Updated April 21, 2026, 10:52 p.m. ET<\/p>\n
The 2026 NFL Draft is just three days away, but Atlanta Falcons<\/a> fans will have to wait until Day 2 begins on Friday for the team to make its first pick under the new regime. The Falcons won’t be on the clock until pick No. 48 overall in the second round.<\/p>\n The team has several needs, but the wide receiver, defensive tackle and linebacker spots are arguably the best among them. Atlanta could also stand to add a developmental offensive tackle prospect in case Jake Matthews suddenly retires like Kaleb McGary.<\/p>\n With most of their picks coming in the back half of the draft, it’s no surprise that most of the Falcons’ pre-draft visits were focused on mid-to-late-round prospects. The team has completed over two dozen pre-draft visits, with several other virtual meetings.<\/p>\n So, which players have met with the team ahead of the 2026 NFL Draft? Here’s a look at each reported pre-draft meeting (click on prospect links for more details).<\/p>\n QuarterbacksExpert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a>Running BacksWide ReceiversTight EndsOffensive LinemenDefensive line\/EDGELinebackersCornerbacksSafeties<\/p>\n The Falcons currently have two Day 2 picks, including the 48th and 79th overall selections. On Day 3, the team has three picks (Nos. 122, 215 and 231), including one each in Rounds 4, 6 and 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated April 21, 2026, 10:52 p.m. ET The 2026 NFL Draft is just three days away, but Atlanta…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":871765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2074],"tags":[95878,223,254,2554,224,7,6,96607,96608,97116,95882,96609,109340,105491,95896,95888,95899,96099,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-871764","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-tagjake-matthews","21":"tag-tagkaleb-mcgary","22":"tag-tagnational-sports","23":"tag-tagnfl","24":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","25":"tag-tagsec-conference-football","26":"tag-tagsports-news","27":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116447556681094348","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871764","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=871764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/871765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=871764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=871764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=871764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}