Pro Bowl kicker Younghoe Koo and three other exclusive-rights free agents re-signed with the Falcons, the team announced Thursday.
The other players are defensive end Jacob Tuioti-Mariner, wide receiver Christian Blake and cornerback Tyler Hall. Tight end Jaeden Graham is the Falcons’ remaining ERFA.
Exclusive-rights free agents have three or fewer accrued seasons and can negotiate only with their current team ahead of the new year. If they are not tendered a contract, they become unrestricted free agents.
The Falcons also have decisions to make on their restricted free agents, offensive lineman Matt Gono and wide receiver/returner Brandon Powell.
Koo made 37 of 39 field-goal attempts (94.9%), including 8 of 8 from at least 50 yards, and 33 extra-point attempts for a career-high 144 points in 15 games last season. He was named to the Pro Bowl for the first time.
Koo’s 37 made field goals led the NFL and surpassed Matt Bryant (35 in 2016, 2017) for the most made field goals in a single season in franchise history.
Tuioti-Mariner played in all 16 games last season and had 31 tackles and one sack. He had a big sack-strip in the 43-6 win over the Raiders last season. He mostly was a reserve defensive end and special-teams player.
Tuioti-Mariner earned NFC defensive player-of-the-week honors in Week 12 after he made a career-high five total tackles (three solo), one sack, one forced fumble, two fumble recoveries and one special-teams tackle against the Raiders.
Blake played in all 16 games last season, with one start. He had a career-high 13 receptions for 141 yards.
Hall, who played at Wyoming, started last season on the practice squad. He appeared in two games as a standard practice-squad promotion before he was signed to the active roster in Week 6.
He finished the 2020 season with 20 total tackles (15 solo), 1.0 sack, four quarterback hits, one forced fumble, two fumble recoveries and a career-high 11 special-teams tackles in 16 games
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