Lacale London

Atlanta Falcons

Pos IDL

Updated October 9, 2026

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Model Score

72.8 MODEL

2025

76.4

2026

72.8

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

STM Take

First STTM ranking at tier 4 (#31) in year two as a 2024 FCS UDFA puts London in the rare class of late-bloomer interior defenders with structural starter ceiling. The Western Illinois FCS origin plus the Falcons' position-specific coaching creates the structural environment for outlier-positive developmental work. The 2026 question is whether London holds tier 5 or better across a full second starter season or whether the 2025 finish was a one-year context spike.

London came out of Western Illinois (FCS) as a 2024 undrafted free agent and bounced through multiple practice squads before landing with the Atlanta Falcons. He emerged into a rotational interior defender role in 2025 as part of the Falcons' defensive line rebuild. His first STTM appearance comes in 2025 at tier 4 (#31), an unusual year-two emergence for a Day 3 FCS UDFA.

Strengths

First sustained NFL starter season ending in tier 4 (#31) STTM finish as a 2024 FCS UDFA puts him in the rarest outlier-positive class.
Western Illinois FCS pedigree plus the Falcons' position-specific coaching gives him real developmental foundation for a Day 3 UDFA.

Concerns

Single tier 4 finish without prior STTM history caps the long-term projection certainty.
Atlanta's broader defensive identity around the Walker-Pearce double-1st-round investment compresses London's structural snap share.

What to watch: Whether London holds tier 5 or better across the full 2026 season, the threshold for confirming the 2025 breakout was structural rather than situational.