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2013 ATLANTA FALCONS ROOKIES
DESMOND TRUFANT
CORNERBACK
21
HT: 6’0” WT: 190 NFL EXP: R ACQ: D1-’13 1st YEAR WITH FALCONS
BIRTHDATE: 9/10/90 COLLEGE: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
TRANSACTIONS
• Selected as a first round (22 nd overall) draft choice
by Atlanta in 2013.
COLLEGE
• Started 47 of 50 career games at the University of
Washington posting 195 tackles (151 solo) with a
school record 39 passes defensed, 8.5 tackles for
loss, and six interceptions.
• Allowed just eight of 54 pass completions (14.8
percent) on balls thrown in his direction as the
Huskies ranked 23rd in the nation in pass defense,
allowing 197.3 passing yards per game.
• As a senior, won both the Sports Radio 950 KJR
Most Outstanding Defensive Player and the Guy
Flaherty Award (the team’s oldest and most
prestigious honor).
• As a team captain in 2012, earned second-team All-
American honors from The NFL Draft Report and
Fox Sports as well as first-team All-Pac 12 honors
after recording 36 tackles (27 solo) with nine
passes defensed and one interception.
• In 2011, was named All-Pac 12 Conference
honorable mention and won the team’s Don James
Perseverance Award after starting all 13 games and
posting a career-high 64 tackles (46 solo), a teamleading
16 passes defensed, two interceptions, two
forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries.
• Earned All-Pac 10 Conference honorable mention
as a sophomore in 2010 starting all 13 games and
logging 48 tackles (34 solo) with four passes
defensed, one interception, and one fumble
recovery.
• Made an instant impact as a freshman as he was
named to the Sporting News Freshman All-Pac 10
team and earn All-Pac 10 Conference honorable
mention in 2009.
• Spent three games as a reserve cornerback before
taking over the starting role for the final nine games
posting 47 tackles (44 solo), six passes defensed,
and two interceptions.
AUDIBLES
Seven Falcons have brothers that also play professional
sports. Kevin & Zach Cone (MLB), Jonathan & Jordan
Babineaux (NFL), Harry & Toney Douglas (NBA), Peria
& John Jerry (NFL), Jacquizz & James Rodgers (NFL),
Desmond, Marcus & Isaiah Trufant (NFL), and Robert
Alford & Fred Booker (NFL).
PERSONAL
• Attended Wilson High School (Tacoma, Wash.)
where he was named a first-team all-state selection
by the Seattle Times after recording 67 tackles on
defense and 12 rushing touchdowns during his
senior season.
• As a junior, he posted 47 tackles and eight
interceptions, along with four stops for loss,
scoring five times while gaining 440 receiving
yards and finding the end zone six more times on
36 carries for 360 yards.
• Named a red chip prospect by the Seattle Times and
a “Northwest Nugget” honorable mention by the
Tacoma News-Tribune. Rated the sixth-best overall
player in the state of Washington and the country’s
56th-best cornerback by Rivals.com.
• A standout long jumper and triple jumper at Wilson.
Took second place in the Class 4A state track
meet in the triple jump (46 feet, 5.75 inches) and
placed 11th in the long jump (21 feet, 2.25 inches)
as a junior in 2008. Also starred on the Rams basketball
team.
• His two older brothers Marcus and Isaiah also
played in the NFL. Marcus was selected 11th overall
by Seattle in the 2003 NFL Draft and spent 10
years with the Seahawks while Isaiah spent time in
the AFL and UFL before breaking into the NFL as a
practice squad player with the New York Jets and
Philadelphia Eagles.
• Son of Constance and Lloyd Trufant.