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Atlanta Falcons NFL Draft History

2008
1 - Matt Ryan QB Boston College
2 - Sam Baker T USC
3 - Curtis Lofton LB Oklahoma
4 - Chevis Jackson DB LSU
5 - Harry Douglas WR Louisville
6 - Thomas DeCoud DB California
7 - Robert James LB Arizona State
8 - Kroy Biermann LB Montana
9 - Thomas Brown RB Georgia
10 - Wilrey Fontenot DB Arizona
11 - Keith Zinger TE LSU

2007
1 - Jamaal Anderson, DE Arkansas
2 - Justin Blalock, T Texas
2 - Chris Houston, DB Arkansas
3 - Laurent Robinson, WR Illinois State
4 - Stephen Nicholas, LB South Florida
4 - Martrez Milner, TE Georgia
6 - Trey Lewis, DT Washburn
6 - David Irons, DB Auburn
6 - Doug Datish, C Ohio State
6 - Daren Stone, DB Maine

2006
2 - Jimmy Williams, DB Virginia Tech
3 - Jerious Norwood, RB Mississippi State
5 - Quinn Ojinnaka, T Syracuse
6 - Adam Jennings, WR Fresno State
7 - D.J. Shockley, QB Georgia

2005
1 - Roddy White, WR Alabama-Birmingham
2 - Jonathan Babineaux, DT Iowa
3 - Jordan Beck, LB Cal Poly
4 - Chauncey Davis, DE Florida State
5 - Michael Boley, LB Southern Mississippi
5 - Frank Omiyale, T Tennessee Tech
6 - Deandra Cobb, RB Michigan State
7 - Darrell Shropshire, DT South Carolina

2004
1 - DeAngelo Hall, DB Virginia Tech
1 - Michael Jenkins, WR Ohio State
3 - Matt Schaub, QB Virginia
4 - Demorrio Williams, LB Nebraska
5 - Chad Lavalais, DT Louisiana State
6 - Etric Pruitt, DB Southern Mississippi
7 - Quincy Wilson, RB West Virginia

2003
2 - Bryan Scott DB Penn State
4 - Justin Griffith RB Mississippi State
5 - Jon Olinger, WR Cincinnati
6 - LaTarence Dunbar, WR Texas Christian
6 - Waine Bacon, DB Alabama
7 - Demetrin Veal, DE Tennessee

2002
1 - T.J. Duckett, RB Michigan State
3 - Will Overstreet, DE Tennessee
4 - Martin Bibla, G Miami (FL)
5 - Kevin McCadam, DB Virginia Tech
5 - Kurt Kittner, QB Illinois
6 - Kahlil Hill, WR Iowa
7 - Michael Coleman, WR Widener
7 - Kevin Shaffer, T Tulsa

2001
1 - Michael Vick, QB Virginia Tech
2 - Alge Crumpler, TE North Carolina
4 - Robert Garza, C Texas A&M-Kingsville
4 - Matt Stewart, LB Vanderbilt
5 - Vinny Sutherland, WR Purdue
6 - Randy Garner, DE Arkansas
7 - Corey Hall, DB Appalachian State
7 - Kynan Forney, G Hawaii
7 - Ronald Flemons, DE Texas A&M
7 - Quentin McCord, WR Kentucky

2000
2 - Travis Claridge, G USC
3 - Mark Simoneau, LB Kansas State
4 - Michael Thompson, G Tennessee State
5 - Anthony Midget, DB Virginia Tech
6 - Mareno Philyaw, WR Troy State
7 - Darrick Vaughn, DB Southwest Texas State

1999
1 - Patrick Kerney, DE Virginia
2 - Reginald Kelly, TE Mississippi State
3 - Jeff Paulk, RB Arizona State
4 - Johndale Carty, DB Utah State
5 - Eugene Baker, WR Kent State
6 - Jeff Kelly, LB Kansas State
6 - Eric Thigpen, DB Iowa
7 - Todd McClure, C Louisiana State
7 - Rondel Menendez, WR Eastern Kentucky

