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Hey Falcoholics Youth Matt Schaub Jersey ,hrowback Thursday series. This weekly segment highlights a former Atlanta Falcons player and discusses what they did for the franchise. Whether you’ve been a fan since the inaugural season, or just became a fan recently, this series will give insight on players from the past. So let’s begin. If you’ve missed the past two segments, they were on Jessie “The Hammer” Tuggle and Tommy “Mr. Falcon” Nobis. This is the first segment highlighting a player from the offensive side of the ball, with none other than running back Gerald Riggs. Gerald Riggs was born on November 6, 1960 in Tullos, La. He attended school in Las Vegas, Nev. at Bonanza High School where he was a bruising and durable runner. After graduating from Bonanza in 1978, Riggs took his talents to Arizona State University to play at the collegiate level. After playing in a reserve role for a few years, Riggs got his opportunity to start in 1981. That season Stitched Derrick Shelby Jersey , he scored six touchdowns and had 891 rushing yards in 11 games for the Sun Devils. Getty ImagesWith the No. 9 overall pick in the 1982 NFL Draft, Gerald Riggs was selected by the Atlanta Falcons. His NFL career took off as he scored 45 rushing touchdowns in his first 6 seasons with the Falcons. During his time in Atlanta, Riggs made the Pro Bowl three times and rushed for 6,631 yards, making him the franchise’s all-time leading rusher. Prior to the 1989 season, Riggs was traded to Washington, where he played for three seasons. In 1991, his final NFL season, Riggs led Washington to a 37-24 victory over the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXVI.Gerald Riggs currently has the most rushing attempts, rushing yards Youth Derrick Shelby Jersey , and the second-most rushing touchdowns in Atlanta Falcons history. Riggs was inducted into the Atlanta Falcons Ring of Honor in 2013, and the Atlanta Sports Hall of Fame in 2018. Well, that’s all for today’s Throwback Thursday. Share some of your favorite memories of Gerald Riggs below. As always, you can find me on Twitter @EvanBirchfield. Thanks for reading, Falcoholics. What you need to know as we get closer to camps and glorious football."We’ve entered the second true dead zone of the NFL offseason. This one is punctuated only by rookie signings, contract extensions if they are hammered out, and the occasional team activity or minicamp, complete with rookie updates. It’s, um, kinda dull. That’s why we’re looking forward to training camp Stitched Wes Schweitzer Jersey , but in the meantime we’ll settle for a small handful of workouts and activities along the way. If you’re itching to know when we’ll get into those, and when we’ll see preseason games, we’ve got you covered here. Minicamp, OTAs and training camp schedules Organized Team Activities Session 1: May 20-21Session 2: May 23Session 3: May 29-31Session 4: June 3-4Session 5: June 6MinicampJune 11-13Training campTypically, the schedule for training camp is announced in mid-June, and that’s our expectation again this year. Training camp typically works around at least one preseason game (two with the Hall of Fame Game this year for Atlanta) and starts in late July, running through early-to-mid August. Preseason schedule Hall of Fame GameAtlanta Falcons vs. Denver Broncos, August 1, 8 p.m. ESTWeek 1Atlanta Falcons @ Miami Dolphins, August 8 Youth Wes Schweitzer Jersey , 7:30 p.m. ESTWeek 2New York Jets @ Atlanta Falcons, August 15, 7:30 p.m. ESTWeek 3Washington Redskins @ Atlanta Falcons, August 22, 7:30 p.m. ESTWeek 4Atlanta Falcons @ Jacksonville Jaguars, August 29, 7:00 p.m. ESTPlanning to attend training camp? Heading to one of these games? Let us know!