{"id":869048,"date":"2026-04-18T09:45:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T09:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/869048\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T09:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T09:45:14","slug":"2026-nfl-draft-falcons-met-with-houston-cb-latrell-mccutchin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/869048\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NFL Draft: Falcons met with Houston CB Latrell McCutchin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April 18, 2026, 5:05 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The 2026 NFL Draft begins next week and 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> have some holes to fill at defensive back, linebacker, wide receiver and defensive tackle. It will be the team&#8217;s first draft under the new leadership of president Matt Ryan, GM Ian Cunningham and head coach Kevin Stefanski.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Since Atlanta doesn&#8217;t have a first-round pick, the team will need to find talent on Days 2-3. And with just five total selections, we expect the Falcons to have a bigger undrafted free agent class than usual. The team has met with several mid-to-late round prospects over the last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">One pre-draft visit that went overlooked was the Falcons&#8217; meeting with Houston cornerback Latrell McCutchin Sr.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;I met with the Atlanta Falcons, Minnesota Vikings, Houston Texans, and Broncos at Pro Day,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/draft\/onsi\/player-profiles\/latrell-mccutchin-sr-s-nfl-draft-journey-is-unlike-anything-else\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">McCutchin told SI&#8217;s Justin Melo<\/a>. &#8220;I probably met with 15-16 teams informally at the NFL Combine as well. I\u2019ve met with the Tennessee Titans multiple times throughout this process, virtually and at the combine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">McCutchin is a potential Day 3 pick. The Houston standout played primarily on the outside in college. Last season, he recorded 51 tackles and nine passes defended, allowing 26 receptions on 51 targets.<\/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><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Falcons have a talented secondary but they lack depth after the early wave of NFL free agency. Versatile defensive back Dee Alford signed a big contract with the Buffalo Bills, and while the Falcons signed Darnay Holmes, we&#8217;d expect the team to add to the position in the draft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Follow every prospect meeting with our <a href=\"http:\/\/thefalconswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/falcons\/2026\/04\/12\/atlanta-falcons-2026-nfl-draft-visits\/89541156007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Falcons pre-draft visits tracker<\/a> ahead of the 2026 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 18, 2026, 5:05 a.m. ET The 2026 NFL Draft begins next week and the Atlanta Falcons have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":869049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2074],"tags":[95878,223,254,2554,224,7,6,96607,96608,97116,95882,96609,104285,100561,97397,96503,95896,95888,95906,95883,1461,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-869048","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-tag2026-nfl-draft","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagatlanta-falcons","20":"tag-tagdarnay-holmes","21":"tag-tagdee-alford","22":"tag-taghouston","23":"tag-tagmatt-ryan","24":"tag-tagnational-sports","25":"tag-tagnfl","26":"tag-tagoverall-positive","27":"tag-tagsports-news","28":"tag-tx","29":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116425072532654710","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869048","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=869048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}