1998
1 - Keith Brooking, LB Georgia Tech
2 - Bob Hallen, G Kent State
3 - Jammi German, WR Miami (FL)
4 - Omar Brown, DB North Carolina
4 - Tim Dwight, WR Iowa
6 - Elijah Williams, DB Florida
7 - Ephraim Salaam, T San Diego State
7 - Ken Oxendine, RB Virginia Tech
7 - Henry Slay, DT West Virginia

1997
1 - Michael Booker, DB Nebraska
2 - Nathan Davis, DT Indiana
2 - Byron Hanspard, RB Texas Tech
3 - O.J. Santiago, TE Kent State
4 - Henri Crockett, LB Florida State
5 - Marcus Wimberly, DB Miami (FL)
6 - Calvin Collins, C Texas A&M
7 - Tony Graziani, QB Oregon
7 - Chris Bayne, DB Fresno State

1996
3 - Shannon Brown, DT Alabama
4 - Richard Huntley, RB Winston-Salem State
4 - Juran Bolden, DB Mississippi Delta
5 - Gary Bandy, LB Baylor
6 - Craig Sauer, LB Minnesota
7 - Ethan Brooks, DE Williams

1995
1 - Devin Bush, DB Florida State
2 - Ronald Davis, DB Tennessee
3 - Lorenzo Styles, LB Ohio State
5 - Roell Preston, WR Mississippi
6 - Travis Hall, DT Brigham Young
7 - John Burrough, DE Wyoming

1994
2 - Bert Emanuel, WR Rice
3 - Anthony Phillips, DB Texas A&M-Kingsville
3 - Alai Kalaniuvalu, G Oregon State
4 - Perry Klein, QB C.W. Post
4 - Mitch Davis, LB Georgia
5 - Harrison Houston, WR Florida
7 - Jamal Anderson, RB Utah

1993
1 - Lincoln Kennedy, T Washington
2 - Roger Harper, DB Ohio State
3 - Harold Alexander, P Appalachian State
5 - Ron George, LB Stanford
6 - Mitch Lyons, TE Michigan State
7 - Darnell Walker, DB Oklahoma
8 - Shannon Baker, WR Florida State

1992
1 - Bob Whitfield, T Stanford
1 - Troy Smith, RB Southern Mississippi
2 - Chuck Smith, DE Tennessee
3 - Howard Dinkins, LB Florida State
4 - Frankie Smith, DB Baylor
6 - Terry Ray, DB Oklahoma
7 - Tim Paulk, LB Florida
8 - Derrick Moore, RB N.E. Oklahoma
8 - Reggie Dwight, TE Troy State
9 - Keith Alex, T Texas A&M
10 - Darryl Hardy, LB Tennessee
11 - Robin Jones, DE Baylor

1991
1 - Bruce Pickens, DB Nebraska
1 - Mike Pritchard, WR Colorado
2 - Brett Favre, QB Southern Mississippi
4 - Moe Gardner, DT Illinois
5 - James Goode, LB Oklahoma
6 - Erric Pegram, RB North Texas
7 - Brian Mitchell, DB Brigham Young
7 - Mark Tucker, C USC
8 - Randy Austin, TE UCLA
9 - Ernie Logan, DE East Carolina
10 - Walter Sutton, WR SW Minnesota
10 - Pete Lucas, T Wisconsin-Stevens Point
11 - Joe Sims, DT Nebraska
12 - Bob Christian, RB Northwestern

1990
1 - Steve Broussard, RB Washington State
2 - Darion Conner, LB Jackson State
3 - Oliver Barnett, DE Kentucky
5 - Reggie Redding, TE Fullerton State
6 - Mike Pringle, RB Fullerton State
8 - Troy Epps, DT Memphis State
9 - Darrell Jordan, LB Northern Arizona
10 - Donnie Salum, LB Arizona
11 - Chris Ellison, DB Houston
12 - Shawn McCarthy, P Purdue

1989
1 - Deion Sanders, DB Florida State
1 - Shawn Collins, WR Northern Arizona
2 - Ralph Norwood, T Louisiana State
3 - Keith Jones, RB Illinois
6 - Troy Sadowski, TE Georgia
7 - Undra Johnson, RB West Virginia
8 - Paul Singer, QB Western Illinois
9 - Chris Dunn, LB Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo
11 - Greg Paterra, RB Slippery Rock
12 - Tony Bowick, DT Tennessee-Chattanooga

