This page is a list of the Atlanta Falcons NFL draft selections. The first draft the Falcons participated in was 1966, in which they made linebacker Tommy Nobis of Texas their first-ever selection. The Falcons have had the number one overall pick four times in their history.
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1966 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 1 1 Tommy Nobis Linebacker Texas 1 16 16 Randy Johnson Quarterback Texas A&I 2 1 17 Nick Rassas Defensive Back Notre Dame 2 16 32 Jerry Jones Offensive Tackle Bowling Green 3 1 33 Mike Dennis Running Back Ole Miss 3 16 48 Phil Sheridan Wide Receiver Notre Dame 4 1 49 Ken Reaves Safety Norfolk State 4 16 64 Willie Asbury Running Back Kent State 5 1 65 Bill Wolski Running Back Notre Dame 5 16 80 Martin Kahn Offensive Tackle North Texas State 6 1 81 Charley Casey Wide Receiver Florida 7 1 96 William Johnson Running Back Sewanee 8 1 111 Bill Goss Linebacker Tulane 9 1 126 Bob Sanders Linebacker North Texas State 10 1 141 Mike Bender Guard Arkansas 11 1 156 Steve Sloan Quarterback Alabama 12 1 171 Ken Hollister Offensive Tackle Indiana 13 1 186 Bob Collins Offensive Tackle South Carolina 14 1 201 Steve Ecker Kicker Shippensburg 15 1 216 Tom Tolleson Wide Receiver Alabama 16 1 231 Jim Vining Guard Rice 17 1 246 Lurley Archambeau Center Florida 18 1 261 Doug Korver Center Northern Iowa 19 1 276 Walt Mainer Defensive Back Xavier 20 1 291 Bob Riggle Defensive Back Penn State
1967 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 2 5 31 Leo Carroll Defensive End San Diego State 3 4 57 Jimmy Jordan Running Back Florida 5 5 112 Bill Delaney Tight End American International 5 13 120 Randy Matson Defensive Tackle Texas A&M 6 15 148 Eugene Snipes Running Back Elizabeth City 6 18 151 Martine Bircher Defensive Back Arkansas 7 3 162 Corey Colehour Quarterback North Dakota 9 4 215 Bob Moten Wide Receiver Bishop College 10 3 240 Dick Schafroth Offensive Tackle Iowa State 11 5 268 John Walker Linebacker Jackson State 12 3 293 Bill Gentry Linebacker North Carolina State 13 2 317 Sandor Szabo Kicker Ithaca 14 5 346 Tom Bryan Running Back Auburn 15 4 371 Al Nicholas Running Back Sacramento State 16 3 396 Larry Chester Defensive Back Allen 17 5 424 Bill Buckner Quarterback Delta State
1968 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 3 3 Claude Humphrey Defensive End Tennessee State 2 2 29 Carlton Dabney Defensive Tackle Morgan State 2 26 53 John Wright Wide Receiver Illinois 6 2 140 Jim Hagle Running Back SMU 6 9 147 Joe Wynns Defensive Back South Carolina State 6 24 162 Rick Eber Wide Receiver Tulsa 8 2 194 Ray Jeffords Tight End Georgia 9 2 221 Henry Holland Center North Texas State 10 2 248 Mike Tomasini Defensive Tackle Colorado State 11 2 275 Greg Brezina Linebacker Houston 12 2 302 A.J. Vaughn Running Back Wayne State 13 2 329 Billy Harris Running Back Colorado 14 2 356 Joe Polk Running Back Livingstone 15 2 383 Don Bean Wide Receiver Houston 16 2 410 Roy Hall Offensive Tackle San Jose State 17 2 437 Jim Schmidt Defensive Back San Francisco State
1969 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 2 2 George Kunz Offensive Tackle Notre Dame 2 3 29 Paul Gipson Running Back Houston 3 2 54 Malcolm Snider Offensive Tackle Stanford 3 15 67 Jon Sandstrom Guard Oregon State 4 3 81 James Mitchell Tight End Prairie View A&M 4 25 103 Dicky Lyons Defensive Back Kentucky 5 23 127 Tony Pleviak Defensive End Illinois 6 7 137 Wally Oyler Defensive Back Louisville 7 2 158 Dick Enderle Guard Minnesota 7 8 164 Ted Cottrell Linebacker Delaware Valley 8 3 185 Jim Callahan Wide Receiver Temple 10 3 237 Jeff Stanciel Running Back Mississippi Valley State 11 2 262 Jeff Van Note Center Kentucky 12 3 289 Denver Samples Defensive Tackle UTEP 13 2 313 Harry Carpenter Offensive Tackle Tennessee State 14 3 341 Billy Hunt Defensive Back Kansas 15 2 366 Jim Weatherford Defensive Back Tennessee 16 3 393 Ed Hughes Running Back Texas Southern 17 2 418 Paul Williams Running Back California
