ATLANTA FALCONS

 
QUARTERBACKS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
4 QB Taylor Heinicke 6-1 210 Old Dominion
6 QB Logan Woodside 6-2 201 Toledo
9 QB Desmond Ridder 6-3 207 Cincinnati
 
RUNNING BACKS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
84 RS Cordarrelle Patterson 6-2 220 Tennessee
7 RB Bijan Robinson 5-11 215 Texas
25 RB Tyler Allgeier 5-11 220 Birgham Young
 
RECEIVERS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
12 WR KhaDarel Hodge 5-11 183 Prairie View
18 WR Mack Hollins 6-4 221 North Carolina
15 WR Van Jefferson 6-1 200 Florida
5 WR Drake London 6-4 213 Southern Cal
16 WR Scott Miller 5-9 174 Bowling Green
8 TE Kyle Pitts 6-6 246 Florida
43 TE Tucker Fisk 6-4 285 Stanford
87 TE John FitzPatrick 6-7 250 Georgia
85 TE MyCole Pruitt 6-2 258 Southern Illinois
81 TE Jonnu Smith 6-3 248 Florida International
 
OFFENSIVE LINEMEN
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
76 OT Kaleb McGary 6-6 306 Washington
63 OG Chris Lindstrom 6-3 307 Boston College
64 OG Ryan Neuzil 6-3 301 Appalachian State
65 OG Matthew Bergeron 6-5 323 Syracuse
67 C Drew Dalman 6-3 300 Stanford
56 C Jovaughn Gwyn 6-2 301 South Carolina
70 OT Jake Matthews 6-5 309 Texas A&M
68 OG Kyle Hinton 6-2 295 Washburn
77 OT Storm Norton 6-7 317 Toledo
 
LINEBACKERS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
0 OLB Lorenzo Carter 6-5 252 Georgia
47 OLB Arnold Ebiketie 6-3 256 Penn State
53 I Nathan Landman 6-3 235 Colorado
55 I Kaden Elliss 6-2 238 Idaho
59 OLB Andre Smith Jr. 6-0 240 North Carolina
48 OLB Bud Dupree 6-4 269 Kentucky
51 OLB DeAngelo Malone 6-4 240 Western Kentucky
 
DEFENSIVE BACKS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
36 S Micah Abernathy 6-0 196 Tennessee
20 CB Dee Alford 5-11 175 Tusculum
30 S Jessie Bates III 6-1 200 Wake Forest
27 S Richie Grant 6-0 200 Central Florida
37 S DeMarcco Hellams 6-1 213 Alabama
21 CB Mike Hughes 5-10 189 Central Florida
24 CB A.J. Terrell 6-1 195 Clemson
33 CB Tre Flowers 6-3 203 Oklahoma State
1 CB Jeff Okudah 6-1 202 Ohio State
34 CB Clark Phillips III 5-10 183 Utah
 
DEFENSIVE LINEMEN
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
99 DE Joe Gaziano 6-4 280 Northwestern
94 DT Albert Huggins 6-3 305 Clemson
63 DT LaCale London 6-3 297 Western Illinois
93 DT Calais Campbell 6-8 282 Miami
96 DE Zach Harrison 6-6 272 Ohio State
90 DT David Onyemata 6-3 300 Manitoba, Canada
62 DT Tommy Togiai 6-2 296 Ohio State
95 DE Ta'Quon Graham 6-4 294 Texas
 
SPECIALISTS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
49 LS Liam McCullough 6-2 247 Ohio State
13 P Bradley Pinion 6-5 229 Clemson
6 K Younghoe Koo 5-9 185 Georgia Southern
 
RESERVE/INJURED
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
61 C Matt Hennessy 6-3 307 Temple
75 DT Kentavius Street 6-2 287 North Carolina State
80 WR Josh Ali 6-0 193 Kentucky
44 ILB Troy Andersen 6-4 235 Montana State
79 DL Ikenna Enechukwa 6-4 266 Rice
71 T Ethan Greenidge 6-4 335 Villanova
97 DT Grady Jarrett 6-0 305 Clemson
92 OLB Adetokunbo Ogundeji 6-4 268 Notre Dame
40 FB Keith Smith 6-0 240 San Jose State
26 RB Avery Williams 5-9 195 Boise State
15 TE Feleipe Franks 6-6 234 Arkansas
 
RESERVE/LEFT SQUAD
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
91 NT Eddie Goldman 6-3 332 Florida State
 

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