{"id":966512,"date":"2026-08-07T07:54:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T07:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/966512\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T07:54:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T07:54:34","slug":"falcons-claim-db-keidron-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/966512\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcons Claim DB Keidron Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The Atlanta Falcons claimed DB <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/S\/SmitKe05.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nfltraderumors.co&amp;utm_campaign=2026-08-06_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Keidron Smith<\/a> off waivers from the Jets, per the NFL\u2019s Official Transaction Wire.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-546094 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/USATSI_24260744_168383805_lowres.jpg\" alt=\"Falcons Helmet\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>This move comes in correspondence with the Falcons placing OLB <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/W\/WalkJa02.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nfltraderumors.co&amp;utm_campaign=2026-08-06_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jalon Walker<\/a> on injured reserve.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, 26, signed with the Dolphins as an undrafted free agent following the 2023 draft out of Kentucky. He was among their final roster cuts and started the year on Washington\u2019s practice squad before a stint with the Broncos.<\/p>\n<p>Denver re-signed him to a futures deal after the 2024 and 2025 seasons and was signed to the Jets\u2019 active roster after being on the Broncos\u2019 practice squad.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, Smith appeared in three games for the Jets and recorded 15 total tackles.<\/p>\n<p>Looking for the latest NFL Insider News &amp; Rumors?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Be sure to follow <a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/nfltraderumors.co\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL Trade Rumors<\/a> on <a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nfltrade_rumors\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">X.com<\/a>\u00a0and <a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nfltraderumors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FACEBOOK<\/a>\u00a0for breaking NFL News and Rumors for all 32 teams!<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                                    \t                &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; The Atlanta Falcons claimed DB Keidron Smith off waivers from the Jets, per&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":838653,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2074],"tags":[223,254,2554,224,7,1486,3885,6],"class_list":["post-966512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-atlanta-falcons","tag-atlanta","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-atlantafalcons","tag-falcons","tag-football","tag-jalon-walker","tag-keidron-smith","tag-nfl"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117053152767901578","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966512","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=966512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/838653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=966512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=966512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=966512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}