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2001 Atlanta Falcons
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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 3rd in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 291 points (18.2/g), 23rd of 31 in the NFL.
Allowed 377 points (23.6/g), 24th.
Differential of -86 points (-5.4/g), 26th.
Expected W-L: 5.6-10.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +2 (0.1/g), 13th.
Coached by Dan Reeves (7-9-0)
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2001 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Chris Chandler | 36 | 13 | 14 | 223 for 365, 2,847 yards, 16 td, 14 int, & 25 rushes for 84 yards and 0 td | Indianapolis Colts / 3rd / 76th pick / 1988 |
| RB | Maurice Smith | 25 | 1 | 12 | 237 rushes for 760 yards, 5 td, & 19 catches for 230 yards and 1 td | |
| FB | Bob Christian | 33 | 9 | 8 | 44 rushes for 284 yards, 2 td, & 45 catches for 392 yards and 2 td | Atlanta Falcons / 12th / 310th pick / 1991 |
| WR | Tony Martin | 36 | 11 | 9 | 37 catches for 548 yards, 3 td | New York Jets / 5th / 126th pick / 1989 |
| WR | Terance Mathis | 34 | 11 | 16 | 51 catches for 564 yards, 2 td | New York Jets / 6th / 140th pick / 1990 |
| WR | Shawn Jefferson | 32 | 10 | 6 | 37 catches for 539 yards, 2 td | Houston Oilers / 9th / 240th pick / 1991 |
| TE | Alge Crumpler | 24 | Rook | 12 | 25 catches for 330 yards, 3 td | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 35th pick / 2001 |
| TE | Reggie Kelly | 24 | 2 | 13 | 16 catches for 142 yards, 0 td | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1999 |
| LT | Bob Whitfield | 30 | 9 | 16 | 2 fumbles recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 8th pick / 1992 |
| LG | Bob Hallen | 26 | 3 | 12 | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1998 |
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| C | Todd McClure | 24 | 1 | 15 | 1 fumble recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 7th / 237th pick / 1999 |
| RG | Travis Claridge | 23 | 1 | 11 | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 37th pick / 2000 |
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| RG | Kynan Forney | 23 | Rook | 8 | Atlanta Falcons / 7th / 219th pick / 2001 |
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| RT | Ephraim Salaam | 25 | 3 | 13 | Atlanta Falcons / 7th / 199th pick / 1998 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Patrick Kerney | 25 | 2 | 16 | 12.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 30th pick / 1999 |
| LDT | Travis Hall | 29 | 6 | 16 | 2.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 6th / 181st pick / 1995 |
| RDT | Shane Dronett | 30 | 9 | 15 | 5.5 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 54th pick / 1992 |
| RDE | Brady Smith | 28 | 5 | 15 | 8.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 70th pick / 1996 |
| LLB | Chris Draft | 25 | 3 | 10 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 157th pick / 1998 |
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| LLB | Mark Simoneau | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 3rd / 67th pick / 2000 |
| MLB | Keith Brooking* | 26 | 3 | 16 | 3.5 sacks, 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 12th pick / 1998 |
| RLB | Henri Crockett | 27 | 4 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 100th pick / 1997 |
| LCB | Ray Buchanan | 30 | 8 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Indianapolis Colts / 3rd / 65th pick / 1993 |
| RCB | Ashley Ambrose | 31 | 9 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 5 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Indianapolis Colts / 2nd / 29th pick / 1992 |
| SS | Gerald McBurrows | 28 | 6 | 8 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Rams / 7th / 214th pick / 1995 |
| SS | Marty Carter | 32 | 10 | 5 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 8th / 207th pick / 1991 |
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| FS | Ronnie Bradford | 31 | 8 | 14 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 4th / 105th pick / 1993 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jay Feely | 25 | Rook | 0 | 29 of 37 field goals & 28 of 28 extra points | |
