After an eventful offseason, the Atlanta Falcons will finally kick off the 2026 NFL season this Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The team hired Matt Ryan as the president of football, Ian Cunningham as the general manager and Kevin Stefanski as head coach.
While the core is largely the same, the amount of new faces on the roster reflects this regime change. The Falcons set their initial 53-man roster and practice squad last week, however, they've made numerous changes to both since the NFL's cut deadline.
Atlanta brought back defensive lineman Zach Harrison and edge rusher Bralen Trice on the practice squad. Plus, the team completed a trade for defensive tackle Gervon Dexter to bolster its front seven.
The Falcons have yet to name a QB1
for Sunday's season opener, but we expect Stefanski to reveal his starter early in the week. As we await Stefanski's decision, check out the team's updated 53-man roster and practice said (with uniform numbers) for Sunday's game against the Steelers.
Quarterbacks (4)
- Michael Penix Jr. (9)
- Tua Tagovailoa (1)
- Cooper Rush (13)
- Jack Strand (18)
Running Backs (2)
- Bijan Robinson (7)
- Brian Robinson Jr. (15)
Wide Receivers (5)
- Drake London (5)
- Jahan Dotson (4)
- Olamide Zaccheaus (14)
- Zachariah Branch (17)
- Chris Blair (19)
Tight Ends (3)
- Kyle Pitts (8)
- Austin Hooper (81)
- Charlie Woerner (89)
Offensive Linemen (10)
- Jake Matthews (70)
- Matthew Bergeron (65)
- Ryan Neuzil (64)
- Chris Lindstrom (63)
- Jawaan Taylor (71)
- Michael Jerrell (72)
- Ethan Onianwa (75)
- Kyle Hinton (68)
- Corey Levin (62)
- Cameron Williams (73)
Defensive Linemen (8)
- Gervon Dexter (95)
- Brandon Dorlus (54)
- Maason Smith(92)
- Samson Ebukam (52)
- Da'Shawn Hand (90)
- LaCale London (94)
- Za'Darius Smith (55)
- Cameron Thomas (99)
Linebackers (7)
- Divine Deablo (0)
- Kendal Daniels (53)
- Harold Perkins Jr. (56)
- Christian Harris (45)
- LB Josh Woods (42)
- LB Yasir Abdullah (22)
- LB Jared Ivey (51)
Defensive Backs (11)
- A.J. Terrell (24)
- Avieon Terrell (12)
- Mike Hughes (21)
- Billy Bowman Jr. (33)
- C.J. Henderson (26)
- Mike Ford Jr. (28)
- Malcolm DeWalt (36)
- Jessie Bates III (3)
- Xavier Watts (31)
- DeMarcco Hellams (23)
- Sydney Brown (29)
Special Teams (3)
- LS: Liam McCullough (49)
- K: Nick Folk (6)
- P: Jake Bailey (16)
Reserve Lists
- LB JD Bertrand (Reserve/Injury)
- EDGE James Pearce Jr. (suspended)
- OT Storm Norton (Reserve/PUP)
- LB DeAngelo Malone (Reserve/PUP)
- LB Jalon Walker (Reserve/Injured)
- RB Trey Sermon (Reserve/Injured)
- DB Darren Hall (Reserve/Injured)
- DT Anterio Thompson (NFI List)
- DE Keshawn Banks (Waived/Injured)
- WR Beaux Collins (Reserve/Injured) - Return Designation
Falcons practice squad signings (16 official)
- WR Vinny Anthony (86)
- DT Carlos Allen Jr. (79)
- OL Kam Dewberry (61)
- WR Dylan Drummond (80)
- RB Tyler Goodson (25)
- DB Darnay Holmes (30)
- OT Riley Mahlman (76)
- OL James Brockermeyer (66)
- TE Nick Muse (87)
- RB Cash Jones (32)
- TE Jack Velling (84)
- WR Antwane Wells (82)
- OL Josh Thompson (67)
- DL Zach Harrison (96)
- DB Jammie Robinson (34)
- EDGE Bralen Trice (48)
The Falcons and Steelers will kick things off at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday. Look out for Atlanta's official Week 1 depth chart this week, which we expect to drop on Wednesday.
This article originally appeared on Falcons Wire: Falcons 53-man roster & practice squad entering Week 1 vs. Steelers
