Since the days of Tony Gonzalez in a Falcons uniform, QB Matt Ryan hasn’t truly had an above-average target at the tight end position outside of Jacob Tamme this past season as he totaled 59 catches, 657 yards, and a touchdown.
While Tamme was enough to get by this past season, the veteran pass catcher is slowly creeping up in age and the team can no longer count on TE Levine Toilolo at the position. So with the 81st overall pick in this year’s draft, the Falcons reached out to another Stanford product at tight end, Austin Hooper.