denver |
| Kellen Winslow | cut | Tampa Bay | |
| Offensive tackles | FA Type | 2011 Team | 2012 Team |
| Stacy Andrews | UFA | New York Giants | |
| Jeff Backus | UFA | Detroit | Detroit |
| Khalif Barnes | UFA | Oakland | Oakland |
| Alex Barron | cut | New Orleans | |
| D'Anthony Batiste | UFA | Arizona | Arizona |
| Demetress Bell | UFA | Buffalo | Philadelphia |
| Levi Brown | cut | Arizona | Arizona |
| Patrick Brown | cut | Minnesota | |
| Kirk Chambers | UFA | Atlanta | |
| Chad Clifton | cut | Green Bay | |
| Anthony Collins | UFA | Cincinnati | Cincinnati |
| Marc Colombo | UFA (retired) | Miami | Dallas |
| Oniel Cousins | UFA | Cleveland | Cleveland |
| Brandyn Dombrowski | RFA | San Diego | San Diego |
| Demar Dotson | RFA | Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay |
| King Dunlap | UFA | Philadelphia | Philadelphia |
| Jared Gaither | UFA | San Diego | San Diego |
| Mike Gibson | UFA | Seattle | Philadelphia |
| Adam Goldberg | UFA | St. Louis | |
| Ryan Harris | cut | Denver | Houston |
| Stephon Heyer | UFA | Oakland | |
| Artis Hicks | UFA | Cleveland | Miami |
| Corey Hilliard | RFA | Detroit | Detroit |
| Tony Hills | cut | Denver | |
| Brandon Keith | UFA | Arizona | |
| Scott Kooistra | UFA | Minnesota | |
| James Lee | UFA | Tampa Bay | Washington |
| Mark LeVoir | UFA | St. Louis | |
| Daniel Loper | UFA | Dallas | Dallas |
| Kareem McKenzie | UFA | New York Giants | |
| Marcus McNeill | cut (retired) | San Diego | |
| Pat McQuistan | UFA | New Orleans | |
| Paul McQuistan | UFA | Seattle | Seattle |
| Jamon Meredith | RFA | Pittsburgh | Tampa Bay |
| Lydon Murtha | RFA | Miami | |
| Ryan O'Callaghan | UFA | Kansas City | |
| Quinn Ojinnaka | UFA | Indianapolis | |
| Frank Omiyale | cut | Chicago | Seattle |
| Jeff Otah | cut | Carolina | |
| Tony Pashos | cut | Cleveland | |
| Barry Richardson | UFA | Kansas City | St. Louis |
| William Robinson | RFA | Jacksonville | Jacksonville |
| Dennis Roland | UFA | Cincinnati | Cincinnati |
| Chris Scott | cut | Pittsburgh | |
| Jonathan Scott | cut | Pittsburgh | Detroit |
| Willie Smith | cut | Washington | Oakland |
| Max Starks | UFA | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh |
| Michael Toudouze | UFA | Indianapolis | San Diego |
| Steve Vallos | UFA | Cleveland | Philadelphia |
| Guy Whimper | UFA | Jacksonville | Jacksonville |
| Ray Willis | cut (retired) | New Orleans | Kansas City |
| Eric Winston | cut | Houston | Kansas City |
| Offensive guards | FA Type | 2011 Team | 2012 Team |
| Jacob Bell | UFA (retired) | St. Louis | |
| Mackenzy Bernadeau | UFA | Carolina | Dallas |
| Mike Brisiel | UFA | Houston | Oakland |
| Vernon Carey | UFA (retired) | Miami | |
| Cooper Carlisle | cut | Oakland | Oakland |
| Leonard Davis | UFA | Detroit | San Francisco |
| Kyle DeVan | cut | Philadelphia | |
| Ryan Diem | UFA (retired) | Indianapolis | |
| Derrick Dockery | UFA | Dallas | Dallas |
| Trai Essex | cut | Pittsburgh | |
| Paul Fanaika | cut | Seattle | |
| Ramon Foster | RFA | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh |
| Robert Gallery | cut (retired) | Seattle | New England |
| Ben Grubbs | UFA | Baltimore | New Orleans |
| Andre Gurode | UFA | Baltimore | |
