Falcons Host Veteran Workout on Day 2 of Mandatory Minicamp, Including North Carolina A&T Kicker Andrew Brown

The Atlanta Falcons held a veteran-heavy workout on Day 2 of their mandatory minicamp, bringing in a group of familiar NFL roles and adding a fresh element at kicker. According to Pro Football Rumors, the Falcons worked out several veterans, including defensive tackle Byron Cowart, offensive lineman Jake Curhan, linebacker Anfernee Orji, punter Matt Hayball, and tight end Thomas Odukoya.

Alongside those veterans, the Falcons also hosted an undrafted rookie: Andrew Brown, a kicker who played at North Carolina A&T. The workout structure matters because mandatory minicamp is one of the team’s primary windows to evaluate execution under team rules, and late-spring look-ins are often geared toward identifying who can operate comfortably within the playbook and tempo.

For Atlanta, the emphasis on multiple positions suggests the club is continuing to build depth and competition across both the core front-seven matchups and the special-teams units that show up every week. Cowart is a defensive tackle, which places him in the rotation where coaches value repeatable leverage, hand placement, and the ability to hold up against gaps and double-team fronts.

Curhan’s presence as an offensive lineman points to ongoing evaluation on the offensive line, a group that typically sees reshuffling opportunities even when starters are set. Line play is also where small timing differences can show up quickly in offseason periods, so a veteran look can help staff gauge who processes protections and assignments cleanly under organized practice conditions.

On defense, Orji worked out as a linebacker, and Odukoya was part of the tight end group. Those positions sit near key scheming questions, especially in nickel and sub packages, where coaches need players who can run defined routes, fit the run quickly, and recognize coverage responsibilities in sequence with the rest of the defense.

The kicking group adds a different kind of urgency. Brown, described as an undrafted rookie and a former North Carolina A&T kicker, joins a Falcons workout that included punter Matt Hayball as well. In practical terms, teams tend to use minicamp evaluations to compare consistency, approach, and situational execution, then carry forward whatever separation they can establish before training camp.

What to watch next is whether Atlanta turns this minicamp evaluation into a more concrete competition track. Mandatory minicamp is typically closed to the public in many ways, so the clearest follow-up usually comes from training camp roster decisions and preseason usage, including who is given the most reps in special-teams drills and who emerges as the more stable option in the kicking roles. Until then, this workout should be viewed as a controlled evaluation step rather than a roster announcement.