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VIDEO: Watch an emotional Calvin Ridley gets draft call from Falcons

Wide receiver Calvin Ridley was selected with the 26th overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft by the Falcons.
By Juliakate E Culpepper
April 27, 2018

Former Alabama wide receiver Calvin Ridley was visibly emotional when he received the call telling him he was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons.

Ridley, who will join another former Alabama receiver Julio Jones in Atlanta, was selected with the 26th overall pick in Thursday’s 2018 NFL Draft.

On the other side of that call informing Ridley where he’ll play this season were Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff and coach Dan Quinn who can be seen talking to Riley in the clip below.

Ridley totaled 224 receptions and 19 receiving touchdowns in his three seasons at Alabama— both second-most in school history— and 2,781 receiving yards, the third -most in Alabama history.

After the Draft, Ridley wrote a simple message to NFL fans on Twitter, “Rise Up.”

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