| P | Chris Mohr | 35 | 12 | 0 | 69 punts for a 38.8 average, 0 blocked | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 6th / 146th pick / 1989 |
| PR | Darrien Gordon | 31 | 8 | 2 | 31 punt returns for a 14.1 average and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 22nd pick / 1993 |
| KR | Darrick Vaughn | 23 | 1 | 0 | 61 kick returns for a 24.4 average and 1 td | Atlanta Falcons / 7th / 211th pick / 2000 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Ashley Ambrose | 31 | DB | 16 | 16 | 190 | 5-11 | Miss. Valley State | 9/17/1970 | 9 | Indianapolis Colts / 2nd / 29th pick / 1992 |
| Jamal Anderson | 29 | RB | 3 | 3 | 237 | 5-11 | Utah | 9/30/1972 | 7 | Atlanta Falcons / 7th / 201st pick / 1994 |
| Ronnie Bradford | 31 | DB | 14 | 14 | 188 | 5-10 | Colorado | 10/1/1970 | 8 | Miami Dolphins / 4th / 105th pick / 1993 |
| Keith Brooking* | 26 | LB | 16 | 16 | 245 | 6-2 | Georgia Tech | 10/30/1975 | 3 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 12th pick / 1998 |
| Ray Buchanan | 30 | DB | 16 | 16 | 186 | 5-9 | Louisville | 9/29/1971 | 8 | Indianapolis Colts / 3rd / 65th pick / 1993 |
| Marty Carter | 32 | DB | 5 | 5 | 209 | 6-1 | Middle Tenn. State | 12/17/1969 | 10 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 8th / 207th pick / 1991 |
| Johndale Carty | 24 | DB | 16 | 2 | 196 | 6-0 | Utah State | 8/27/1977 | 2 | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 126th pick / 1999 |
| Chris Chandler | 36 | QB | 14 | 14 | 224 | 6-4 | Washington | 10/12/1965 | 13 | Indianapolis Colts / 3rd / 76th pick / 1988 |
| Bob Christian | 33 | RB | 16 | 8 | 226 | 5-11 | Northwestern | 11/14/1968 | 9 | Atlanta Falcons / 12th / 310th pick / 1991 |
| Travis Claridge | 23 | G-T | 14 | 11 | 300 | 6-5 | USC | 3/23/1978 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 37th pick / 2000 |
| Henri Crockett | 27 | LB | 16 | 15 | 240 | 6-2 | Florida State | 10/28/1974 | 4 | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 100th pick / 1997 |
| Alge Crumpler | 24 | TE | 16 | 12 | 262 | 6-2 | North Carolina | 12/23/1977 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 35th pick / 2001 |
| Chris Draft | 25 | LB | 13 | 10 | 232 | 5-11 | Stanford | 2/26/1976 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 157th pick / 1998 |
| Shane Dronett | 30 | DT-DE | 15 | 15 | 300 | 6-6 | Texas | 1/12/1971 | 9 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 54th pick / 1992 |
| Jay Feely | 25 | K | 16 | 0 | 206 | 5-10 | Michigan | 5/23/1976 | Rook | |
| Brian Finneran | 25 | WR | 16 | 1 | 210 | 6-5 | Villanova | 1/31/1976 | 2 | |
| Ronald Flemons | 22 | DE | 1 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Texas A&M | 10/20/1979 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 7th / 226th pick / 2001 |
| Kynan Forney | 23 | G | 12 | 8 | 307 | 6-3 | Hawaii | 9/8/1978 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 7th / 219th pick / 2001 |
| Roberto Garza | 22 | G-C | 16 | 4 | 296 | 6-2 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 3/26/1979 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 99th pick / 2001 |
| Darrien Gordon | 31 | DB | 16 | 2 | 184 | 5-11 | Stanford | 11/14/1970 | 8 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 22nd pick / 1993 |
| Corey Hall | 22 | DB | 3 | 0 | 203 | 6-4 | Appalachian State | 1/17/1979 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 7th / 215th pick / 2001 |
| Travis Hall | 29 | DT-DE | 16 | 16 | 295 | 6-5 | BYU | 8/3/1972 | 6 | Atlanta Falcons / 6th / 181st pick / 1995 |
| Bob Hallen | 26 | G-C | 15 | 12 | 305 | 6-3 | Kent State | 3/9/1975 | 3 | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1998 |
| Conrad Hamilton | 27 | DB | 6 | 0 | 195 | 5-10 | Eastern New Mexico | 11/5/1974 | 5 | New York Giants / 7th / 214th pick / 1996 |
| Chris Hudson | 30 | DB | 15 | 2 | 199 | 5-10 | Colorado | 10/6/1971 | 6 | Jacksonville Jaguars / 3rd / 71st pick / 1995 |
| Ed Jasper | 28 | DT-NT | 16 | 1 | 293 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 1/18/1973 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 198th pick / 1997 |
