{"id":117071,"date":"2024-05-05T15:02:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T15:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/?p=117071"},"modified":"2024-05-05T15:02:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T15:02:04","slug":"ranking-the-atlanta-falcons-tchieu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nflquynh.aweu.info\/ranking-the-atlanta-falcons-tchieu\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranking the Atlanta Falcons\u2019 undrafted free agents: Who has the best shot to make the team?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Give the Atlanta Falcons\u00a0scouts credit: They managed to find a football player who was not ranked in \u201cThe Beast.\u201d That\u2019s not easy to do considering\u00a0The Athletic<\/em>\u2019s Dane Brugler ranked\u00a0more than 1,900 players\u00a0this year in his annual NFL Draft guide.<\/p>\n

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Ranking the Atlanta Falcons\u2019 undrafted free agents: Who has the best shot to make the team?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Falcons had to go all the way to Minnesota State-Mankato to find cornerback\u00a0Trey Vaval, one of 10 undrafted free agents they signed after the draft and the only one not included in \u201cThe Beast.\u201d Today, we\u2019re going to rank all 10 players based on their likelihood of making the 53-man roster or practice squad. Our guide, of course, will be \u201cThe Beast.\u201d<\/p>\n

Isaiah Wooden, WR, Southern Utah<\/h2>\n

Brugler\u2019s ranking<\/strong>: No. 57 wide receiver<\/p>\n

Wooden has the best chance of making the roster because he can fly. The 5-foot-7, 176-pounder has been clocked at 4.35 seconds in the 40-yard dash. More impressively, his 10-yard split was 1.38. The fastest 10-yard split of any player at the\u00a0NFL\u00a0combine this year was 1.47. The fastest ever at the combine was\u00a0Chris Johnson\u2019s 1.4 in 2008. Texas wide receiver\u00a0Xavier Worthy, who set the combine record with a 4.21 40-yard dash this year, had a 1.49 10-yard split. Wooden, who started his career at Utah Tech before going to Kent State and then Southern Utah, caught 61 passes for 904 yards and 14 touchdowns last year, and his burst clearly caught the eye of a coaching staff that wants speed at wide receiver.<\/p>\n

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Anthony Sao, CB, MidAmerica Nazarene<\/h2>\n

Brugler\u2019s ranking<\/strong>: No. 84 cornerback<\/p>\n

Another small-school find, Sao ran only a 4.58, which isn\u2019t great cornerback speed, but he has ideal size (6-foot, 197 pounds) and showed athletic burst in his other testing (10-4 broad jump and 37.5-inch vertical jump). Sao had four interceptions during the 2022 season. Atlanta clearly needs to bolster its cornerback depth, which is why it signed three UDFAs at the position.<\/p>\n

Jayden Price, CB, North Dakota State<\/h2>\n

Brugler\u2019s ranking<\/strong>: No. 97 cornerback<\/p>\n

Price has an interesting profile. He played 71 college games (totaling three interceptions in his career), earned an MBA and, maybe most intriguingly, he was an all-conference returner for the Bison. The 6-foot, 185-pounder also has pro-level speed with his 4.45 40-yard dash. His best chance of earning a job will be catching someone\u2019s eye in the return game and finding a depth role in the secondary.<\/p>\n

Nolan Potter, OL, Northern Illinois<\/h2>\n

Brugler\u2019s ranking<\/strong>: No. 34 offensive tackle<\/p>\n

The 6-foot-6, 310-pounder started 43 games in college and was a back-to-back All-MAC player in his final two seasons. Potter has put on 55 pounds since he was a two-star recruit coming out of high school in Iowa and could make the roster simply because he\u2019s at a position of constant need around the league.<\/p>\n

Ryan Coll, OL, Richmond<\/h2>\n

Brugler\u2019s ranking<\/strong>: No. 44 offensive tackle<\/p>\n

The 6-5, 308-pounder figures to be Potter\u2019s biggest competition for a back-end roster spot. He started 26 games at left tackle in his final two seasons at Richmond, where he was a third-team All-American in 2023. Coll started his college career as a tight end.<\/p>\n

Trey Vaval, CB, Minnesota State-Mankato<\/h2>\n

Brugler\u2019s ranking<\/strong>: Not ranked<\/p>\n

Not being listed in \u201cThe Beast\u201d is probably not a good sign for Vaval\u2019s roster chances, but he\u2019s a cornerback, which gives him a chance. The 6-foot, 170-pounder was also an all-conference returner in 2023.<\/p>\n

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Former Rutgers wide receiver JaQuae Jackson\u2019s speed intrigued the Falcons. (Rich Schultz \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

JaQuae Jackson, WR, Rutgers<\/h2>\n

Brugler\u2019s ranking<\/strong>: No. 94 wide receiver<\/p>\n

The 6-1, 183-pounder had 22 catches for 361 yards and a touchdown in his final season for the Scarlet Knights. He has 4.5 40-yard dash speed and was a three-star prospect coming out of high school in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

Austin Stogner, TE, Oklahoma<\/h2>\n

Brugler\u2019s ranking<\/strong>: No. 36 tight end<\/p>\n

The 6-6, 254-pounder started and ended his college career at Oklahoma with a stopover at South Carolina in between. He finished with 84 catches for 1,060 yards in five seasons. Stogner\u2019s 4.85 40-yard dash hurt his prospect status, but he has enough ability to have a chance.<\/p>\n

Ryan Sanborn, P, Texas<\/h2>\n

Brugler\u2019s ranking<\/strong>: No. 8 punter<\/p>\n

The 6-3, 211-pounder punted at Stanford and Texas and averaged 45.7 yards per kick last year, the seventh-best average in Longhorns history. The Falcons have 30-year-old punter\u00a0Bradley Pinion\u00a0under contract for the next two seasons at around a $3 million cap hit, so if they like Sanborn, they might stash him on the practice squad.<\/p>\n

John Paddock, QB, Illinois<\/h2>\n

Brugler\u2019s ranking<\/strong>: No. 55 quarterback<\/p>\n

The 5-11, 193-pounder averaged 8.9 yards per attempt last year, which would have ranked in the top 20 in the country if he had played enough games to qualify. After starting 12 games in 2022, he started only three in 2023 but passed for 507 yards against Indiana in one of those. However, there doesn\u2019t seem to be room for another quarterback on the roster.<\/p>\n

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