Falcons looking at record-setting D-II RB from HBCU ranks
Atlanta is considering a new running back.
Falcons looking at record-setting D-II RB from HBCU ranks originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Atlanta Falcons have a superstar running back in Bijan Robinson, but a team can never have too much quality depth at the RB position.
That helps explain why the Falcons are bringing Virginia Union's Curtis Allen to rookie minicamp. Allen joins TCU's Trent Battle as tryout running backs with the Falcons this weekend: The Falcons have rostered players TE Josh Simon, LB Malik Verdon and CB A. J.
Woods plus 21 rookie tryout players and two veteran tryout players at this week's rookie minicamp. Tryout players: pic. twitter.
com/xFlAc47GZ7 ā Josh Kendall (@JoshTheAthletic) May 8, 2026 MORE: Shilo Sanders under fire for telling female reporter to 'make a sandwich' Virginia Union is an HBCU that plays at the Division II level. Allen was regarded as one of the top handful of HBCU products in the 2026 NFL Draft class, but only one player from that realm got drafted. That has left Allen to try and prove himself in minicamp.