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The Atlanta Falcons selected quarterback Michael Penix Jr. with the eighth overall pick in the NFL draft on Thursday.
The Falcons made the pick despite signing Kirk Cousins to a four-year, $180 million contract in free agency.
Penix went through the draft process as one of the players with the most medical questions. In his four seasons at Indiana, before his transfer to Washington, Penix tore his right anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) twice and suffered injuries to each shoulder, including his left (throwing) shoulder.