Whatever happened to: Ken Herock

Former Atlanta Falcons executive Ken Herock. AJC file photoKen Herock spent 10 of his 31 seasons in the NFL with the Falcons, but two of his draft picks stand out as a pair of the NFL’s best ever.

The first came in 1989 when he took Deion Sanders with the sixth pick in the first round, the Hall of Famer arguably the greatest cornerback of all time. The second was the 1991 second-round choice of Brett Favre, who will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in August and is one of the greatest quarterbacks ever.

Herock, though, began his football career far away from a front office, in the streets of Pittsburgh, not playing organized ball until he was in the eighth grade. At Munhall High…