1970 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 12 12 John Small Defensive Tackle The Citadel 2 13 39 Art Malone Running Back Arizona State 3 12 64 Andy Maurer Guard Oregon 3 13 65 Todd Snyder Wide Receiver Ohio 4 6 84 Paul Reed Offensive Tackle Johnson C. Smith 5 8 112 Bruce Van Ness Running Back Rutgers 5 12 116 Kem Mendenhall Center Oklahoma 6 13 143 Mack Herron Running Back Kansas State 6 17 147 Jade Butcher Wide Receiver Indiana 6 22 152 Randy Marshall Defensive End Linfield 7 13 169 Gary Orcutt Wide Receiver USC 8 12 194 Larry Brewer Tight End Louisiana Tech 8 13 195 Seth Miller Defensive Back Arizona State 9 12 220 Roy Robinson Defensive Back Montana 10 13 247 Jim Hatcher Defensive Back Kansas 11 12 272 Mike Brunson Running Back Arizona State 12 13 299 Lonnie Holton Running Back Northern Michigan 13 12 324 Rich Stepanek Defensive Tackle Iowa 14 13 351 Chuck Wald Wide Receiver North Dakota State 15 12 376 Keith Mauney Defensive Back Princeton 16 13 403 Steve Parnell Wide Receiver Massachusetts 17 12 428 Bill Bell Kicker Kansas
1971 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 7 7 Joe Profit Running Back Northeast Louisiana 2 7 33 Ken Burrow Wide Receiver San Diego State 3 7 59 Leo Hart Quarterback Duke 4 7 85 Mike Potchad Offensive Tackle Pittsburg State 5 7 111 Ray Jarvis Wide Receiver Norfolk State 6 7 137 Tom Hayes Cornerback San Diego State 6 18 148 Ray Brown Defensive Back West Texas State 7 7 163 Wesley Chesson Wide Receiver Duke 8 7 189 Dennis Havig Guard Colorado 9 7 215 Alvin Griffin Wide Receiver Tuskegee 10 7 241 Faddie Tillman Defensive Tackle Boise State 11 7 267 Larry Shears Defensive Back Lincoln (MO) 12 7 293 Ronnie Lowe Wide Receiver Fort Valley State 13 7 319 Dan Crooks Defensive Back Wisconsin 14 7 345 Daryl Comer Tight End Texas 15 7 371 Wallace Clark Running Back Auburn 16 7 397 Lindsey James Running Back San Diego State 17 7 423 Willie Martin Running Back Johnson C. Smith
1972 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 15 15 Clarence Ellis Safety Notre Dame 2 14 40 Pat Sullivan Quarterback Auburn 2 15 41 Steve Okoniewski Offensive Tackle Montana 2 16 42 Rosie Manning Defensive Tackle Northeastern State 3 15 67 Les Goodman Running Back Yankton 4 16 94 Andrew Howard Defensive Tackle Grambling 5 5 109 Billy Taylor Running Back Michigan 5 15 119 Ralph Cindrich Linebacker Pittsburgh 6 10 140 Mike Perfetti Defensive Back Minnesota 6 16 146 Fred Riley Wide Receiver Idaho 7 15 171 Lance Moon Running Back Wisconsin 8 16 198 Henry Brandon Running Back Southern 9 15 223 Ray Easterling Safety Richmond 11 15 275 Jack Phillips Wide Receiver Grambling 12 16 302 Larry Mialik Tight End Wisconsin 13 15 327 Henry Sovio Tight End Hawaii 14 16 354 Tom Chandler Linebacker Minnesota 15 15 379 Oscar Jenkins Defensive Back Virginia Union 16 16 406 Larry Butler Linebacker Stanford
1973 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 2 13 39 Greg Marx Defensive End Notre Dame 4 16 94 Tom Geredine Wide Receiver Northeast Missouri State 6 12 142 Nick Bebout Offensive Tackle Wyoming 7 14 170 George Campbell Defensive Back Iowa State 8 13 195 Tom Reed Guard Arkansas 9 12 220 Russ Ingram Center Texas Tech 10 14 248 Nick Mike-Mayer Kicker Temple 11 13 273 Byron Buelow Defensive Back Wisconsin–La Crosse 12 12 298 Mike Samples Linebacker Drake 13 14 326 Chris Stecher Offensive Tackle Claremont McKenna 14 13 351 John Madeya Quarterback Louisville 15 12 376 Thomas Gage Defensive Back Lamar 16 14 404 Rufus Ferguson Running Back Wisconsin 17 12 428 Jim Hedge Wide Receiver Arkansas