| Rex Hadnot | cut | Arizona | San Diego |
| Anthony Herrera | cut | Minnesota | |
| Russ Hochstein | UFA | Denver | |
| Montrae Holland | UFA | Dallas | |
| Steve Hutchinson | cut | Minnesota | Tennessee |
| Kyle Kosier | cut | Dallas | |
| Doug Legursky | RFA | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh |
| Kory Lichtensteiger | RFA | Washington | Washington |
| Nate Livings | UFA | Cincinnati | Dallas |
| Sean Locklear | UFA | Washington | New York Giants |
| Deuce Lutui | UFA | Arizona | |
| Evan Mathis | UFA | Philadelphia | Philadelphia |
| Mike McGlynn | UFA | Cincinnati | Indianapolis |
| Tony Moll | UFA | San Diego | Washington |
| Scott Mruczkowski | UFA | San Diego | |
| Bill Nagy | cut | Dallas | Detroit |
| Carl Nicks | UFA | New Orleans | Tampa Bay |
| Mike Pollak | UFA | Indianapolis | Carolina |
| Chilo Rachal | UFA | San Francisco | Chicago |
| Manuel Ramirez | UFA | Denver | Denver |
| Chad Rinehart | RFA | Buffalo | Buffalo |
| Geoff Schwartz | cut | Carolina | Minnesota |
| Jake Scott | UFA | Tennessee | |
| Adam Snyder | UFA | San Francisco | Arizona |
| Eric Steinbach | cut (retired) | Cleveland | Miami |
| Kasey Studdard | UFA | Houston | |
| Robert Turner | UFA | New York Jets | St. Louis |
| Tony Ugoh | UFA | New York Giants | Kansas City |
| Kraig Urbik | RFA | Buffalo | Buffalo |
| Julian Vandervelde | cut | Philadelphia | Tampa Bay |
| Reggie Wells | UFA | Carolina | |
| Travelle Wharton | cut | Carolina | Cincinnati |
| Bobbie Williams | UFA | Cincinnati | Baltimore |
| Pork Chop Womack | UFA | Arizona | |
| Tony Wragge | UFA | St. Louis | |
| Mansfield Wrotto | cut | Chicago | |
| Centers | FA Type | 2011 Team | 2012 Team |
| Matt Birk | UFA | Baltimore | Baltimore |
| Dan Connolly | UFA | New England | New England |
| Jeff Faine | cut | Tampa Bay | Cincinnati |
| Jamaal Jackson | cut | Philadelphia | retired |
| Dan Koppen | cut | New England | |
| Todd McClure | UFA | Atlanta | Atlanta |
| Chris Myers | UFA | Houston | Houston |
| Jamey Richard | UFA | Indianapolis | New England |
| Brett Romberg | UFA | Atlanta | |
| Samson Satele | UFA | Oakland | Indianapolis |
| Jeff Saturday | UFA | Indianapolis | Green Bay |
| Matt Tennant | cut | New Orleans | New England |
| Scott Wells | UFA | Green Bay | St. Louis |
| Casey Wiegmann | UFA | Kansas City | |
| Defensive ends | FA Type | 2011 Team | 2012 Team |
| Victor Abiamiri | UFA | Philadelphia | |
| John Abraham | UFA | Atlanta | Atlanta |
| C.J. Ah You | UFA | St. Louis | |
| Ikaika Alama-Francis | UFA | Miami | |
| Jamaal Anderson | UFA | Indianapolis | Cincinnati |
| Mark Anderson | UFA | New England | Buffalo |
| Antwan Applewhite | UFA | Carolina | Carolina |
| Cliff Avril | FFA | Detroit | Detroit |
| Ryan Baker | UFA | Miami | Miami |
| Dave Ball | UFA | Tennessee | Tennessee |
| Michael Bennett | RFA | Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay |
| Tyler Brayton | UFA | Indianapolis | |
| Raheem Brock | UFA | Seattle | |
| Everette Brown | cut | San Diego | |
| Red Bryant | UFA | Seattle | Seattle |
| Calais Campbell | FFA | Arizona | Arizona |
| Adam Carriker | UFA | Washington | Washington |
| Andre Carter | UFA | New England | |
| Luis Castillo | cut | San Diego | |
