On Friday night, Sean Weatherspoon stood in a small meeting room signing programs while preparing for his induction into the Missouri athletics hall of fame, eagerly waiting for an NFL team to pick up the phone and sign him.
On Tuesday, the Atlanta Falcons did just that.
Weatherspoon signed with the defending NFC champions for the third time in his career, as the Falcons need depth at linebacker after rookie Duke Riley’s knee injury.
On Friday, Weatherspoon, 29, said he’d been living in Atlanta while waiting to get signed and working out at Georgia Tech to stay in shape.