1974 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 2 18 44 Gerald Tinker Wide Receiver Kent State 3 17 69 Kim McQuilken Quarterback Lehigh 3 19 71 Mo Spencer Defensive Back North Carolina Central 4 18 96 Vince Kendrick Running Back Florida 5 5 109 Henry Childs Tight End Kansas State 5 24 128 Monroe Eley Running Back Arizona State 6 17 147 Doyle Orange Running Back Southern Miss 7 17 173 James Coode Offensive Tackle Michigan 9 17 225 Larry Bailey Defensive Tackle Pacific 10 18 252 Paul Ryczek Center Virginia 11 17 277 Eddie Wilson Wide Receiver Albany 12 18 304 Vic Koegel Linebacker Ohio State 13 17 329 Ralph Powell Running Back Nebraska 14 18 356 John Givens Guard Villanova 15 17 381 Willie Jones Wide Receiver Iowa State 16 18 408 Sylvester McGee Running Back Rhode Island 17 17 433 Al Davis Guard Boise State
1975 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 1 1 Steve Bartkowski Quarterback California 2 3 29 Ralph Ortega Linebacker Florida 3 13 65 Woody Thompson Running Back Miami (FL) 4 3 81 John Nessel Guard Penn State 5 19 123 Greg McCrary Tight End Clark Atlanta 6 2 132 Fulton Kuykendall Linebacker UCLA 6 3 133 Doug Payton Guard Colorado 7 3 159 Mike Esposito Running Back Boston College 8 3 185 Brent Adams Offensive Tackle Tennessee 9 3 211 Brad Davis Running Back LSU 10 3 237 Marshall Mills Wide Receiver West Virginia 11 3 263 Jeff Merrow Defensive End West Virginia 12 3 289 Alonza Pickett Offensive Tackle Texas Southern 13 3 315 Carl Russ Linebacker Michigan 14 3 341 Steve Robinson Defensive Tackle Tuskegee 15 3 367 Jimmy Robinson Wide Receiver Georgia Tech 16 3 393 Steve Knutson Guard USC 17 3 419 Mitch Anderson Quarterback Northwestern
1976 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 9 9 Bubba Bean Running Back Texas A&M 2 8 36 Sonny Collins Running Back Kentucky 3 11 71 Dave Scott Guard Kansas 4 10 102 Walt Brett Defensive End Montana 6 13 169 Stan Varner Defensive Tackle BYU 7 11 193 Karl Farmer Wide Receiver Pittsburgh 8 10 219 Frank Reed Cornerback Washington 9 9 246 Phil McKinnely Offensive Tackle UCLA 11 11 302 Chuck Brislin Offensive Tackle Mississippi State 12 10 329 Pat Bolton Kicker Montana State 13 9 356 Mike Williams Offensive Tackle Florida 14 8 383 Mark Husfloen Defensive End Washington State 15 11 414 Ron Olson Defensive Back Washington 16 10 441 Pat Curto Linebacker Ohio State 17 9 468 Tony Green Defensive Back Texas Tech
1977 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 6 6 Warren Bryant Offensive Tackle Kentucky 1 20 20 Wilson Faumuina Defensive Tackle San José State 2 8 36 R. C. Thielemann Guard Arkansas 4 6 90 Allan Leavitt Kicker Georgia 5 8 120 Shelton Diggs Wide Receiver USC 6 22 161 Keith Jenkins Defensive Back Cincinnati 8 8 203 Walter Packer Wide Receiver Mississippi State 9 7 230 John Maxwell Offensive Tackle Boston College 9 19 242 Robert Speer Defensive End Arkansas State 10 6 257 Billy Ryckman Wide Receiver Louisiana Tech 11 8 287 Dave Farmer Running Back USC 12 7 312 Don Parrish Defensive Tackle Pittsburgh
1978 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 13 13 Mike Kenn Offensive Tackle Michigan 2 15 43 Steve Stewart Linebacker Minnesota 3 14 70 Stan Waldemore Guard Nebraska 4 11 95 Brian Cabral Linebacker Colorado 5 15 125 Dennis Pearson Wide Receiver San Diego State 6 14 152 Rodney Parker Wide Receiver Tennessee State 7 1 167 Alfred Jackson Wide Receiver Texas 7 13 179 James Wright Tight End TCU 8 15 209 David Adkins Linebacker Ohio State 8 22 216 David Williams Defensive Back Tennessee-Martin 9 14 236 Tom Pridemore Safety West Virginia 10 7 257 Ricky Patton Running Back Jackson State 10 13 263 Ray Strong Running Back UNLV 11 15 293 Scooter Reed Defensive Back Baylor 12 14 320 Daria Butler Linebacker Oklahoma State
1979 draft