| Jacques Cesaire | cut | San Diego | |
| Jeff Charleston | UFA | New Orleans | |
| Tim Crowder | cut | Tampa Bay | |
| Shaun Ellis | UFA | New England | |
| Jonathan Fanene | UFA | Cincinnati | |
| Clifton Geathers | cut | Dallas | |
| Wallace Gilberry | UFA | Kansas City | |
| Kedric Golston | UFA | Washington | Washington |
| James Hall | cut | St. Louis | |
| Anthony Hargrove | UFA | Seattle | |
| Derrick Harvey | cut | Denver | |
| William Hayes | UFA | Tennessee | St. Louis |
| Vonnie Holliday | UFA | Arizona | Arizona |
| Jason Hunter | UFA | Denver | Denver |
| Israel Idonije | UFA | Chicago | Chicago |
| Jason Jones | UFA | Tennessee | Seattle |
| Aaron Kampman | cut | Jacksonville | |
| Kendall Langford | UFA | Miami | St. Louis |
| Trevor Laws | UFA | Philadelphia | St. Louis |
| Aaron Maybin | RFA | New York Jets | New York Jets |
| Ryan McBean | UFA | Denver | Baltimore |
| Turk McBride | UFA | New Orleans | |
| Phillip Merling | cut | Miami | Green Bay |
| Jeremy Mincey | UFA | Jacksonville | Jacksonville |
| Jayme Mitchell | cut | Cleveland | |
| Eric Norwood | cut | Carolina | |
| Juqua Parker | UFA | Philadelphia | Cleveland |
| Ropati Pitoitua | cut | New York Jets | Kansas City |
| Cory Redding | UFA | Baltimore | Indianapolis |
| Nick Reed | cut | Tampa Bay | |
| Frostee Rucker | UFA | Cincinnati | Cleveland |
| Brian Sanford | cut | Cleveland | |
| Darrion Scott | cut | Washington | |
| Trevor Scott | UFA | Oakland | New England |
| Dave Tollefson | UFA | New York Giants | Oakland |
| Gerard Warren | UFA | New England | New England |
| Jamaal Westerman | RFA | New York Jets | Arizona |
| Jimmy Wilkerson | UFA | Seattle | |
| Defensive tackles | FA Type | 2011 Team | 2012 Team |
| Anthony Adams | cut | Chicago | |
| Remi Ayodele | cut | Minnesota | |
| Justin Bannan | cut | St. Louis | Denver |
| Rocky Bernard | UFA | New York Giants | New York Giants |
| Desmond Bryant | RFA | Oakland | Oakland |
| Tim Bulman | UFA | Houston | New England |
| Brodrick Bunkley | UFA | Denver | New Orleans |
| Chauncey Davis | cut | Chicago | |
| Antonio Dixon | RFA | Philadelphia | |
| Marcus Dixon | cut | New York Jets | |
| Leger Douzable | UFA | Jacksonville | Tennessee |
| Dwan Edwards | cut | Buffalo | Carolina |
| Fred Evans | UFA | Minnesota | Minnesota |
| Andre Fluellen | UFA | Detroit | |
| Eric Foster | UFA | Indianapolis | |
| Aubrayo Franklin | UFA | New Orleans | San Diego |
| Antonio Garay | UFA | San Diego | San Diego |
| Gary Gibson | UFA | St. Louis | Tampa Bay |
| Amon Gordon | UFA | Kansas City | |
| Howard Green | UFA | Green Bay | |
| Kelly Gregg | UFA | Kansas City | |
| Letroy Guion | UFA | Minnesota | Minnesota |
| Tommie Harris | UFA | San Diego | |
| Jovan Haye | UFA | Tampa Bay | |
| Albert Haynesworth | cut | Tampa Bay | |
| John Henderson | cut | Oakland | |
| Sammie Lee Hill | RFA | Detroit | Detroit |
| Chris Hoke | UFA (retired) | Pittsburgh | |
| Corvey Irvin | cut | Jacksonville | Tampa Bay |
| Jimmy Kennedy | UFA | New York Giants | |
| Derek Landri | UFA | Philadelphia | Philadelphia |
| John McCargo | cut | Tampa Bay | |
| Brandon McKinney | UFA | Baltimore | Indianapolis |
| C.J. Mosley | UFA | Jacksonville | Jacksonville |
| Daniel Muir | UFA | Indianapolis | |