| Shawn Jefferson | 32 | WR | 16 | 6 | 185 | 5-11 | Central Florida | 2/22/1969 | 10 | Houston Oilers / 9th / 240th pick / 1991 |
| Travis Jervey | 29 | RB | 16 | 0 | 222 | 6-0 | The Citadel | 5/5/1972 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 170th pick / 1995 |
| Doug Johnson | 24 | QB | 3 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Florida | 10/27/1977 | 1 | |
| Antony Jordan | 27 | LB | 4 | 0 | 234 | 6-3 | Vanderbilt | 12/19/1974 | 3 | Indianapolis Colts / 5th / 135th pick / 1998 |
| Dave Kadela | 23 | T | 1 | 0 | 300 | 6-6 | Virginia Tech | 5/6/1978 | Rook | |
| Reggie Kelly | 24 | TE | 14 | 13 | 255 | 6-4 | Mississippi State | 2/22/1977 | 2 | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1999 |
| Patrick Kerney | 25 | DE | 16 | 16 | 273 | 6-5 | Virginia | 12/30/1976 | 2 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 30th pick / 1999 |
| Brian Kozlowski | 31 | TE | 16 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Connecticut | 10/4/1970 | 7 | |
| George Layne | 23 | RB | 2 | 0 | 250 | 5-11 | TCU | 10/9/1978 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 108th pick / 2001 |
| Tony Martin | 36 | WR | 11 | 9 | 181 | 6-0 | Bishop,Mesa | 9/5/1965 | 11 | New York Jets / 5th / 126th pick / 1989 |
| Terance Mathis | 34 | WR | 16 | 16 | 177 | 5-10 | New Mexico | 6/7/1967 | 11 | New York Jets / 6th / 140th pick / 1990 |
| Gerald McBurrows | 28 | DB | 14 | 8 | 208 | 5-11 | Kansas | 10/7/1973 | 6 | St. Louis Rams / 7th / 214th pick / 1995 |
| Todd McClure | 24 | C | 15 | 15 | 286 | 6-1 | LSU | 2/16/1977 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 7th / 237th pick / 1999 |
| Quentin McCord | 23 | WR | 7 | 0 | 188 | 5-10 | Kentucky | 6/26/1978 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 7th / 236th pick / 2001 |
| Chris Mohr | 35 | P | 16 | 0 | 215 | 6-5 | Alabama | 5/11/1966 | 12 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 6th / 146th pick / 1989 |
| Ron Moore | 24 | DT | 1 | 0 | 316 | 6-2 | Northwest Oklahoma State | 8/10/1977 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 229th pick / 2000 |
| Derek Rackley | 24 | TE | 16 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Minnesota | 7/18/1977 | 1 | |
| Ephraim Salaam | 25 | T | 14 | 13 | 295 | 6-7 | San Diego State | 6/19/1976 | 3 | Atlanta Falcons / 7th / 199th pick / 1998 |
| Mark Simoneau | 24 | LB | 16 | 5 | 245 | 6-0 | Kansas State | 1/16/1977 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 3rd / 67th pick / 2000 |
| Brady Smith | 28 | DE | 15 | 15 | 274 | 6-5 | Colorado State | 6/5/1973 | 5 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 70th pick / 1996 |
| Maurice Smith | 25 | RB | 16 | 12 | 235 | 6-0 | North Carolina A&T | 9/7/1976 | 1 | |
| Matt Stewart | 22 | LB | 15 | 0 | 232 | 6-3 | Vanderbilt | 8/31/1979 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 102nd pick / 2001 |
| Shawn Swayda | 27 | DE | 10 | 0 | 290 | 6-5 | Arizona State | 9/4/1974 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 196th pick / 1997 |
| Rodney Thomas | 28 | RB | 12 | 0 | 210 | 5-10 | Texas A&M | 3/30/1973 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 89th pick / 1995 |
| Michael Thompson | 24 | T | 2 | 1 | 295 | 6-4 | Tennessee State | 2/11/1977 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 100th pick / 2000 |
| Artie Ulmer | 28 | LB | 15 | 0 | 247 | 6-3 | Georgia Southern,Valdosta State | 7/30/1973 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 7th / 220th pick / 1997 |
| Darrick Vaughn | 23 | DB | 16 | 0 | 193 | 5-11 | Texas State | 10/2/1978 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 7th / 211th pick / 2000 |
| Michael Vick | 21 | QB | 8 | 2 | 215 | 6-0 | Virginia Tech | 6/26/1980 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 1st pick / 2001 |
| Bob Whitfield | 30 | T | 16 | 16 | 310 | 6-5 | Stanford | 10/18/1971 | 9 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 8th pick / 1992 |
| Chuck Wiley | 26 | DE | 16 | 1 | 275 | 6-5 | LSU | 3/6/1975 | 2 | Carolina Panthers / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1998 |
| Elijah Williams | 26 | E | 5 | 1 | 181 | 5-10 | Florida | 8/20/1975 | 3 | Atlanta Falcons / 6th / 166th pick / 1998 |
| Team Total | 26.9 | 16 | 240.4 | 6-1.7 | 4.0 |