The Atlanta Falcons, a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia, 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] They first participated in the 1966 NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting, more commonly known as the NFL Draft.[2] 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.[3]
In their first draft, the Falcons had two picks in the first round.[4] 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 and the University of Nebraska three times each, the most from any university. The team's most recent first-round selection was Peria Jerry from Ole Miss.
Player selections
| * | Selected number one overall |
Footnotes
- a The Falcons traded their #7 overall pick to the San Francisco 49ers for wide receiver Bernie Casey, offensive tackle Jim Wilson, and defensive end Jim Norton.[5]
- b The Falcons traded their #14 overall pick to the Houston Oilers for defensive tackle Mike Tilleman.[5]
- c The Falcons traded their #17 overall pick to the Minnesota Vikings along with quarterback Bob Berry for quarterback Bob Lee and linebacker Lonnie Warwick.[5]
- d The Falcons traded their #3 overall pick along with offensive tackle George Kunz to Baltimore Colts for the Colts' first and sixth-round picks.[5]
- e The Falcons acquired this pick from the St. Louis Cardinals.[6]
- f The Falcons traded their #4 overall pick along with a third-round pick to the Minnesota Vikings for the #2 overall pick.[5]
- g 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.[5]
- h The Falcons acquired this pick from the Cincinnati Bengals for the second, fourth, and tenth-round picks.[5]
- i 1 2 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.[5]
- j The Falcons acquired this pick from the Washington Redskins.[7]
- k The Falcons acquired this pick from the New England Patriots.[8]
- l 1 2 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.[5]
- m The Falcons traded their #10 overall pick to the Cleveland Browns for the #26 pick and running back Eric Metcalf.[5]
- n 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.[5]
- o The Falcons traded their #5 overall pick to the Baltimore Ravens for the 1999 second-round pick.[5]
- p 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.[9]
- q The Falcons traded their #17 overall pick to the Oakland Raiders for the #18 overall pick and the fifth-round pick.[5]
- r The Falcons traded their #23 overall pick to the Buffalo Bills for wide receiver Peerless Price.[10]
- s The Falcons traded their second, third, and fourth-round picks to the Indianapolis Colts for the #29 overall and third-round picks.[5]
- t 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.[11]
- u 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.[12]
- v 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.[13]
References
- General
- "Falcons Draft History". Atlanta Falcons. Archived from the original on 2008-01-17. http://web.archive.org/web/20080117213343/http://www.atlantafalcons.com/People/Alumni/Draft_History.aspx. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.
- "NFL Draft History: First Round by Team: Atlanta Falcons". National Football League. http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?teamId=0200&type=roundbyteam. Retrieved on 2008-06-30.
- Specific
- ^ Goodman, Michael E. (2004). The History of the Atlanta Falcons. The Creative Company. pp. p.1968. ISBN 1583412875. http://books.google.com/books?id=0MgGfj43YMkC&printsec=frontcover#PPA1968,M1. Retrieved on 2008-06-30.
- ^ Branch, John (2000-04-09). "The 2000 Liars Club/ Draft makes Broncos coach cloak intentions". Colorado Springs Gazette (findarticles.com). http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4191/is_20000409/ai_n9969057/. Retrieved on 2008-06-29.
- ^ Alder, James. ""NFL Draft Basics:Determining Order of Selection"". football.about.com. http://football.about.com/od/miscinformation/a/detdraftorder.htm. Retrieved on 2008-06-29.
- ^ "Timeline 1960's". Atlanta Falcons. Archived from the original on 2007-12-22. http://web.archive.org/web/20071222005059/http://www.atlantafalcons.com/People/Alumni/Timeline.aspx. Retrieved on 2008-07-11.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Trade History". Atlanta Falcons. Archived from the original on 2008-01-19. http://web.archive.org/web/20080119114051/http://www.atlantafalcons.com/People/Alumni/Trades.aspx. Retrieved on 2008-06-25.
- ^ "Pro Football Draft History 1977". Pro Football Hall of Fame official Web site. http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/draft/1977.aspx. Retrieved on 2008-06-25.
- ^ "Pro Football Draft History 1990". Pro Football Hall of Fame official Web site. http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/draft/1990.aspx. Retrieved on 2008-07-01.
- ^ "Pro Football Draft History 1992". Pro Football Hall of Fame official Web site. http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/draft/1992.aspx. Retrieved on 2008-07-01.
- ^ "Birds flap to the top". Associated Press. CNN/Sports Illustrated. 2001-04-20. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/2001/draft/news/2001/04/20/falcons_toppick_ap/. Retrieved on 2008-07-04.
- ^ Hack, Damon (2003-03-08). "Bills Trade Price and Make Offer to the Bengals' Spikes". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/08/sports/pro-football-bills-trade-price-and-make-offer-to-the-bengals-spikes.html. Retrieved on 2008-07-04.
- ^ Pasquarelli, Len (2006-03-23). "Falcons send pick to Denver to get Abraham from Jets". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2378875. Retrieved on 2008-07-04.
- ^ Pasquarelli, Len (2007-03-22). "Falcons agree to deal backup QB Schaub to Houston". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2807051. Retrieved on 2008-06-28.
- ^ Jason Reid and Jason La Canfora (2008-04-27). "A Show of Hands for Redskins". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/04/26/ST2008042602716.html. Retrieved on 2008-06-28.
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