No. 87 – Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||
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Position: | Tight end | ||||||||
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Born: | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | March 9, 2000||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 250 lb (113 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | Marist (Brookhaven, Georgia) | ||||||||
College: | Georgia (2018–2021) | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 2022 / Round: 6 / Pick: 213 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of 2024 | |||||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
John William FitzPatrick (born March 9, 2000) is an American football tight end for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Georgia.
FitzPatrick grew up in Atlanta, Georgia and attended Marist High School. [1] He was rated a three-star recruit and committed to play college football at Georgia over offers from Alabama, UCLA, and Virginia. [2]
FitzPatrick redshirted his true freshman season. [3] As a redshirt sophomore, he caught ten passes for 95 yards and one touchdown. [4] FitzPatrick played in all 15 of Georgia's games with seven starts in his redshirt junior season, catching six passes for 83 yards as the Bulldogs won the 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship. [5] He had played the majority of the season with fractures in both of his feet. [6] After the end of the season, FitzPatrick declared that he would be entering the 2022 NFL Draft. [7]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | |||||||||
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6 ft 7+1⁄8 in (2.01 m) | 262 lb (119 kg) | 33+3⁄4 in (0.86 m) | 10+1⁄4 in (0.26 m) | |||||||||
All values from Pro Day [8] [9] |
FitzPatrick was selected with the 213th pick in the sixth round of the 2022 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons. [10] He was placed on injured reserve on September 1, 2022. [11]
During the 2024 season Fitzpatrick made the Falcons' 53-man roster as the fourth tight end behind Kyle Pitts, Jonnu Smith, and MyCole Pruitt and played in 9 games with one reception for 12 yards and 3 special teams tackles.
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