{"id":836854,"date":"2026-03-27T12:52:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T12:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/836854\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T12:52:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T12:52:23","slug":"atlanta-falcons-to-visit-georgia-state-wr-ted-hurst-pre-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/836854\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta Falcons to visit Georgia State WR Ted Hurst pre-draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 27, 2026, 6:30 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/atlanta-falcons\/323\" data-autotag=\"55e278ca-caf0-429b-8b4a-caeb78bff5ff\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Atlanta Falcons<\/a> are one of three teams set to visit with Georgia State wide receiver Ted Hurst on ahead of the 2026 NFL Draft, according to NFL\/CFB analyst <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/_RyanFowler_\/status\/2037210824989704588\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ryan Fowler<\/a>. The Falcons still have a need at the wide receiver position despite signing Jahan Dotson and Olamide Zaccheaus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;Georgia State WR Ted Hurst has visits scheduled with the Green Bay Packers, Indianapolis Colts and Atlanta Falcons,&#8221; Fowler reported on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Hurst has good size (at 6-foot-3) and was highly productive in college. Last season, had 71 catches for 999 receiving yards and six touchdowns (14.1 yards per reception). Hurst isn&#8217;t a one-year wonder, either. In 2024, he finished with 961 yards and nine touchdowns on 17.2 yards per catch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Hurst is considered a mid-round target. Pro Football Focus currently has the Panthers wideout ranked No. 97 on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pff.com\/draft\/big-board?season=2026\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 big board<\/a>. He earned a career-high PFF grade of 82 last season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In case you were wondering, the Falcons have five picks in the 2026 NFL Draft after their recent trade with the Eagles. Check out the team&#8217;s current list of draft picks below.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a>Falcons picks in 2026 NFL DraftRound 2: Pick No. 48Round 3: Pick No. 79Round 4: Pick No. 122 (from Eagles)*Round 6: Pick No. 215 (from Eagles)*Round 7: Pick No. 231<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The 2026 NFL Draft starts next month on April 23. This year, the draft will be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__lp gnt_em_gl gnt_em__el\" href=\"http:\/\/thefalconswire.usatoday.com\/picture-gallery\/sports\/nfl\/falcons\/2026\/03\/26\/atlanta-falcons-2026-nfl-free-agency\/89327543007\/\" data-t-l=\"\u2691g:l|l|c|view gallery:inline promo\" aria-label=\"View Gallery - 2026 NFL free agency: Which players have the Falcons signed?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774615939_185_89327560007-usatsi-26858520.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 27, 2026, 6:30 a.m. ET The Atlanta Falcons are one of three teams set to visit with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":836855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2074],"tags":[95878,223,254,2554,224,7,6,96607,96608,95882,96609,98795,97897,95896,95888,96898,95899,95906,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-836854","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-falcons","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-atlanta","10":"tag-atlanta-falcons","11":"tag-atlantafalcons","12":"tag-falcons","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflfalcons","16":"tag-sstsnfalcons","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagatlanta-falcons","19":"tag-taggeorgia-state-university","20":"tag-tagjahan-dotson","21":"tag-tagnational-sports","22":"tag-tagnfl","23":"tag-tagolamide-zaccheaus","24":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","25":"tag-tagoverall-positive","26":"tag-tagsports-news","27":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116301237010902774","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=836854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/836855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}