Former LSU linebacker Deion Jones was one of the success stories from the 2016 NFL Draft. He earned a starting job for the Atlanta Falcons and played in the Super Bowl as a rookie
He appeared undersized, but now he looks like the future of NFL linebackers, according to this story by MMQB's Tim Rohan. The Falcons knew what they wanted even if some people thought they reached when picking Jones in the second round, No. 52 overall.
"I'm not sure anybody else was going to take him as early as we were," Falcons' president Rich McKay said in the story.