Beyond the lights: Falcons University prepares rookies for year one
The Atlanta Falcons have developed Falcons University to engage and educate players on how to succeed both on and off the field. The rookie class participates in nearly 50 hours of instruction before hitting the field for Training Camp. Speakers include veteran players, coaches, NFL representatives, financial advisors, community leaders and many more.
![RB Qadree Ollison](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/falcons/kscqt7shko0dbknnoovo.jpg)
RB Qadree Ollison
![QB Matt Ryan](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/falcons/gcuytq1undnjrqaspjdz.jpg)
QB Matt Ryan
![LB Del'Shawn Phillips](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/falcons/okbqlayph34mssblisje.jpg)
LB Del'Shawn Phillips
![June 19, 2019 - Scenes from 2019 Falcons University with the Rookie Class at the Atlanta Falcons Training Facility in Flowery Branch, Georgia.](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/falcons/ughx8nb9xjzpytgxyxud.jpg)
June 19, 2019 - Scenes from 2019 Falcons University with the Rookie Class at the Atlanta Falcons Training Facility in Flowery Branch, Georgia.
![WR C.J. Worton](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/falcons/v0hjginx5wjuu6tmvlbc.jpg)
WR C.J. Worton
![DB Rashard Causey](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/falcons/v9ilhpavrck7xuwgqfll.jpg)
DB Rashard Causey
![June 04, 2019 - Scenes from 2019 Falcons University with the Rookie Class at the Atlanta Falcons Training Facility in Flowery Branch, Georgia. (Photo by Kara Durrette/Atlanta Falcons)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/falcons/rkajcc2wvagtwy9yx0rb.jpg)
June 04, 2019 - Scenes from 2019 Falcons University with the Rookie Class at the Atlanta Falcons Training Facility in Flowery Branch, Georgia. (Photo by Kara Durrette/Atlanta Falcons)
![WR Kahlil Lewis](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/falcons/kbmchenr8mfommb5ctbz.jpg)
WR Kahlil Lewis
![June 03, 2019 - Scenes from 2019 Falcons University with the Rookie Class at the Atlanta Falcons Training Facility in Flowery Branch, Georgia. (Photo by Kara Durrette/Atlanta Falcons)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/falcons/yxmyjhralfhkgdcvzxqu.jpg)
June 03, 2019 - Scenes from 2019 Falcons University with the Rookie Class at the Atlanta Falcons Training Facility in Flowery Branch, Georgia. (Photo by Kara Durrette/Atlanta Falcons)
![DB Jordan Miller](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/falcons/ugtr8u4cqez6hjyxmuek.jpg)
DB Jordan Miller
![June 17, 2019 - Scenes from 2019 Falcons University with the Rookie Class at the Atlanta Falcons Training Facility in Flowery Branch, Georgia. (Photo by Kara Durrette/Atlanta Falcons)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/falcons/gjzgzl8zsobc3ox4oplb.jpg)
June 17, 2019 - Scenes from 2019 Falcons University with the Rookie Class at the Atlanta Falcons Training Facility in Flowery Branch, Georgia. (Photo by Kara Durrette/Atlanta Falcons)
![T Lanard Bonner](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/falcons/akc3i03brlybrnzuz8iz.jpg)
T Lanard Bonner
![June 04, 2019 - Scenes from 2019 Falcons University with the Rookie Class at the Atlanta Falcons Training Facility in Flowery Branch, Georgia. (Photo by Kara Durrette/Atlanta Falcons)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/falcons/sqh3gadchst1vtgb01wp.jpg)
June 04, 2019 - Scenes from 2019 Falcons University with the Rookie Class at the Atlanta Falcons Training Facility in Flowery Branch, Georgia. (Photo by Kara Durrette/Atlanta Falcons)
![QB Matt Ryan](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/falcons/whscxl7gsx3drpm1cjto.jpg)
QB Matt Ryan
