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2021 NFL Draft: Kyle Pitts selected No. 4 by Atlanta Falcons

With the No. 4 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, the Atlanta Falcons selected tight end Kyle Pitts.

Pitts continued to make history on Thursday night as he became the highest drafted tight end of all time. After a stellar junior season with the Florida Gators, he locked himself in as a first-round draft pick.

Florida has produced a Top-10 selection in each of the last two years, with C.J. Henderson going No. 9 overall to the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2020.

After being selected in the Top-5, Pitts joins an elite group with just three other former Gators to do so (Dante Fowler, Gerrard Warren and Wes Chandler).