| Frank Okam | cut | Tampa Bay | |
| Amobi Okoye | UFA | Chicago | |
| DeMario Pressley | cut | Carolina | |
| Shaun Rogers | UFA | New Orleans | New York Giants |
| Brian Schaefering | cut | Cleveland | |
| Pat Sims | UFA | Cincinnati | Cincinnati |
| Shaun Smith | cut | Tennessee | |
| Paul Soliai | UFA | Miami | Miami |
| Martin Tevaseu | cut | New York Jets | Indianapolis |
| Marcus Thomas | UFA | Denver | |
| Vance Walker | RFA | Atlanta | Atlanta |
| Outside linebackers | FA Type | 2011 Team | 2012 Team |
| Xavier Adibi | UFA | Minnesota | |
| Spencer Adkins | cut | Atlanta | |
| Russell Allen | RFA | Jacksonville | Jacksonville |
| Kevin Bentley | UFA | Indianapolis | |
| Keith Brooking | UFA | Dallas | Denver |
| Bobby Carpenter | UFA | Detroit | |
| Jonathan Casillas | RFA | New Orleans | New Orleans |
| Chris Chamberlain | UFA | St. Louis | New Orleans |
| Keenan Clayton | cut | Philadelphia | Oakland |
| Jo-Lonn Dunbar | UFA | New Orleans | St. Louis |
| Isaiah Ekejiuba | UFA | Detroit | |
| Omar Gaither | UFA | Carolina | |
| Quentin Groves | UFA | Oakland | Arizona |
| Gary Guyton | UFA | New England | |
| Mario Haggan | UFA | Denver | St. Louis |
| Clark Haggans | cut | Arizona | |
| Geno Hayes | UFA | Tampa Bay | Chicago |
| Erin Henderson | UFA | Minnesota | Minnesota |
| Leroy Hill | UFA | Seattle | Seattle |
| Brandon Johnson | UFA | Cincinnati | Pittsburgh |
| Jarret Johnson | UFA | Baltimore | San Diego |
| Edgar Jones | UFA | Baltimore | Kansas City |
| Bryan Kehl | UFA | St. Louis | |
| Manny Lawson | UFA | Cincinnati | Cincinnati |
| Travis LaBoy | cut | San Diego | |
| Rocky McIntosh | UFA | Washington | St. Louis |
| Shawne Merriman | cut | Buffalo | |
| Jarvis Moss | UFA | Oakland | |
| Roddrick Muckelroy | cut | Cincinnati | |
| Kenny Onatolu | UFA | Minnesota | Carolina |
| Ashlee Palmer | UFA | Detroit | Detroit |
| Mike Peterson | UFA | Atlanta | Atlanta |
| Brady Poppinga | UFA | St. Louis | |
| Joey Porter | UFA | Arizona | |
| Matt Roth | UFA | Jacksonville | |
| Jordan Senn | UFA | Carolina | Carolina |
| Ernie Sims | UFA | Indianapolis | |
| Clint Sintim | cut | New York Giants | |
| Dan Skuta | RFA | Cincinnati | Cincinnati |
| Anthony Spencer | FFA | Dallas | Dallas |
| Bryan Thomas | UFA | New York Jets | New York Jets |
| David Vobora | UFA | Seattle | |
| Erik Walden | UFA | Green Bay | Green Bay |
| Philip Wheeler | UFA | Indianapolis | Oakland |
| Tracy White | UFA | New England | New England |
| Chavis Williams | cut | Baltimore | |
| Jason Williams | cut | Carolina | |
| Mario Williams | UFA | Houston | Buffalo |
| Kamerion Wimbley | cut | Oakland | Tennessee |
| Wesley Woodyard | UFA | Denver | Denver |
| Inside linebackers | FA Type | 2011 Team | 2012 Team |
| Brendon Ayanbadejo | UFA | Baltimore | Baltimore |
| Danny Batten | cut | Buffalo | |
| Jovan Belcher | RFA | Kansas City | Kansas City |
| Chase Blackburn | UFA | New York Giants | New York Giants |
| Darryl Blackstock | UFA | Oakland | Oakland |
| Gary Brackett | cut | Indianapolis | |
| Dan Connor | UFA | Carolina | Dallas |
| Stephen Cooper | UFA | San Diego | |
| Blake Costanzo | UFA | San Francisco | Chicago |
| Andra Davis | UFA | Buffalo | |