1988
1 - Aundray Bruce, LB Auburn
2 - Marcus Cotton, LB USC
3 - Alex Higdon, TE Ohio State
5 - Charles Dimry, DB UNLV
6 - George Thomas, WR UNLV
6 - Houston Hoover, G Jackson State
7 - Michael Haynes, WR Northern Arizona
8 - Phillip Brown, LB Alabama
9 - James Primus, RB UCLA
10 - Stan Clayton, T Penn State
11 - James Milling, WR Maryland
12 - Carter Wiley, DB Virginia Tech

1987
1 - Chris Miller, QB Oregon
2 - Kenny Flowers, RB Clemson
4 - Ralph VanDyke, T Southern Illinois
5 - Mark Mraz, DE Utah State
6 - Paul Kiser, G Wake Forest
7 - Michael Reid, LB Wisconsin
8 - Curtis Taliaferro, LB Virginia Tech
9 - Terrence Anthony, DB Iowa State
10 - Jerry Reese, TE Illinois
11 - Elbert Shelley, DB Arkansas State
12 - Larry Emery, RB Wisconsin

1986
1 - Tony Casillas, DT Oklahoma
1 - Tim Green, LB Syracuse
6 - Floyd Dixon, WR Stephen F. Austin
6 - Keith Williams, RB SW Missouri State
8 - Kevin Hudgens, DE Idaho State
9 - Kevin Starks, TE Minnesota
10 - Tony Baker, RB East Carolina
11 - Chris Hegg, QB N.E. Missouri State
12 - Steve Griffin, WR Purdue

1985
1 - Bill Fralic, T Pittsburgh
2 - Mike Gann, DE Notre Dame
4 - Emile Harry, WR Stanford
6 - Reggie Pleasant, DB Clemson
8 - Ashley Lee, DB Virginia Tech
8 - Ronnie Washington, LB N.E. Louisiana
9 - Micah Moon, LB North Carolina
10 - Brent Martin, C Stanford
11 - John Ayres, DB Illinois
12 - Ken Whisenhunt, TE Georgia Tech

1984
1 - Rick Bryan, DT Oklahoma
2 - Scott Case, DB Oklahoma
2 - Thomas Benson, LB Oklahoma
3 - Rod McSwain, DB Clemson
4 - Rydell Malancon, LB Louisiana State
5 - Cliff Benson, TE Purdue
6 - Ben Bennett, QB Duke
6 - Dan Ralph, DT Oregon
7 - Kirk Dodge, LB UNLV
8 - Jeff Jackson, LB Auburn
9 - Glen Howe, T Southern Mississippi
10 - Derrick Franklin, DB Fresno State
11 - Tommy Norman, WR Jackson State
12 - Don Holmes, WR Mesa State

1983
1 - Mike Pitts, DE Alabama
2 - James Britt, DB Louisiana State
3 - Andrew Provence, DT South Carolina
4 - John Harper, LB Southern Illinois
5 - Brett Miller, T Iowa
6 - Anthony Allen, WR Washington
7 - Jeff Turk, DB Boise State
8 - John Rade, LB Boise State
10 - Ralph Giacomarro, P Penn State
11 - John Salley, DB Wyoming
12 - Allama Matthews, TE Vanderbilt

1982
1 - Gerald Riggs, RB Arizona State
2 - Doug Rogers, DE Stanford
3 - Stacey Bailey, WR San Jose State
4 - Reggie Brown, RB Oregon
5 - Von Mansfield, DB Wisconsin
6 - Mike Kelley, QB Georgia Tech
7 - David Toloumu, RB Hawaii
8 - Ricky Eberhart, DB Morris Brown
9 - Mike Horan, P Long Beach State
10 - Curtis Stowers, LB Mississippi State
11 - Jeff Keller, WR Washington State
12 - Dave Levenick, LB Wisconsin

