FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Four members of the Atlanta Falcons made The Associated Press' 2025 All-Pro team.
AP released its roster Saturday morning.
Bijan Robinson was named the first-team running back and second-team all-purpose player. Tight end Kyle Pitts Sr., right guard Chris Lindstrom and safety Jessie Bates III each earned a second-team spot at their respective positions.
This is Robinson's first AP All-Pro team selection since entering the league as a first-round draft pick in 2023. He did, however, finish fifth in the AP's Offensive Rookie of the Year voting.
Otherwise, Robinson has earned back-to-back spots in the Pro Bowl from 2024-25.
Robinson led the league with 2,298 yards from scrimmage, which is the 12th most in a single season in NFL history. He averaged 135.2 yards per game and gained more than 160 yards seven times. His highest total was 238 yards from scrimmage in the Falcons' Week 6 win against the Buffalo Bills. He again broke the 200-yard threshold in Atlanta's Week 17 victory against the Los Angeles Rams; Robinson gained 229 total yards in the game.
Robinson finished with a career-high 1,478 rushing yards, which ranked fourth in the league, and a career-high 820 receiving yards, which was second most among his position group. He scored seven touchdowns on the ground and four through the air. He is just the second running back all-time to record at least 1,400 rushing yards and 800 receiving yards in a single season.
Pitts is also a first-time All-Pro selection. He was a Pro Bowler as a rookie in 2021 after getting drafted by the Falcons in the first round.
In 2025, Pitts caught 88 of his 118 targets for a career-best 74.6% success rate. He totaled 928 yards to lead the Falcons and place second among all tight ends. He was one of six tight ends to lead his team in receiving yards. And he was responsible for 25.1% of the Falcons' total receiving yards, placing second again among tight ends in that regard
Pitts scored a career-high five touchdowns, which continued his trend of adding one touchdown to his previous year's total each year.
Lindstrom, meanwhile, has now been an AP second-teamer and Pro Bowler for four consecutive years. The Falcons drafted him in the first round in 2019.
This season, Lindstrom started every game and took 99% of the Falcons' offensive snaps. He missed only 10 of a possible 1,096 snaps, which only fellow linemen Elijah Wilkinson and Ryan Neuzil hit.
PFF puts Lindstrom's 1,086 snap count as the seventh most among all right guards. The database gave him an 88.4 overall grade, pulling from a 62.3 pass-block and 91.7 run-block grade. He allowed just one sack, tying for the fewest among full-timers at his position.
Bates was a second-team All-Pro in 2023 after intercepting a career-high six passes in his first season with the Falcons. He was also a Pro Bowl pick for the first time in his career after that season. He made second-team All-Pro for the first time in 2020 with the Cincinnati Bengals, who drafted him in the second round of 2018.
In 2025, Bates made three interceptions, including a pick-six. He returned his interception 34 yards for a touchdown in the Falcons' Week 17 win against the Los Angeles Rams. That gave him three pick-sixes in each of his last three seasons, making him the only player currently in the NFL to accomplish such a feat.
Bates also recorded a forced fumble, two quarterback hits, six pass breakups and 98 tackles this season.
Everyone besides Pitts is contracted to be with the Falcons in 2026.
