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Draft Selections
James Pearce Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (ATL)
James Pearce Jr.
DE-EDGE Tennessee
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (ATL)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 46 RND: 2 (ATL)
Tre Harris
WR Ole Miss
Rylie Mills Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (ATL)
Rylie Mills
DL Notre Dame
Kurtis Rourke Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (ATL)
Kurtis Rourke
QB Indiana
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (ATL)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Roc Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 242 RND: 7 (ATL)
Roc Taylor
WR Memphis
James Burnip Head Shot
PICK: 256 RND: 7 (ATL)
James Burnip
P Alabama
Draft Picks Received
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (LAR)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Rylie Mills Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (LAR)
Rylie Mills
DL Notre Dame
Kurtis Rourke Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (LAR)
Kurtis Rourke
QB Indiana
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (DAL)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
James Burnip Head Shot
PICK: 256 RND: 7 (CLE)
James Burnip
P Alabama
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (DAL)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Nazir Stackhouse Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (DAL)
Nazir Stackhouse
DL Georgia
Players traded away
Head Shot
Kirk Cousins
QB
Draft Grade — Falcons
Overall D
ValueB NeedB TradesF FutureB-
The Falcons let Burnip fall and pounced. Final grade: D.

Thirty-one other rooms let James Burnip slide, and the Falcons were the ones holding the card at the Round 7 slot. Highway robbery.

Every board in the league had Mills lower, and that gap is the story. They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. They punted on offensive lineman, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

Quarterback is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

In the end, a class the front office will want to grow past quickly.

Pick Analysis
Pick15 Rnd1 James Pearce Jr.
In Round 1, Pick 15 they get a quarterback's worst nightmare at fair value. A real need, handled.
Pick26 Rnd1 Jalon Walker
In No. 26 they get a green-dot type in the middle. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick46 Rnd2 Tre Harris
They robbed the room for Tre Harris here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick90 Rnd3 Rylie Mills
Rylie Mills at the Round 3 slot is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick100 Rnd3 Kurtis Rourke
Kurtis Rourke in the 100th overall pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick168 Rnd5 Kevin Winston Jr.
Taking Kevin Winston Jr. in slot 168 is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick242 Rnd7 Roc Taylor
Nice patience on Roc Taylor, who had no business lasting to pick No. 242. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick256 Rnd7 James Burnip
They barely believed it either: James Burnip still on the board at pick 256. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.