The Falcons received three compensatory picks from the NFL office Wednesday.
The Falcons were awarded two fifth-round picks (35th and 38th in the round, 179th and 182nd overall) and a sixth-round pick (35th, 218th).
The Falcons lost Vic Beasley, De’Vondre Campbell, Adrian Clayborn, Austin Hooper and Wes Schweitzer in free agency. They signed only Dante Fowler.
A total of 36 compensatory draft picks in the 2021 NFL draft were awarded to 17 teams.
In addition to the 32 compensatory selections awarded under the net-loss formula, four special compensatory selections were awarded to four clubs, the San Francisco 49ers, Los Angeles Rams, Baltimore Ravens, and New Orleans Saints, under a recent amendment to the league’s collective bargaining agreement designed to give teams an incentive to promote equal-employment opportunities and an inclusive workforce within NFL clubs.
The Saints received one for Falcons general manager Terry Fontenot. He worked for and was trained by the Saints for 18 years before the Falcons hired him in January.
The Saints’ sixth-round pick sits right in front of the Falcons (34th and 217th).
The Falcons now have nine picks heading into the draft, which will be held April 29-May 1 in Cleveland. They do not have a pick in the seventh round, having traded it to the Dolphins in May for defensive end Charles Harris.
Falcons 2021 draft picks
First round: No. 4 overall
Second round: No. 35
Third round: No. 68
Fourth round: No. 108
Fourth round: No. 148
Fifth round: No. 179
Fifth round: No. 182
Sixth round: No. 186
Sixth round: No. 218
Seventh round: Traded to Miami in Charles Harris deal.
Falcons’ 2021 draft position: Here are the picks in D. Led’s Mock Draft 2.0: Top five picks
1. Jacksonville Jaguars: Trevor Lawrence (QB, Clemson)
2. New York Jets: Justin Fields, (QB, Ohio State)
3. Miami Dolphins: Ja’Marr Chase (WR, LSU)
4. Falcons: Kyle Pitts (TE, Florida)
5. Cincinnati Bengals: Penei Sewell, (OT, Oregon)
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