1981
1 - Bobby Butler, DB Florida State
2 - Lyman White, LB Louisiana State
3 - Scott Woerner, DB Georgia
4 - John Scully, C Notre Dame
5 - Eric Sanders, T Nevada
6 - Harry Standback, DT North Carolina
8 - Cliff Toney, DB Auburn
9 - Calvin Fance, RB Rice
10 - Robert Murphy, DB Ohio State
11 - Keith Cahppelle, WR Iowa
12 - Mark McCants, DB Temple

1980
1 - Junior Miller, TE Nebraska
2 - Buddy Curry, LB North Carolina
3 - Earl Jones, DB Norfolk State
4 - Jim Laughlin, LB Ohio State
4 - I.M. Hipp, RB Nebraska
5 - Brad Vassar, LB Pacific
5 - Kenny Johnson, DB Mississippi State
6 - Mike Davis, DB Colorado
7 - Mike Smith, WR Grambling
8 - Al Richardson, LB Georgia Tech
9 - Glen Keller, C West Texas State
10 - Walt Bellamy, DB Virginia Military Inst
11 - Mike Babb, DB Oklahoma
12 - Quinn Jones, RB Tulsa

1979
1 - Don Smith, DE Miami (FL)
2 - Pat Howell, G USC
3 - James Mayberry, RB Colorado
3 - William Andrews, RB Auburn
4 - Lynn Cain, RB USC
4 - Charles Johnson, DB Grambling
5 - Mike Zele, DT Kent State
6 - Mike Moroski, QB California-Davis
7 - Roger Westlund, T Washington
8 - Keith Miller, LB N.E. Oklahoma
9 - Dave Parkin, DB Utah State
10 - Bruce Beekley, LB Oregon
11 - Bill Leer, C Colorado State
12 - Stuard Walker, LB Colorado

1978
1 - Mike Kenn, T Michigan
2 - Steve Stewart, LB Minnesota
3 - Stan Waldemore, G Nebraska
4 - Brian Cabral, LB Colorado
5 - Dennis Pearson, WR San Diego State
6 - Rodney Parker, WR Tennessee State
7 - Alfred Jackson, WR Texas
7 - James Wright, TE Texas Christian
8 - David Adkins, LB Ohio State
8 - David Williams, DB Tennessee-Martin
9 - Tom Pridemore, DB West Virginia
10 - Ricky Patton, RB Jackson State
10 - Ray Strong, RB UNLV
11 - Scooter Reed, DB Baylor
12 - Daria Butler, LB Oklahoma State

1977
1 - Warren Bryant, T Kentucky
1 - Wilson Faumuina, DT San Jose State
2 - R.C. Theilmann, G Arkansas
4 - Allan Leavitt, K Georgia
5 - Shelton Diggs, WR USC
6 - Keith Jenkins, DB Cincinnati
8 - Walter Packer, WR Mississippi State
9 - John Maxwell, T Boston College
9 - Robert Speer, DE Arkansas State
10 - Billy Ryckman, WR Louisiana Tech
11 - Dave Farmer, RB USC

1976
1 - Bubba Bean, RB Texas A&M
2 - Sonny Collins, RB Kentucky
3 - Dave Scott, T Kansas
4 - Walt Brett, DE Montana
6 - Stan Varner, DT Brigham Young
7 - Karl Farmer, WR Pittsburgh
8 - Frank Reed, DB Washington
9 - Phi McKinnely, T UCLA
11 - Chuck Brislin, T Mississippi State
12 - Pat Bolton, K Montana State
13 - Mike Williams, T Florida
14 - Mark Husfloen, DE Washington State
15 - Ron Olson, DB Washington
16 - Pat Curto, LB Ohio State
17 - Tony Green, DB Texas Tech

1975
1 - Steve Bartkowski, QB California
2 - Ralph Ortega, LB Florida
3 - Woody Thompson, RB Miami (FL)
4 - John Nessel, G Penn State
5 - Greg McCrary, TE Clark
6 - Fulton Kuykendall, LB UCLA
6 - Doug Payton, G Colorado
7 - Mike Esposito, RB Boston College
8 - Brent Adams, T Tennessee-Chattanooga
9 - Brad Davis, RB Louisiana State
10 - Marshall Mills, WR West Virginia
11 - Jeff Merrow, DT West Virginia
12 - Alonza Picket, T Texas Southern
13 - Carl Russ, LB Michigan
14 - Steve Robinson, DT Tuskegee
15 - Jim Robinson, WR Georgia Tech
16 - Steve Knutson, T USC
17 - Mitch Anderson, QB Northwestern