![T Lanard Bonner, OT Kaleb McGary, T Jaelin Robinson, C Chandler MIller and OG Chris Lindstrom](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/falcons/bawrlmvsoxsclzawmlmi.jpg)
T Lanard Bonner, OT Kaleb McGary, T Jaelin Robinson, C Chandler MIller and OG Chris Lindstrom
![LB Foye Oluokun](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/falcons/vtymyiofodfkahzm02cu.jpg)
LB Foye Oluokun
![DB Jordan Miller](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/falcons/t4emkaqyactofialtsfv.jpg)
DB Jordan Miller
![LS Kyle Vasey](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/falcons/rpn3m7s03sbgzrtsxglv.jpg)
LS Kyle Vasey
![Rich Mckay, President and CEO](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/falcons/so7e2zdtkl1elaxbfkwr.jpg)
Rich Mckay, President and CEO
![WR Shawn Bane](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/falcons/jryzvj5mfqphh4c5bact.jpg)
WR Shawn Bane
![QB Matt Schaub](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/falcons/pnxx4u48kccs9iy148o9.jpg)
QB Matt Schaub
![LB Tre' Crawford](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/falcons/d6gsaxzudob3vvcxamfe.jpg)
LB Tre' Crawford
![S Ricardo Allen](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/falcons/fgy5n7rynrlyehcpf3k8.jpg)
S Ricardo Allen
![May 23, 2019 - Scenes from 2019 Falcons University with the Rookie Class at the Atlanta Falcons Training Facility in Flowery Branch, Georgia. (Photo by Kara Durrette/Atlanta Falcons)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/falcons/h3safqvshmiobuco3gkx.jpg)
May 23, 2019 - Scenes from 2019 Falcons University with the Rookie Class at the Atlanta Falcons Training Facility in Flowery Branch, Georgia. (Photo by Kara Durrette/Atlanta Falcons)
![June 19, 2019 - Scenes from 2019 Falcons University with the Rookie Class at the Atlanta Falcons Training Facility in Flowery Branch, Georgia. (Photo by Kara Durrette/Atlanta Falcons)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/falcons/qdmyglgcnunahcegcg46.jpg)
June 19, 2019 - Scenes from 2019 Falcons University with the Rookie Class at the Atlanta Falcons Training Facility in Flowery Branch, Georgia. (Photo by Kara Durrette/Atlanta Falcons)
![P Matt Bosher](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/falcons/q50gnhhrn8ilacjomjbf.jpg)
P Matt Bosher
![LB Del'Shawn Phillips](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/falcons/vhcq0xoprtfxu72sd795.jpg)
LB Del'Shawn Phillips
![June 19, 2019 - Scenes from 2019 Falcons University with the Rookie Class at the Atlanta Falcons Training Facility in Flowery Branch, Georgia. (Photo by Kara Durrette/Atlanta Falcons)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/falcons/zlmtbzgwbdnxr2ur4wyt.jpg)
June 19, 2019 - Scenes from 2019 Falcons University with the Rookie Class at the Atlanta Falcons Training Facility in Flowery Branch, Georgia. (Photo by Kara Durrette/Atlanta Falcons)
![June 19, 2019 - Scenes from 2019 Falcons University with the Rookie Class at the Atlanta Falcons Training Facility in Flowery Branch, Georgia. (Photo by Kara Durrette/Atlanta Falcons)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/falcons/jf8cxzklx9k2ods1egob.jpg)
June 19, 2019 - Scenes from 2019 Falcons University with the Rookie Class at the Atlanta Falcons Training Facility in Flowery Branch, Georgia. (Photo by Kara Durrette/Atlanta Falcons)
![June 19, 2019 - Scenes from 2019 Falcons University with the Rookie Class at the Atlanta Falcons Training Facility in Flowery Branch, Georgia. (Photo by Kara Durrette/Atlanta Falcons)](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/falcons/agidfyvtldnke32zebf4.jpg)
June 19, 2019 - Scenes from 2019 Falcons University with the Rookie Class at the Atlanta Falcons Training Facility in Flowery Branch, Georgia. (Photo by Kara Durrette/Atlanta Falcons)