From the Archives | Atlanta Falcons at the NFL Draft

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1981: Bobby Butler (16)

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1982: Gerald Riggs (42)

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1983: Mike Pitts (74)

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1984: Rick Bryan (77)

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1985: Bill Fralic (79)

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1986: Tony Casillas (75)

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1987: Chris Miller (12)

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1988: Aundray Bruce (93)

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1990: Steve Broussard (34)

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1989: Deion Sanders (21)

Peter Read Miller

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1991: Bruce Pickens (39)

Curtis Compton

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1992: Bob Whitfield (70)

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1993: Lincoln Kennedy (66)

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1994: Bert Emanuel (87)

Al Messerschmidt

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1995: Devin Bush (42)

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1997: Michael Booker (20)

Allen Kee

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1998: Keith Brooking (56)

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1999: Patrick Kerney (97)

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2000: Travis Claridge (71)

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2001: Michael Vick (7)

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2002: T.J. Duckett (45)

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2003: Bryan Scott (24)

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2004: DeAngelo Hall (21)

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2005: Roddy White (84)

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2006: Jimmy Williams (24)

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2007: Jamaal Anderson (98)

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2008: Matt Ryan (2)

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2009: Peria Jerry (94)

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2010: Sean Weatherspoon (56)

Brian Blanco

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2011: Julio Jones

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2012: Peter Konz (66)

Tom DiPace

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2013: Desmond Trufant (21)

Bob Leverone

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2014: Jake Matthews

Jason DeCrow

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2015: Vic Beasley (44)

Aaron M. Sprecher

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2016: Keanu Neal

Charles Rex Arbogast

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2017: Takkarist McKinley

Perry Knotts

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2018: Calvin Ridley (18)

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2019: Chris Lindstrom and Kaleb McGary

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2020: A.J. Terrell (24)

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2021: Kyle Pitts

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