Via the dedicated and orderly swoosh of Football's Future fame, we have a complete list of 2011 NFL Draft players with whom the Atlanta Falcons have met, according to published reports, at least. It's likely the team worked out or interviewed quite a few players who aren't listed here, but this is a very good picture of what the front office is looking for. I've seen nearly all of these reported by one outlet or another, and am prepared to trust swoosh's list for the rest.
More thoughts on the list tomorrow, but it's clear the team is thinking pass rushers and offensive tackles early, and wide receivers, running backs and defensive backs in subsequent rounds.
After the jump, the list of players at each position, sorted by general draft status projections.
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Quarterbacks
- Colin Kaepernick, Nevada MID
- T.J Yates, North Carolina
- Adam Weber, Minnesota
- Adam Froman, Louisville
- Justin Roper, Montana
Running backs
- Ryan Williams, Virginia Tech EARLY
- Kendall Hunter, Oklahoma State EARLY
- Taiwan Jones, Eastern Washington EARLY
- Bilal Powell, Louisville MID
- Derrick Locke, Kentucky MID
- Anthony Allen, Georgia Tech MID
- Alex Green, Hawaii
- Noel Devine, West Virginia
- Da'Rel Scott, Maryland
- Mario Fannin, Auburn
- Damien Berry, Miami FL
- DuJuan Harris, Troy
Wide receivers
- Torrey Smith, Maryland EARLY
- Leonard Hankerson, Miami FL EARLY
- Titus Young, Boise State EARLY
- Edmund Gates, Abilene Christian EARLY
- Jerrel Jernigan, Troy EARLY
- Dwayne Harris, East Carolina MID
- Denarius Moore, Tennessee MID
- Ricardo Lockette, Fort Valley State
- Vidal Hazelton, Cincinnati
- Tyler Beiler, Bridgewater
- Ryan Lincoln, Texas A&M-Kingsville
Tight ends
- Kyle Rudolph, Notre Dame FIRST
- Jordan Cameron, Southern California MID
- Virgil Green, Nevada
- Stephen Skelton, Fordham
- Corday Clark, McNeese St
- Will Yeatman, Maryland
- Chris Blohm, Yale
Offensive linemen
- OT Tyron Smith, Southern California FIRST
- OT Gabe Carimi, Wisconsin FIRST
- OT Anthony Castanzo, Boston College FIRST
- OT Marcus Gilbert, Florida EARLY
- OG Zach Hurd, Connecticut
- C Colin Baxter, Arizona
- OT Matt Murphy, UNLV
- C John Gianninoto, UNLV
Defensive linemen
- DE Da'Quan Bowers, Clemson FIRST
- DE Aldon Smith, Missouri FIRST
- DE Cameron Jordan, California FIRST
- DE Ryan Kerrigan, Purdue FIRST
- DE Adrian Clayborn, Iowa FIRST
- DE Brooks Reed, Arizona EARLY
- DE Allen Bailey, Miami FL EARLY
- DE Jabaal Sheard, Pittsburgh EARLY
- DE Sam Acho, Texas EARLY
- DT Jurrell Casey, Southern California MID
- DT Sione Fua, Stanford MID
- DE Tom McCarthy, Yale
- DT Frank Kearse, Alabama A&M
- DT Nate Frazier, North Alabama
Linebackers
- OLB Akeem Ayers, UCLA FIRST
- OLB Justin Houston, Georgia FIRST
- ILB Akeem Dent, Georgia EARLY
- OLB Mason Foster, Washington EARLY
- ILB Quan Sturdivant, North Carolina MID
- OLB Colin McCarthy, Miami FL EARLY
- ILB Casey Matthews, Oregon MID
- ILB Doug Hogue, Syracuse MID
- Mike Mohamed, California
- Jacquian Williams, South Florida
Defensive backs
- CB Brandon Harris, Miami FL FIRST
- S Aaron Williams, Texas EARLY
- S Quinton Carter, Oklahoma EARLY
- S Marcus Gilchrist, Clemson EARLY
- CB Rashad Carmichael, Virginia Tech MID
- CB Buster Skrine, Chattanooga MID
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- S Robert Sands, West Virginia MID
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- S Jeron Johnson, Boise State MID
- CB Jalil Brown, Colorado MID
- CB DeMarcus Van Dyke, Miami FL MID
- CB Mario Butler, Georgia Tech
- CB Jerrard Tarrant, Georgia Tech
- CB Cole Brodie, South Dakota State
- S Mario Edwards, Georgia Tech
- S Mistral Raymond, South Florida
- S Anthony Walters, Delaware
- S Chris Conte, California
Specialists
- K Kai Forbath, UCLA
- P Reid Forrest, Washington State