Drake London
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Drake London

Wide Receiver, Atlanta Falcons · #5.

Player facts

Team
Atlanta Falcons
Position
Wide Receiver
Number
5
Born
Jul 24, 2001 (age 25)
Birthplace
Moorpark, CA, USA
Height
6' 4"
Weight
215 lbs
College
USC
Experience
5 seasons
Status
Active

Stats

Among the NFL leaders, 2026 Regular Season:

  • 4th in receiving yards 488

2026 Offense

RECTGTSYDSAVGTDLNGFDCARYDSAVGTDLNGFUMLST
Regular Season273748818.106822242.00600
Last 5 Games273748817.006822242.00600
Career3365344,44913.22268228310.30644

Advanced stats

2026 season through week 6. EPA per play is the points a play added to the team’s expected score; success rate is the share of plays that kept the offense on schedule; CPOE is completion percentage over what the throws’ difficulty predicted. Rank is by EPA per play.

Plays EPA/playSuccessCPOELeague rank
Receiving46 targets+0.5961%12th of 94

NFL data: nflverse, CC BY 4.0.

Recent games

ReceivingRushingFumbles
DateOpponentResultRECTGTSYDSAVGTDLNGFDCARYDSAVGTDLNGFUMLST
vs BALL 30-23 OT71111816.90257000.00000
@ NOW 45-24569619.20375000.00000
@ GBW 35-1491019421.60685000.00000
vs CARL 34-3455112.801741-2-2.00-200
@ PITL 20-13252914.50211166.00600

Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Drake London (born July 24, 2001) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the USC Trojans and was selected eighth overall by the Falcons in the 2022 NFL draft.

From Wikipedia’s article on Drake London, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.1

Background

Early life

London grew up in an interracial family, the son of black father Dwan and white mother Cindi. He attended Moorpark High School in Moorpark, California. He played football and basketball in high school. As a senior on the football team, he had 62 receptions for 1,089 yards and 12 touchdowns. As a senior in basketball he averaged 29.2 points, 11.9 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game. London committed to the University of Southern California (USC) to play both football and basketball.

College career

As a true freshman in football, London started nine of 13 games, recording 39 receptions for 567 yards and five touchdowns. As a freshman in basketball, he played in three games and had three rebounds. He returned to the football team as a sophomore in 2020 as one of the team's top receivers. London was named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year in 2021. During Southern Cal's eighth game of the 2021 season, London fractured his right ankle, forcing him to miss the rest of the year. London declared for the 2022 NFL draft following the season.

From Wikipedia’s article on Drake London, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.1

Falcons’ next games

Full schedule.

Recent results

Sources

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