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List of Atlanta Falcons first-round draft picks

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List of Atlanta Falcons first-round draft picks
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2001 first-overall draft pick [[Michael Vick]] during the 2006 season.

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. They first participated in the 1966 NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting, more commonly known as the NFL draft. In the NFL Draft, each NFL franchise annually seeks to add new players to its roster. Teams are ranked in reverse order based on the previous season's record, with the worst record picking first, the second-worst picking second and so on. The two exceptions to this order are made for teams that appeared in the previous Super Bowl; the Super Bowl champion always picks 32nd, and the Super Bowl loser always picks 31st. Teams have the option of trading away their picks to other teams for different picks, players, cash, or a combination thereof. Thus, it is not uncommon for a team's actual draft pick to differ from their assigned draft pick, or for a team to have extra or no draft picks in any round due to these trades.

In their first draft, the Falcons had two picks in the first round. These selections were Tommy Nobis, a linebacker from Texas, and Randy Johnson, a quarterback from Texas A&I. The Falcons have selected number one overall four times: Tommy Nobis, Steve Bartkowski, Aundray Bruce, and Michael Vick. The team has also selected number two overall three times and number three overall two times. The Falcons have selected players from Florida State University four times, the most from any university. The team's most recent first-round selections were Jalon Walker, a linebacker from the University of Georgia, and James Pearce Jr., an edge rusher from the University of Tennessee.

Key

^*—YearPickPositionCollege
Indicates the player was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Selected number one overall
The Falcons did not draft a player in the first round that year.
Each year links to an article about that particular NFL Draft.
Indicates the number of the pick within the first round
Indicates the position of the player in the NFL
The player's college football team

Player selections

Sam Baker]] was selected by the Falcons in 2008.
SeasonPickPlayer namePositionCollegeNotes
1966*LinebackerTexas
1966QuarterbackTexas A&M–Kingsville
1967—— No pick——
1968Claude Humphrey^Defensive endTennessee State
1969Offensive tackleNotre Dame
1970LinebackerThe Citadel
1971Running backLouisiana–Monroe
1972SafetyNotre Dame
1973—— No pick——
1974—— No pick——
1975*QuarterbackCalifornia
1976Running backTexas A&M
1977Offensive tackleKentucky
1977Defensive tackleSan Jose State
1978Offensive tackleMichigan
1979Defensive endMiami (FL)
1980Tight endNebraska
1981CornerbackFlorida State
1982Running backArizona State
1983Defensive endAlabama
1984Defensive tackleOklahoma
1985Offensive tacklePittsburgh
1986Defensive tackleOklahoma
1986LinebackerSyracuse
1987QuarterbackOregon
1988*LinebackerAuburn
19895Deion Sanders^CBFlorida State
1989Wide receiverNorthern Arizona
1990Running backWashington State
1991CornerbackNebraska
1991Wide receiverColorado
1992Offensive tackleStanford
1992Running backSouthern Miss
1993Offensive tackleWashington
1994—— No pick——
1995SafetyFlorida State
1996—— No pick——
1997CornerbackNebraska
1998LinebackerGeorgia Tech
1999Defensive endVirginia
2000—— No pick——
2001*QuarterbackVirginia Tech
2002Running backMichigan State
2003—— No pick——
2004CornerbackVirginia Tech
2004Wide receiverOhio State
2005Wide receiverUAB
2006—— No pick——
2007Defensive endArkansas
2008QuarterbackBoston College
2008Offensive tackleUSC
2009Defensive tackleOle Miss
2010LinebackerMissouri
2011Wide receiverAlabama
2012—— No pick——
2013CornerbackWashington
2014Offensive tackleTexas A&M
2015Outside linebackerClemson
2016Strong SafetyFlorida
2017Defensive endUCLA
2018Wide receiverAlabama
2019Offensive guardBoston College
2019Offensive tackleWashington
2020CornerbackClemson
2021Tight endFlorida
2022Wide receiverUSC
2023Running backTexas
2024QuarterbackWashington
2025LinebackerGeorgia
2025Defensive endTennessee

