Falcons round out coaching support staff

Roderick Moore Jr. and Bobby Thomas were named assistant strength and conditioning coaches Monday by the Falcons.

Also, Mario Jeberaeel was selected as a diversity coaching intern while Paul Rice, Charles Walker, Sal Conti and Patrick Kramer were named football analysts.

Moore, a Morehouse graduate, was in private industry. He previously worked at Tennessee as a graduate assistant strength coach (1999-2001), assistant head strength coach (2001-04) and associate head strength coach (2004-07). He also spent two seasons at Florida International (2010-11) as co-director of strength and conditioning.

He ran track at Morehouse.

Thomas was at Western Kentucky the past three seasons (2018-20) as the associate director of strength and conditioning. He also spent two seasons (2016-17) as a strength and conditioning assistant at Fresno State. He also has worked at North Carolina State and South Dakota.

Falcons’ 2021 draft position: Here are the pick’s in D. Led’s Mock Draft 1.0: Top five picks

1. Jacksonville Jaguars: Trevor Lawrence (QB, Clemson)

2. New York Jets: Ja’Marr Chase, (WR, LSU)

3. Dolphins: Penei Sewell (OT, Oregon)

4. Atlanta Falcons: Justin Fields (QB, Ohio State)

5. Cincinnati Bengals: Devonta Smith (WR, Alabama)

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