The Atlanta Falcons haven’t been much for drafting starting running backs over the years. Under Thomas Dimitroff, their biggest additions tended to come via free agency (Michael Turner, Steven Jackson, Todd Gurley), and that continued in the first year with Terry Fontenot at the helm (Mike Davis, Cordarrelle Patterson).
The lone exception to that rule came in 2014 and 2015, when the team drafted Devonta Freeman in the fourth round and Tevin Coleman in the third round. Freeman would become the most productive drafted runner in Atlanta since the great Jamal Anderson, while Coleman became a home run threat and filled in capably for Freeman when he wasn’t available.