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Draft Selections
Elijah Sarratt Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (ATL)
Elijah Sarratt
WR Indiana
Jake Golday Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (ATL)
Jake Golday
OLB Cincinnati
Darrell Jackson Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 122 RND: 4 (ATL)
Darrell Jackson Jr.
DT Florida State
Dae'Quan Wright Head Shot
PICK: 215 RND: 6 (ATL)
Dae'Quan Wright
TE Ole Miss
Nolan Rucci Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (ATL)
Nolan Rucci
OT Penn State
TJ Hall Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (ATL)
TJ Hall
CB Iowa
Draft Picks Received
Jake Golday Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (CHI)
Jake Golday
OLB Cincinnati
TJ Hall Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (HOU)
TJ Hall
CB Iowa
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (HOU)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (HOU)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (HOU)
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Draft Picks Traded
Caleb Banks Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (HOU)
Caleb Banks
DL Florida
Players Gained
Head Shot
Tyson Bagent
QB
Head Shot
Danielle Hunter
LB
Head Shot
Pat Surtain II
CB
Players traded away
Head Shot
JD Bertrand
LB
Head Shot
Kyle Pitts
TE
Draft Grade — Falcons
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB-
The Falcons worked the phones like thieves and earned a B+.

Nobody else had Nolan Rucci anywhere near No. 231. The Falcons did, by 33 spots, and that gap is the whole story.

They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. They banked enough surplus on Golday to cover a lot of smaller sins. The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick79 Rnd3 Elijah Sarratt
Elijah Sarratt in Round 3, Pick 15 lands just on the right side of the ledger. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick89 Rnd3 Jake Golday
They barely believed it either: Jake Golday still on the board at slot 89. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick122 Rnd4 Darrell Jackson Jr.
Darrell Jackson Jr. slipping to the 122nd pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick215 Rnd6 Dae'Quan Wright
Dae'Quan Wright in No. 215 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick231 Rnd7 Nolan Rucci
Nolan Rucci at pick 231 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick243 Rnd7 TJ Hall
A tidy bit of business in the Round 7 slot, where TJ Hall graded well above the range. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.