{"id":537027,"date":"2026-03-13T04:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T04:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/537027\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T04:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T04:32:10","slug":"former-peoria-high-school-defensive-lineman-re-signed-by-nfls-atlanta-falcons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/537027\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Peoria High School defensive lineman re-signed by NFL’s Atlanta Falcons"},"content":{"rendered":"

PEORIA \u2014 Former Peoria High School<\/a> defensive lineman LaCale London<\/a> has won another contract with the Atlanta Falcons<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The NFL team re-signed him in free agency on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The 6-foot-3, 297-pound defensive lineman who played at Western Illinois was USA Today\u2019s Defensive Player of the Year in Illinois, and twice a first-team All-Area pick by the Journal Star during his prep career in Peoria.<\/p>\n

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He signed as an undrafted free agent in the NFL after the final of his two years at WIU.<\/p>\n

\"Jan<\/p>\n

Jan 4, 2026; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Atlanta Falcons defensive end Lacale London (94) and linebacker Divine Deablo (0) tackle New Orleans Saints running back Audric Estime (30) during the first half at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

That pro football journey began with the Chicago Bears (2020-22), stepped down to the St. Louis BattleHawks (2023) and then rose back to the NFL with Atlanta in 2023, where he has remained.<\/p>\n

London<\/a> spent two seasons shifting from the practice squad to the active roster with Atlanta, then in 2025 broke out for 13 regular-season games, five of which were starts.<\/p>\n

His 2025 effort included 30 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 5 sacks and a forced fumble. His five sacks were the fourth most on the team and second among Falcons<\/a> interior defensive linemen.<\/p>\n

\"Atlanta<\/p>\n

Atlanta Falcons defensive lineman LaCale London (94) against the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Journal Star: NFL free agency: LaCale London signs with Falcons, former Peoria High star<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PEORIA \u2014 Former Peoria High School defensive lineman LaCale London has won another contract with the Atlanta Falcons.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":537028,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[1276,64,63,1248,232543,20344,593,266302,85,37908,266303],"class_list":["post-537027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-chicago-bears","tag-defensive-lineman","tag-lacale-london","tag-nfl","tag-peoria-high-school","tag-sports","tag-undrafted-free-agent","tag-western-illinois"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=537027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/537028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}