Falcons rookie stock report: Harold Perkins Jr. is making up ground

The Atlanta Falcons evaluated their 2026 rookie draft class through the first three weeks of the season following a Week 3 victory over the Green Bay Packers. Under general manager Ian Cunningham's first draft class, four of the team's six selections have shown early flashes of contributing, highlighted by linebacker Harold Perkins Jr. making up ground alongside fellow rookies Avieon Terrell, Zachariah Branch, and Kendal Daniels.

Atlanta entered the 2026 NFL Draft without a first-round pick and finished with six selections in total. Among the remaining draftees from the class, Ethan Onianwa was listed as a healthy inactive against Green Bay, while rookie Anterio Thompson remained sidelined due to injury.