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Draft Selections
Jared Verse Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (ATL)
Jared Verse
DE-EDGE Florida State
Quinn Ewers Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (ATL)
Quinn Ewers
QB Texas
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (ATL)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Caelen Carson Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (ATL)
Caelen Carson
CB Wake Forest
Graham Barton Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (ATL)
Graham Barton
OT Duke
Jamari Thrash Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (ATL)
Jamari Thrash
WR Louisville
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (ATL)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 202 RND: 6 (ATL)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
Joshua Gray Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (ATL)
Joshua Gray
OT Oregon State
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (ATL)
Tre Harris
WR Mississippi
Draft Picks Received
Jared Verse Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (PIT)
Jared Verse
DE-EDGE Florida State
Caelen Carson Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (PIT)
Caelen Carson
CB Wake Forest
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (PIT)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (PIT)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (PIT)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Draft Grade — Falcons
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesD FutureA
The Falcons cashed the board's mistake on Harris: B.

Somebody in pick 245 was going to get robbed, and it turned out to be the rest of the league. The Falcons sat still while Tre Harris, the No. 192 name on the board, slid all the way to them, then sprinted to the podium.

The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. They punted on running back, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Jared Verse
In No. 23 they get a disruptor off the edge. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick40 Rnd2 Quinn Ewers
No drama and no debate, Quinn Ewers went about where he belonged in pick No. 40. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick72 Rnd3 Leonard Taylor III
Leonard Taylor III at the 72nd overall pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick87 Rnd3 Caelen Carson
Caelen Carson is a better player than pick 87 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick108 Rnd4 Graham Barton
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Graham Barton in the 108th pick. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick145 Rnd5 Jamari Thrash
Jamari Thrash in Round 5, Pick 9 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick186 Rnd6 Kamal Hadden
They let Kamal Hadden come to them and pounced at slot 186. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Pick202 Rnd6 Cam Hart
They robbed the room for Cam Hart here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
Pick229 Rnd7 Joshua Gray
A quiet steal in the 229th overall pick: Joshua Gray for less than the market said. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick245 Rnd7 Tre Harris
Tre Harris in Round 7, Pick 25 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.