Can Atlanta Hometown RB Caleb Huntley Make Falcons 53-Man Roster?

After buying and selling Matt Ryan to the Indianapolis Colts, many predict the Atlanta Falcons to be the worst workforce within the league. However following a 2-1 outing through the preseason, the Falcons proved they may have the expertise to surpass the modest expectations.  

One space of progress Atlanta has showcased through the 2022 preseason has been the manufacturing of the backfield. The Falcons closed out the preseason speeding for 135 yards throughout their 28-12 victory towards the Jacksonville Jaguars on Saturday. 

With Caleb Huntley main the way in which with 86 yards on 19 carries, the Falcons’ completed their three-game preseason schedule averaging 139.3 speeding yards. Atlanta’s preseason manufacturing seems to be an entire 180 from the 85.4 speeding yards the franchise averaged through the 2021 marketing campaign.

Can Huntley – the 5-10, 229-pound Ball State product who was a UDFA rookie final yr leaping from Ball State onto his hometown-Falcons follow squad – assist?

“They ran exhausting, but it surely takes all 11 of us within the run sport,” coach Arthur Smith stated. “I believed the road, the receivers, they blocked. While you’re within the fourth quarter with the lead and watching these guys come off the ball and churning off two-yard runs to eight, to 9. Huntley popped a giant one, but it surely takes all 11 to run the soccer for us.”

Huntley appears on the bubble right here at Tuesday’s cutdown to 53 nears. However the second-year prospect has a shot to stay alongside Tyler Allgeier and Qadree Ollison. … and, of couse, Cordarrelle Patterson.

The Falcons’ lack of expertise within the backfield pressured the group to rely closely upon Patterson final yr, and the receiver-turned-runner produced. However after three profitable preseason video games, possibly the Falcons are displaying they might profit from using a working again corps by committee in 2022.

And possibly Locust Grove’s personal Caleb Huntley is able to assist.