The Falcons bolstered one of the best ground attacks in the NFL, taking Texas running back Bijan Robinson with the eighth overall pick.
The Atlanta Falcons bolstered one of the best ground attacks in the NFL, taking Texas running back Bijan Robinson with the eighth overall pick in the NFL draft on Thursday night.
Robinson, 21, is the first running back to be taken in the top 10 since the New York Giants’ Saquon Barkley, who went second overall in the 2018 draft.
He joins a Falcons team that ranked third in the league last season with 159.9 rushing yards per game. No team recorded a higher designed rush percentage than the Falcons last season, at 51%, according to ESPN Stats & Information research.
