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Falcons hold five picks for upcoming NFL Draft amid past trades and penalties

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Jerry Gray Assistant Head Coach/defense | Atlanta Falcons Website

Jerry Gray Assistant Head Coach/defense | Atlanta Falcons Website

The Atlanta Falcons are preparing for the 2025 NFL Draft with a total of five picks. Their third-round pick was traded to the New England Patriots last summer in exchange for Matt Judon, and their fifth-round pick was forfeited due to a league investigation into tampering during free agency.

The Falcons' draft selections include:

- First round: Pick No. 15

- Second round: Pick No. 46

- Fourth round: Pick No. 117

- Seventh round: Pick No. 244

- Seventh round: Pick TBD

The first-, second-, and fourth-round picks belong to the Falcons originally. The two seventh-round picks were acquired through trades over recent years. The 244th pick came from a trade with the Rams involving wide receiver Van Jefferson before the 2023 trade deadline, in exchange for Atlanta's sixth-round pick this year. The other seventh-round selection resulted from trading Taylor Heinicke to the Los Angeles Chargers before the start of the 2024 season; it remained a seventh-rounder as Heinicke did not meet playtime conditions that would have elevated it to a sixth-round pick.

If Atlanta only makes these five selections, it will match their lowest number of picks since the 2006 draft when they also had five selections without first or fourth-round choices.

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