| Na'il Diggs | UFA | San Diego | |
| Tim Dobbins | UFA | Houston | Houston |
| Dannell Ellerbe | RFA | Baltimore | Baltimore |
| London Fletcher | UFA | Washington | Washington |
| Keyaron Fox | UFA | Washington | Houston |
| Jonathan Goff | UFA | New York Giants | Washington |
| Larry Grant | RFA | San Francisco | San Francisco |
| David Hawthorne | UFA | Seattle | New Orleans |
| E.J. Henderson | UFA | Minnesota | |
| Ramon Humber | UFA | New Orleans | New Orleans |
| Bradie James | UFA | Dallas | Houston |
| Niko Koutouvides | UFA | New England | |
| DeAndre Levy | RFA | Detroit | Detroit |
| Curtis Lofton | UFA | Atlanta | New Orleans |
| Joe Mays | UFA | Denver | Denver |
| Jameel McClain | UFA | Baltimore | Baltimore |
| Matt McCoy | UFA | Seattle | Seattle |
| Marvin Mitchell | UFA | Miami | Minnesota |
| Kirk Morrison | UFA | Buffalo | Buffalo |
| Barrett Ruud | UFA | Tennessee | New Orleans |
| Tim Shaw | UFA | Tennessee | Tennessee |
| Reggie Torbor | UFA | Buffalo | |
| Stephen Tulloch | UFA | Detroit | Detroit |
| Reggie Walker | UFA | Arizona | Arizona |
| Cornerbacks | FA Type | 2011 Team | 2012 Team |
| Jason Allen | UFA | Houston | Cincinnati |
| Will Allen | UFA | Miami | New England |
| Ronde Barber | UFA | Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay |
| Ron Bartell | cut | St. Louis | Oakland |
| Aaron Berry | cut | Detroit | |
| Will Blackmon | UFA | New York Giants | |
| Zack Bowman | UFA | Chicago | |
| Phillip Buchanon | UFA | Washington | |
| Jarrett Bush | UFA | Green Bay | Green Bay |
| Crezdon Butler | cut | Arizona | Washington |
| Darius Butler | cut | Carolina | |
| Brandon Carr | UFA | Kansas City | Dallas |
| Chris Carr | cut | Baltimore | |
| Marquice Cole | UFA | New York Jets | New England |
| Drew Coleman | cut | Jacksonville | Detroit |
| Reggie Corner | UFA | Buffalo | Jacksonville |
| Travis Daniels | UFA | Kansas City | Kansas City |
| James Dockery | cut | Cleveland | |
| Cortland Finnegan | UFA | Tennessee | St. Louis |
| Drayton Florence | cut | Buffalo | Detroit |
| Domonique Foxworth | cut | Baltimore | |
| Dominique Franks | cut | Atlanta | |
| William Gay | UFA | Pittsburgh | Arizona |
| André Goodman | cut | Denver | |
| Cletis Gordon | UFA | Carolina | |
| Corey Graham | UFA | Chicago | Baltimore |
| Cedric Griffin | cut | Minnesota | Washington |
| Brent Grimes | FFA | Atlanta | Atlanta |
| Joselio Hanson | cut | Philadelphia | |
| Al Harris | UFA (retired) | St. Louis | |
| Kelvin Hayden | UFA | Atlanta | Chicago |
| Roderick Hood | UFA | St. Louis | |
| Dante Hughes | cut | San Diego | |
| Kelly Jennings | UFA | Cincinnati | |
| Bruce Johnson | RFA | New York Giants | New York Giants |
| Adam Jones | UFA | Cincinnati | Cincinnati |
| David Jones | UFA | Jacksonville | |
| Nathan Jones | UFA | New England | |
| Justin King | UFA | St. Louis | Indianapolis |
| Jacob Lacey | UFA | Indianapolis | Detroit |
| Patrick Lee | UFA | Green Bay | Oakland |
| Keenan Lewis | RFA | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh |
| Roy Lewis | UFA | Seattle | Seattle |
| Trevard Lindley | cut | Philadelphia | |
| Korey Lindsey | cut | Arizona | Indianapolis |
| Elbert Mack | UFA | Tampa Bay | |
| Richard Marshall | UFA | Arizona | Miami |