1974
2 - Gerald Tinker, WR Kent State
3 - Kim McQuilken, QB Lehigh
3 - Maurice Spencer, DB North Carolina Central
4 - Vince Kendrick, RB Florida
5 - Henry Childs, TE Kansas State
5 - Monroe Eley, RB Arizona State
6 - Doyle Orange, RB Southern Mississippi
7 - James Coode, T Michigan
9 - Larry Bailey, DT Pacific
10 - Paul Ryczek, C Virginia
11 - Eddie Wilson, WR Albany State
12 - Vic Koegel, LB Ohio State
13 - Ralph Powell, RB Nebraska
14 - John Givens, G Villanova
15 - Willie Jones, WR Iowa State
16 - Sylvester McGee, RB Rhode Island
17 - Al Davis, G Boise State

1973
2 - Greg Marx, DT Notre Dame
4 - Tom Geredine, WR N.E. Missouri
6 - Nick Bebout, T Wyoming
7 - George Campbell, DB Iowa State
8 - Tom Reed, G Arkansas
9 - Russell Ingram, C Texas Tech
10 - Nick Mike-Mayer, K Temple
11 - Byron Buelow, DB Lacrosse
12 - Mike Samples, LB Drake
13 - Chris Stecher, T Claremont Rudd
14 - John Madeys, QB Louisville
15 - Thomas Gage, DB Lamar
16 - Rufus Ferguson, RB Wisconsin
17 - Jim Hedge, WR Arkansas

1972
1 - Clarence Ellis, DB Notre Dame
2 - Pat Sullivan, QB Auburn
2 - Steve Okoniewski, T Montana
2 - Roosevelt Manning, DT N.E. Oklahoma
3 - Les Goodman, RB Yankton
4 - Andrew Howard, DT Grambling
5 - William Taylor, RB Michigan
5 - Ralph Cindrich, LB Pittsburgh
6 - Mike Perfetti, DB Minnesota
6 - Fred Riley, WR Idaho
7 - Lance Moon, RB Wisconsin
8 - Henry Brandon, RB Southern
9 - Bill (Ray) Easterling, DB Richmond
11 - Jack Phillips, WR Grambling
12 - Larry Mialik, TE Wisconsin
13 - Henry Sovio, TE Hawaii
14 - Tom Chandler, LB Minnesota
15 - Oscar Jenkins, DB Virginia Union
16 - Larry Butler, LB Stanford

1971
1 - Joe Profit, RB Northeast Louisiana
2 - Ken Burrow, WR San Diego State
3 - Leo Hart, QB Duke
4 - Mike Potchad, T Pittsburg (KS)
5 - Ray Jarvis, WR Norfolk State
6 - Tom Hayes, DB San Diego State
6 - Ray Brown, DB West Texas State
7 - Wesley Chesson, WR Duke
8 - Dennis Havig, G Colorado
9 - Alvin Griffin, WR Tuskegee
10 - Faddie Tillman, DE Boise State
11 - Larry Shears, DB Lincoln (MO)
12 - Ronnie Lowe, WR Ft. Valley State
13 - Dan Crooks, DB Wisconsin
14 - Daryl Comer, TE Texas
15 - Wallace Clark, RB Auburn
16 - Lindsey James, RB San Diego State
17 - Willie Martin, RB Johnson C. Smith

