Age: Height: 6-foot-7. Weight: 317 pounds. Arms: 33½ inches. Hands: 10 inches. Hometown: Stoughton, Wisconsin ...

With their final pick in the NFL draft, the Falcons decided to attempt to fortify their offensive line by taking Wisconsin offensive tackle Jack Nelson on Saturday.

Age: 22. Height: 5-foot-10 inches. Weight: 194 pounds. Arms: 28½ inches. Hands: 8⅝ inches. 40-yard dash: 4.42 seconds. 10-yard split: 1.51 seconds. Vertical: 35.5 inches. Hometown: Denton, Texas.

The Falcons selected safety Xavier Watts of Notre Dame in the third round of the NFL draft Friday in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Worried that another team would take the player they really wanted, Terry Fontenot traded the Falcons' third-round pick and 2026 fifth-round pick to the Philadelphia Eagles.

The Falcons kept their attention on the defense Saturday and selected smallish safety Billy Bowman Jr. with the 118th pick of the NFL draft, in the fourth round.

Age: 23. Height: 6-0. Weight: 204 pounds. Arms: 31¼ inches. Hands: 8⅝ inches. Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska.

Since 1966, the Falcons had never drafted a player from Georgia in the first or second round of the NFL draft. They drafted Georgia linebacker Jalon Walker with the 15th overall pick in the NFL draft ...

The Falcons selected Jalon Walker at No. 15, making him the only UGA player the franchise has ever taken in the first round. Experts were into it. Fans rejoiced. Walker did, too. “It’s one of the ...

After the trade Thursday with the Los Angeles Rams to move back into the first round, the Falcons will not have a second-round pick when the draft resumes at 7 p.m. Friday in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Since 1966, the Atlanta Falcons had never drafted a player from UGA in the first or second round of the NFL draft.

Once considered one of the top players in the NFL draft, Tennessee's James Pearce Jr. slipped to late in the first round, and the Falcons got their guy.