| Trumaine McBride | cut | Jacksonville | |
| Brandon McDonald | UFA | Detroit | |
| Bryant McFadden | UFA | Pittsburgh | |
| William Middleton | RFA | Jacksonville | Jacksonville |
| Antwaun Molden | UFA | New England | |
| Jerome Murphy | cut | St. Louis | New Orleans |
| Terence Newman | cut | Dallas | Cincinnati |
| Paul Oliver | UFA | San Diego | |
| Dimitri Patterson | UFA | Cleveland | Cleveland |
| Tracy Porter | UFA | New Orleans | Denver |
| Carlos Rogers | UFA | San Francisco | San Francisco |
| Aaron Ross | UFA | New York Giants | Jacksonville |
| Stanford Routt | cut | Oakland | Kansas City |
| Chris Rucker | cut | Indianapolis | |
| Benny Sapp | UFA | Minnesota | |
| Lito Sheppard | UFA | Oakland | |
| Shawntae Spencer | cut | San Francisco | Oakland |
| Alphonso Smith | cut | Detroit | |
| R.J. Stanford | cut | Carolina | Miami |
| Donald Strickland | UFA | New York Jets | |
| Kevin Thomas | cut | Indianapolis | |
| Greg Toler | RFA | Arizona | Arizona |
| Leigh Torrence | UFA | New Orleans | |
| Morgan Trent | cut | Jacksonville | |
| Marcus Trufant | cut | Seattle | |
| Jonathan Wade | cut | Miami | |
| Frank Walker | UFA | Dallas | |
| Lardarius Webb | RFA | Baltimore | Baltimore |
| Byron Westbrook | UFA | Washington | |
| Jonathan Wilhite | UFA | Denver | |
| Cary Williams | RFA | Baltimore | Baltimore |
| Tracy Wilson | cut | New York Jets | Tennessee |
| Eric Wright | UFA | Detroit | Tampa Bay |
| Ashton Youboty | cut | Jacksonville | |
| Safeties | FA Type | 2011 Team | 2012 Team |
| Hamza Abdullah | UFA | Arizona | |
| Husain Abdullah | UFA | Minnesota | |
| Mike Adams | UFA | Cleveland | Denver |
| Phillip Adams | cut | Seattle | Oakland |
| Jonathon Amaya | cut | New Orleans | |
| Larry Asante | cut | Tampa Bay | |
| Oshiomogho Atogwe | cut | Washington | |
| Alan Ball | UFA | Dallas | Houston |
| Dominique Barber | UFA | Houston | |
| Atari Bigby | UFA | Seattle | San Diego |
| Yeremiah Bell | cut | Miami | New York Jets |
| Tyvon Branch | FFA | Oakland | Oakland |
| C.C. Brown | UFA | Jacksonville | |
| Sergio Brown | cut | New England | Indianapolis |
| Melvin Bullitt | cut | Indianapolis | |
| James Butler | UFA | St. Louis | |
| David Caldwell | cut | Indianapolis | |
| Erik Coleman | UFA | Detroit | Detroit |
| Nick Collins | cut | Green Bay | |
| Sean Considine | UFA | Arizona | Baltimore |
| Jon Corto | UFA | Buffalo | |
| Chris Crocker | cut | Cincinnati | |
| Tyrone Culver | cut | Miami | |
| Craig Dahl | UFA | St. Louis | |
| Brian Dawkins | UFA (retired) | Denver | |
| Quintin Demps | UFA | Houston | Houston |
| Abram Elam | UFA | Dallas | Kansas City |
| Eric Frampton | cut | Minnesota | |
| Matt Giordano | UFA | Oakland | Oakland |
| Dashon Goldson | FFA | San Francisco | San Francisco |
| Deon Grant | UFA | New York Giants | |
| Courtney Greene | RFA | Jacksonville | |
| Steve Gregory | UFA | San Diego | New England |
| Michael Griffin | FFA | Tennessee | Tennessee |
| Chris Harris | UFA | Detroit | |
| Jermale Hines | cut | Indianapolis | |
| Chris Hope | UFA | Tennessee | Atlanta |
| James Ihedigbo | cut | New England | Baltimore |
| Tanard Jackson | cut | Tampa Bay | Washington |
| Rashad Johnson | RFA | Arizona | Arizona |