Footnotes

  • The Falcons traded the #3 overall pick of the 1967 draft to the San Francisco 49ers for wide receiver Bernie Casey, offensive tackle Jim Wilson, and defensive end Jim Norton.
  • The Falcons traded their #14 overall pick to the Houston Oilers for defensive tackle Mike Tilleman.
  • The Falcons traded their #17 overall pick to the Minnesota Vikings along with quarterback Bob Berry for quarterback Bob Lee and linebacker Lonnie Warwick.
  • The Falcons traded their #3 overall pick along with offensive tackle George Kunz to Baltimore Colts for the Colts' first and sixth-round picks.
  • The Falcons acquired this pick from the St. Louis Cardinals.
  • The Falcons traded their #4 overall pick along with a third-round pick to the Minnesota Vikings for the #2 overall pick.
  • The Falcons traded their 1985 second-round pick and 1986 second-round pick to the Washington Redskins for the Redskins' 1985 second-round pick and the #17 overall pick in 1986.
  • The Falcons acquired this pick from the Cincinnati Bengals for the second, fourth, and tenth-round picks.
  • The Falcons traded their #1 overall pick to the Indianapolis Colts for the Colts' fifth-round pick in 1990, #13 overall pick in 1991, wide receiver Andre Rison, and offensive tackle Chris Hinton.
  • The Falcons acquired this pick from the Washington Redskins.
  • The Falcons acquired this pick from the New England Patriots.
  • The Falcons traded their #7 overall pick along with the third-round pick in 1994 and the #19 overall pick in 1996 to the Indianapolis Colts for quarterback Jeff George.
  • The Falcons traded their #10 overall pick to the Cleveland Browns for the #26 pick and running back Eric Metcalf.
  • The Falcons acquired this pick along with the second, third, and fourth-round picks from the Seattle Seahawks for the #11 overall pick along with the third-round pick.
  • The Falcons traded their #5 overall pick to the Baltimore Ravens for the 1999 second-round pick.
  • The Falcons traded their #5 overall pick along with wide receiver Tim Dwight, the 2002 second and 2001 third-round picks to the San Diego Chargers for the #1 overall pick.
  • The Falcons traded their #17 overall pick to the Oakland Raiders for the #18 overall pick and the fifth-round pick.
  • The Falcons traded their #23 overall pick to the Buffalo Bills for wide receiver Peerless Price.
  • The Falcons traded their second, third, and fourth-round picks to the Indianapolis Colts for the #29 overall and third-round picks.
  • The Falcons traded their #15 overall pick to the Denver Broncos for the #29 overall, third-round and a 2007 fourth-round picks. The Falcons then traded the #29 overall pick to the New York Jets for defensive end John Abraham.
  • The Falcons traded their #10 overall pick and quarterback Matt Schaub to the Houston Texans for the #8 overall, second-round, and 2008 second-round picks.
  • The Falcons traded two second-round picks and a fourth-round pick to the Washington Redskins for the #21 overall pick along with the third and fifth-round picks.
  • The Falcons traded their #27 overall pick along with second-round, fourth-round and a 2012 first-round and fourth-round picks to the Cleveland Browns for the #6 overall pick .
  • The Falcons traded their #30 overall pick along with third- (92nd), and sixth- (198th) round selections to the St. Louis Rams in exchange for St. Louis 2013 #22nd overall pick along with a 7th-round selection.
  • The Falcons traded their #31 overall pick along with third- (95th), and seventh- (249th) round selections to the Seattle Seahawks in exchange for Seattle's 2017 #26th overall pick.
  • The Falcons traded picks #45(second round) and #79 (third round) to the Los Ángeles Rams. In exchange, the Falcons got the Rams' #31 and #203 (sixth round) Picks

References

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References

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  2. Branch, John. (April 9, 2000). "The 2000 Liars Club/ Draft makes Broncos coach cloak intentions". findarticles.com.
  3. Alder, James. "NFL Draft Basics:Determining Order of Selection". football.about.com.
  4. "Timeline 1960's". Atlanta Falcons.
  5. "Trade History". Atlanta Falcons.
  6. "Pro Football Draft History 1977". Pro Football Hall of Fame official Web site.
  7. "Pro Football Draft History 1990". Pro Football Hall of Fame official Web site.
  8. "Pro Football Draft History 1992". Pro Football Hall of Fame official Web site.
  9. (April 20, 2001). "Birds flap to the top". CNN/Sports Illustrated.
  10. Hack, Damon. (March 8, 2003). "Bills Trade Price and Make Offer to the Bengals' Spikes". [[The New York Times]].
  11. Pasquarelli, Len. (March 23, 2006). "Falcons send pick to Denver to get Abraham from Jets". ESPN.com.
  12. Pasquarelli, Len. (March 22, 2007). "Falcons agree to deal backup QB Schaub to Houston". ESPN.com.
  13. Jason Reid and Jason La Canfora. (April 27, 2008). "A Show of Hands for Redskins". [[The Washington Post]].
  14. (April 28, 2011). "Cleveland Browns select Baylor defensive lineman Phil Taylor after busy night of draft trading". [[The Plain Dealer]].
  15. Patra, Kevin. (April 27, 2017). "Falcons trade up to #26". [[NFL]].
  16. Comeaux, Jonathan. (April 25, 2019). "Trade Details: Falcons trade up to select OT Kaleb McGary". NFL Trade Rumors.
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