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This page is a list of the Atlanta Falcons NFL draft selections. The first draft the Falcons participated in was 1966 , in which they made linebacker Tommy Nobis of Texas their first-ever selection.
The Atlanta Falcons, a professional American football team based in Atlanta, are part of the National Football Conference South Division. They joined the National Football League (NFL) as an expansion team for the 1966 season and became the first NFL franchise in the Southeastern United States. [1]
Robert Alford (born October 31, 1988) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Southeastern Louisiana Lions and was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the second round of the 2013 NFL draft.
He was selected by the Falcons in the seventh round of the 2007 NFL draft (244th overall). [4] He made his National Football League debut against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and scored his first professional touchdown against the Arizona Cardinals. He started his first game November 22, 2009 against the New York Giants, rushing for 76 yards and 2 ...
The Falcons would lose to the Giants 27–14. The only bright spot of the game was a 90-yard 3rd-quarter touchdown run by Warrick Dunn, the longest touchdown run in Atlanta Falcons history. The Atlanta Falcons hoped to bounce back the next week against the Pittsburgh Steelers, and they did so with a huge game.
Ohio State's Zach Harrison pursues Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy during their game in 2022. Harrison, an Olentangy Orange graduate, now plays for the Atlanta Falcons and McCarthy was a first ...
The Atlanta Falcons selected Bergeron with the 38th overall pick in the second round of the 2023 NFL draft. [17] [18] [19] He was also ranked the #1 Canadian prospect ahead of the 2023 CFL Draft, but ultimately went undrafted. [20] He is the first NFL–draftee from his hometown of Victoriaville, Quebec. [19]
The Falcons ranked close to the middle of the NFL team leaders with 42 sacks in 2023. It was a dramatic jump from 2022, when they had only 21 and 2021, when they were last with 18.