Flowery Branch, GA (Sports Network) – The Atlanta Falcons on Wednesday signed cornerback Desmond Trufant, the team’s first-round draft pick.<\/p>\n
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.<\/p>\n
The Falcons selected Trufant with the 22nd overall pick in April’s draft. They traded their third-round and sixth-round picks to the Rams in exchange for the selection.<\/p>\n
Trufant started in 47 of 50 games at the University of Washington, posting 195 tackles, a school-record 39 passes defensed and six interceptions.<\/p>\n
Last season, he had 36 tackles, nine passes defensed and one interception, earning first-team All-Pac 12 honors and helping the Huskies rank second in the Pac-12 and 23rd in the nation in pass defense.<\/p>\n
In addition, the Falcons signed quarterback Sean Renfree.<\/p>\n
The 6-foot-5 Renfree was selected with the third of the Falcons’ three seventh-round draft picks (249th overall).<\/p>\n
Renfree completed 64.7 percent of his passes for 9,465 yards with 51 touchdowns and 40 interceptions in four seasons at Duke.<\/p>\n
With both of their signings, the Falcons have all of their draft picks under contract.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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