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The Atlanta Falcons added wide receiver Zachariah Branch in the 2026 NFL Draft and signed 16 undrafted free agents, including Wisconsin's Vinny Anthony. The team aims to improve its wide receiver depth after struggles in 2025.
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The Atlanta Falcons struggled for a variety of reasons in 2025, but their lack of wide receiver depth was undeniably part of the issue. The team added one wide receiver in the 2026 NFL Draft, selecting Georgia's Zachariah Branch with the 79th overall pick.
Branch joins a revamped wide receiver group in Atlanta, along with free-agent additions Jahan Dotson and Olamide Zaccheaus. Dotson can serve as the team's deep threat while Branch and Zaccheaus can battle it out in the slot. Even with these additions, the Falcons could still use more wide receiver depth behind Drake London.
The team signed 16 undrafted free agents (unofficially), including five wide receivers. Today, we'll examine former Wisconsin wide receiver Vinny Anthony.
The 6-foot, 190-pound wideout had better numbers during his 2024 season (39 catches for 672 receiving yards and four touchdowns), which could be why he went undrafted. Over his four seasons at Wisconsin, he recorded 80 catches for 1,162 receiving yards and five touchdowns.
The former Badgers wideout should add some competition in the slot while bringing some much-needed kick return ability (1,075 career kick return yards and one touchdown at Wisconsin).
According to NFL insider Jordan Schultz, Anthony was guaranteed $265,000 to sign with the Falcons, which likely increases his chances of making the 53-man roster out of training camp.
"Anthony is an undersized target with underwhelming college production, but the foot quickness, ball skills and level of detail in his routes suggest his best football will come in an NFL offense," wrote The Athletic's Dane Brugler. "He projects best inside, despite most of his college reps having come on the outside."
Vinny Anthony is a wide receiver who played for the University of Wisconsin.
The Falcons drafted Zachariah Branch and signed free agents Jahan Dotson and Olamide Zaccheaus in 2026.
The Falcons signed 16 undrafted free agents in 2026, including five wide receivers.
The Falcons struggled in 2025, primarily due to a lack of wide receiver depth.
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This article originally appeared on Falcons Wire: Atlanta Falcons UDFA class: WR Vinny Anthony scouting report