FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. – Desmond Ridder’s drive to be first included an early start at the Atlanta Falcons’ two-day rookie minicamp that wrapped up Saturday.
The quarterback’s camp roommates – running back Tyler Allgeier, tight end John FitzPatrick and wide receiver Drake London – couldn’t help but notice the pre-dawn activity in their apartment.
“I told Desmond, ‘Don’t be so loud in the morning,'” FitzPatrick said after Saturday’s session. “He just wakes up early. I don’t know. He’s just loud. It’s like a bull in a china shop.”
Ridder, the former University of Cincinnati star selected in the third round of last month’s NFL draft in Las Vegas, said he knows no other way.
“I try to be the first one in the building,” he said.