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Best draft picks in Atlanta Falcons history<\/p>\n

Stacker<\/a> compiled a list of the best draft picks in Atlanta Falcons history using career Weighted Approximate Value (wAV), a metric developed by Pro-Football-Reference.com<\/a> to estimate career impact. The ranking also lists individual accolades such as Pro Bowl selections, First-Team All-Pro honors, and total years as a starter. Players were assigned to their originally drafted teams, excluding any draft-day trades. Data is as of April 2026.<\/p>\n

#10. Jeff Van Note (1969, Round 11, Pick 262)
– Position: C
– Career wAV: 80
– Pro Bowls: 6
– First-Team All-Pro: 0
– Games Played: 246
– Seasons as Starter: 16<\/p>\n

#9. Keith Brooking (1998, Round 1, Pick 12)
– Position: LB
– Career wAV: 81
– Pro Bowls: 5
– First-Team All-Pro: 0
– Games Played: 225
– Seasons as Starter: 12<\/p>\n

#8. Claude Humphrey (1968, Round 1, Pick 3)
– Position: DE
– Career wAV: 84
– Pro Bowls: 6
– First-Team All-Pro: 2
– Games Played: 171
– Seasons as Starter: 10<\/p>\n

#7. Roddy White (2005, Round 1, Pick 27)
– Position: WR
– Career wAV: 88
– Pro Bowls: 4
– First-Team All-Pro: 1
– Games Played: 171
– Seasons as Starter: 10<\/p>\n

#6. Michael Vick (2001, Round 1, Pick 1)
– Position: QB
– Career wAV: 92
– Pro Bowls: 4
– First-Team All-Pro: 0
– Games Played: 143
– Seasons as Starter: 7<\/p>\n

#5. Mike Kenn (1978, Round 1, Pick 13)
– Position: T
– Career wAV: 96
– Pro Bowls: 5
– First-Team All-Pro: 2
– Games Played: 251
– Seasons as Starter: 17<\/p>\n

#4. Julio Jones (2011, Round 1, Pick 6)
– Position: WR
– Career wAV: 101
– Pro Bowls: 7
– First-Team All-Pro: 2
– Games Played: 166
– Seasons as Starter: 9<\/p>\n

#3. Deion Sanders (1989, Round 1, Pick 5)
– Position: DB
– Career wAV: 127
– Pro Bowls: 8
– First-Team All-Pro: 6
– Games Played: 188
– Seasons as Starter: 12<\/p>\n

#2. Matt Ryan (2008, Round 1, Pick 3)
– Position: QB
– Career wAV: 146
– Pro Bowls: 4
– First-Team All-Pro: 1
– Games Played: 234
– Seasons as Starter: 15<\/p>\n

#1. Brett Favre (1991, Round 2, Pick 33)
– Position: QB
– Career wAV: 158
– Pro Bowls: 11
– First-Team All-Pro: 3
– Games Played: 302
– Seasons as Starter: 19<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"– Best draft picks in Atlanta Falcons history Stacker compiled a list of the best draft picks in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":871559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2074],"tags":[223,254,2554,224,7,11499,2859,9482,6,22891,35492],"class_list":{"0":"post-871558","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-falcons","8":"tag-atlanta","9":"tag-atlanta-falcons","10":"tag-atlantafalcons","11":"tag-falcons","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-julio-jones","14":"tag-matt-ryan","15":"tag-michael-vick","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-pro-bowls","18":"tag-roddy-white"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116445967926529383","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871558","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=871558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/871559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=871558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=871558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=871558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}