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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 ]
The 1966 NFL expansion draft was a National Football League (NFL) draft in which a new expansion team, named the Atlanta Falcons, selected its first players. On June 30, 1965 , NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle awarded the first NFL franchise in the Deep South to the city of Atlanta and granted ownership to Rankin Smith Sr. [ 1 ]
The 2025 season will be the Atlanta Falcons' 60th in the National Football League (NFL), their ninth playing their home games at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, their fifth under the leadership of general manager Terry Fontenot and their second under head coach Raheem Morris.
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.
Gwyn was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the seventh round, 225th overall, of the 2023 NFL draft. [10] [11] On November 28, 2024, Gwyn was waived by the Falcons, and re-signed to the practice squad. [12] He signed a reserve/future contract on January 6, 2025. [13]
Profit was selected in the first round of the 1971 NFL draft by the Atlanta Falcons. He was the first running back in Atlanta Falcons’ history to ever rush for 169 yards on 21 carries and two touchdowns in a single game. [6] NFL Hall of Famer, Norm Van Brocklin, said “Joe was the best running back in the United States of America.”
Dalman was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons with the 114th pick in the fourth round of the 2021 NFL draft. [8] He signed his four-year rookie contract with Atlanta on June 17, 2021. [9] After his rookie season as a backup, Dalman was named the Falcons starting center in 2022.