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May 9, 2014

FALCONS' DRAFT BOARD

Explore--A look at Louisville LB Preston Brown

--A look at Iowa TE C.J. Fiedorowicz

Explore --A look at Texas OLB/DE Jackson Jeffcoat

--A look at West Virginia RB Charles Sims

--A look at Brigham Young OLB Kyle Van Noy

--A look at Arizona State OLB/DE Carl Bradford

--A look at Missouri DE Kony Ealy

--A look at Texas Tech TE Jace Amaro

--A look at Minnesota DT Ra'Shede Hageman

--A look at Boston College QB Chase Rettig

--A look at Oregon RB De'Anthony Thomas

--A look at Central Florida RB Storm Johnson

--A look at USC TE Xavier Grimble

--A look at Ohio State OT Jack Mewhort

--A look at Ohio State RB Carlos Hyde

--A look at Florida State C Bryan Stork

--A look at South Carolina QB Connor Shaw

--A look at Florida TE/WR Trey Burton

--BLOG:  A list of the confirmed players at LOCALS DAY on Tuesday

--BLOG: FSU linebacker Telvin Smith visited the Falcons on Monday

--Falcons check out Towson State RB Terrance West, CB Jordan Love (UGA transfer)

--MyAJC ($): Eye-test vs. Tape-measure test: Falcons must trust their eyes during draft prep. 

2014 NFL DRAFT CENTRAL

--Mock Draft 1.0: Falcons trade out of sixth spot to land Pryor and Ebron

--12 teams who could draft UGA star Aaron Murray

--Louisville LB Preston Brown to work out for the Falcons

--Louisville DE Marcus Smith to work out for the Falcons

--MyAJC ($): OT Greg Robinson, DE Dee Ford shine at Auburn's Pro Day

--VIDEO: Tackle Greg Robinson on Auburn's Pro Day

--VIDEO: Running back Tra Mason on Auburn's Pro Day

--Blog & VIDEO: Clemson QB Tajh Boyd has stellar Pro Day showing

--VIDEO: Clemson WR Sammy Watkins on his Pro Day

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Honored by the Pro Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his "long and distinguished reporting in the field of pro football," D. Orlando Ledbetter, Esq. has covered the NFL 28 seasons. A graduate of Howard University, he's a winner of Georgia Sportswriter of the Year and three Associated Press Sports Editor awards.

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