| Tyrell Johnson | UFA | Minnesota | |
| Sean Jones | UFA | Tampa Bay | |
| LaRon Landry | UFA | Washington | N.Y. Jets |
| Reshard Langford | cut | Kansas City | |
| Jim Leonhard | UFA | New York Jets | Denver |
| Bret Lockett | UFA | New England | |
| Dwight Lowery | UFA | Jacksonville | Jacksonville |
| Corey Lynch | UFA | Tampa Bay | San Diego |
| Derrick Martin | UFA | New York Giants | |
| Darcel McBath | cut | Jacksonville | San Francisco |
| Jon McGraw | UFA | Kansas City | |
| Brandon Meriweather | UFA | Chicago | Washington |
| Ryan Mundy | RFA | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh |
| Haruki Nakamura | UFA | Baltimore | Carolina |
| Reggie Nelson | UFA | Cincinnati | Cincinnati |
| Tom Nelson | cut | Philadelphia | |
| Troy Nolan | cut | Houston | Miami |
| Jarrad Page | UFA | Minnesota | |
| Charlie Peprah | cut | Green Bay | |
| Sabby Piscitelli | UFA | Kansas City | |
| Brodney Pool | cut | New York Jets | |
| James Sanders | UFA | Atlanta | Arizona |
| Bob Sanders | UFA | San Diego | |
| Bryan Scott | UFA | Buffalo | Buffalo |
| Anthony Smith | UFA (retired) | Tennessee | |
| Reggie Smith | UFA | San Francisco | |
| Craig Steltz | UFA | Chicago | Chicago |
| Donald Washington | cut | Kansas City | |
| Madieu Williams | UFA | San Francisco | Washington |
| Gibril Wilson | UFA | Cincinnati | |
| Tom Zbikowski | UFA | Baltimore | Indianapolis |
| Punters | FA Type | 2011 Team | 2012 Team |
| Jason Baker | cut | Carolina | |
| Ryan Donahue | cut | Detroit | |
| Ben Graham | UFA | Detroit | Detroit |
| Nick Harris | cut | Jacksonville | |
| Brett Hartmann | cut | Houston | |
| Donnie Jones | UFA | St. Louis | Houston |
| Brad Maynard | UFA | Cleveland | |
| Mat McBriar | UFA | Dallas | |
| Richmond McGee | cut | Cleveland | |
| Daniel Sepulveda | UFA | Pittsburgh | |
| Matt Turk | UFA | Houston | |
| Steve Weatherford | FFA | New York Giants | New York Giants |
| Dave Zastudil | UFA | Arizona | Arizona |
| Placekickers | FA Type | 2011 Team | 2012 Team |
| Connor Barth | FFA | Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay |
| Josh Brown | cut | St. Louis | |
| David Buehler | cut | Dallas | |
| Billy Cundiff | cut | Baltimore | Washington |
| Phil Dawson | FFA | Cleveland | Cleveland |
| Jay Feely | UFA | Arizona | Arizona |
| Nick Folk | UFA | New York Jets | New York Jets |
| Graham Gano | cut | Washington | |
| Shayne Graham | UFA | Baltimore | Houston |
| Steven Hauschka | RFA | Seattle | Seattle |
| John Kasay | UFA | New Orleans | |
| Ryan Longwell | cut | Minnesota | |
| Olindo Mare | cut | Carolina | |
| Nick Novak | cut | San Diego | |
| Mike Nugent | FFA | Cincinnati | Cincinnati |
| Matt Prater | FFA | Denver | Denver |
| Neil Rackers | UFA | Houston | |
| Dave Rayner | UFA | Buffalo | |
| Josh Scobee | FFA | Jacksonville | Jacksonville |
| Long-snappers | FA Type | 2011 Team | 2012 Team |
| Kenneth Amato | UFA | Tennessee | |
| Clark Harris | RFA | Cincinnati | Cincinnati |
| Matt Katula | UFA | Minnesota | |
| Mike Leach | UFA | Arizona | Arizona |
| Chris Massey | UFA | Chicago | |
| Don Muhlbach | UFA | Detroit | Detroit |
| Lonie Paxton | cut | Denver | |
| Justin Snow | cut | Indianapolis | |
| Joe Zelenka | cut | Atlanta |
