FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- Jalon Walker was getting a ride to Charlotte, North Carolina, late Thursday night from his home in Salisbury, N.C. He was scheduled to fly to the Atlanta Falcons' facility the next morning on the team's private jet.
Little did he know, he would have company.
The Falcons drafted Walker out of Georgia with the No. 15 pick in Thursday's NFL draft. That was scheduled to be Atlanta's only first-round pick, but general manager Terry Fontenot wasn't done. The aggressive GM traded back into the first round, acquiring the Los Angeles Rams' No.