1970
1 - John Small, LB Citadel
2 - Art Malone, RB Arizona State
3 - Andy Maurer, G Oregon
3 - Todd Snyder, WR Ohio
4 - Paul Reed, T Johnson C. Smith
5 - Bruce Van Ness, RB Rutgers
5 - Kem Mendenhall, C Oklahoma
6 - Mack Herron, RB Kansas State
6 - Jade Butcher, WR Indiana
6 - Randy Marshall, DE Linfield
7 - Gary Orcutt, WR USC
8 - Larry Brewer, TE Louisiana Tech
8 - Seth Miller, DB Arizona State
9 - Roy Robinson, DB Montana
10 - Jim Hatcher, DB Kansas
11 - Mike Brunson, RB Arizona State
12 - Lonnie Holton, RB Northern Michigan
13 - Rich Stepanek, DT Iowa
14 - Chuck Wald, WR North Dakota State
15 - Keith Mauney, DB Princeton
16 - Steve Parnell, WR Massachusetts
17 - Bill Bell, K Kansas

1969
1 - George Kunz, T Notre Dame
2 - Paul Gipson, RB Houston
3 - Malcolm Snider, T Stanford
3 - Jon Sandstron, G Oregon State
4 - James Mitchell, TE Prairie View
4 - Dickie Lyons, DB Kentucky
5 - Tony Pleviak, DE Illinois
6 - Wally Oyler, DB Louisville
7 - Richard Enderle, G Minnesota
7 - Theo Cottrell, LB Delaware Valley
8 - Jim Callahan, WR Temple
10 - Jeff Stanciel, RB Mississippi Valley
11 - Jeff Van Note, LB Kentucky
12 - Denver Samples, DT Texas-El Paso
13 - Harry Carpenter, T Tennessee State
14 - Billy Hunt, DB Kansas
15 - Jim Weatherford, DB Tennessee
16 - Ed Hughes, RB Texas Southern
17 - Paul Williams, RB California

1968
1 - Claude Humphrey, DE Tennessee State
2 - Carlton Dabney, DE Morgan State
2 - John Wright, WR Illinois
6 - Jim Hagle, RB Southern Methodist
6 - Joe Wynns, DB South Carolina State
6 - Rick Eber, WR Tulsa
8 - Ray Jeffords, TE Georgia
9 - Henry Holland, C North Texas State
10 - Mike Tomasini, DT Colorado State
11 - Greg Brezina, LB Houston
12 - A.J. Vaughn, RB Wayne State
13 - Bill Harris, RB Colorado
14 - Joe Polk, RB Livingstone
15 - Don Bean, WR Houston
16 - Roy Hall, T San Jose State
17 - Jim Schmidt, DB Cal State-San Francisco

1967
2 - Leo Carroll, DE San Diego State
3 - Jim Jordan, RB Florida
5 - Bill Delaney, TE American International
5 - Randy Matson, DT Texas A&M
6 - Eugene Snipes, RB Elizabeth City
6 - Martine Bircher, DB Arkansas
7 - Corey Colehour, QB North Dakota
9 - Bob Moton, WR Bishop
10 - Dick Schafroth, T Iowa State
11 - John Walker, LB Jackson State
12 - Bill Gentry, LB North Carolina State
13 - Sandor Szabo, K Ithaca
14 - Tom Bryan, RB Auburn
15 - Al Nicholas, RB Sacramento State
16 - Larry Chester, DB Allen
17 - Bill Buckner, QB Delta State

1966
1 - Tommy Nobis, LB Texas
1 - Randy Johnson, QB Texas A&I
2 - Nick Rassas, DB Notre Dame
2 - Jerry Jones, T Bowling Green
3 - Mike Dennis, RB Mississippi
3 - Phil Sheridan, WR Notre Dame
4 - Ken Reaves, DB Virginia State
4 - Willie Asbury, RB Kent State
5 - Bill Wolski, RB Notre Dame
5 - Martin Kahn, T North Texas State
6 - Charley Casey, WR Florida
7 - William Johnson, RB University of the South
8 - Bill Goss, LB Tulane
9 - Bob Sanders, C North Texas State
10 - Mike Bender, G Arkansas
11 - Steve Sloan, QB Alabama
12 - Ken Hollister, T Indiana
13 - Bob Collins, T South Carolina
14 - Steve Ecker, K Shippensburg
15 - Tom Tolleson, WR Alabama
16 - Jim Vining, G Rice
17 - Lurley Archambeau, C Toledo
18 - Doug Korver, C Northern Iowa
19 - Walt Mainer, DB Xavier
20 - Bob Riggle, DB Penn State

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