Atlanta Falcons Name 12 to Practice Squad, Including Georgia Bulldogs Ex Justin Shaffer

The Atlanta Falcons are busy at the moment crafting the follow squad after dwindling the crew down from 80 to 53 on Tuesday.

Out of the 27 cuts the crew made Tuesday, the crew introduced a variety of these again for the crew’s follow squad.

Here is a take a look at who the Falcons introduced again …

TE MyCole Pruitt

WR Cameron Batson

DB Teez Tabor

WR Josh Ali

OL Justin Shaffer

RB Caleb Huntley

DT Derrick Tangelo

OLB Jordan Brailford

CB Matt Hankins

OT Tyler Vrabel

OL Ryan Neuzil

WR Frank Darby

Out of all of the names on the listing, the one which stands out probably the most is Justin Shaffer, one of many crew’s sixth-round picks from Georgia. Shaffer was the one draft choose who didn’t make the preliminary 53-man roster.

Shaffer struggled to adapt to the NFL pace, and the crew opted to maintain second-year professional Jalen Mayfield and free agent signee Elijah Wilkinson to man the left guard spot. Nonetheless, the crew has sufficient hope in him to spend money on a spot on the follow squad, so we’ll see if he can develop from there onto the primary roster.

One other noteworthy addition to the follow squad is working again Caleb Huntley, who performed very well within the crew’s remaining preseason recreation in opposition to the Jacksonville Jaguars. Sadly, the working again room was too crowded to maintain all the gamers the crew wished and Huntley was the casualty. Nonetheless, with Huntley on the follow squad, there’s nonetheless hope that he can contribute sooner or later.

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