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Seventh-round pick Jamal Anderson had Falcons doing the 'Dirty Bird'

Try and recall a late-round steal in Atlanta Falcons draft history, and you'll probably come up with the name Jamal Anderson.

He was a seventh-round pick out of Utah in 1994. He carried the ball all of two times as a rookie. But Anderson eventually made himself into a household name, for more than one reason.

Anderson became a starter in 1996 and rushed for 1,055 yards that season. He went on to have three more 1,000-yard seasons, including a franchise-record 1,846 rushing yards on a then-NFL-record 410 carries (14 touchdowns) during the 1998 campaign.