FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — The Atlanta Falcons signed kicker Ben Sauls and wide receiver Deven Thompkins to the practice squad on Tuesday.
Sauls is an undrafted rookie who signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the offseason but was released before the 53-man roster cut deadline. He played in all three of the Steelers’ preseason games, making five of his six field-goal attempts and all six of his point-after attempts. His successful field goals were from 28, 36, 28, 49 and 50 yards out. His sole miss was a 43-yarder.
Sauls played for the University of Pittsburgh from 2020-24, but he only handled place-kicking duties between 2022-24. He went 52-for-64 during that span, an 81.3% success rate. He also made 122 of his 124 point-after attempts (98.4%) throughout his five seasons. The two misses came during his redshirt freshman year in 2021.
In total, Sauls was responsible for 278 points throughout his Pitt career.
Falcons head coach Raheem Morris said Monday the team will bring in competition for new kicker Parker Romo, who went 0-for-2 on field goals in the Week 3 loss to the Carolina Panthers. Romo, however, did go 5-for-5 in the Week 4 win against the Minnesota Vikings. He was signed to the active roster last week after the Falcons released veteran kicker Younghoe Koo.