{"id":590415,"date":"2026-04-17T20:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/590415\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T20:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:39:08","slug":"falcons-trade-dt-ruke-orhorhoro-to-jaguars-for-dt-maason-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/590415\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcons trade DT Ruke Orhorhoro to Jaguars for DT Maason Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Michael DiRoccoApr 17, 2026, 03:18 PM ET<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>Michael DiRocco is an NFL Nation reporter at ESPN and covers the Jacksonville Jaguars. He previously covered the University of Florida for over a decade for ESPN and the Florida Times-Union. DiRocco graduated from Jacksonville University and is a multiple APSE award winner.<\/p>\n

Multiple Authors<\/p>\n

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Falcons<\/a> and Jaguars<\/a> traded 2024 second-round picks on Friday, with Atlanta sending defensive tackle Ruke Orhorhoro<\/a> to Jacksonville for defensive tackle Maason Smith<\/a>, the teams announced.<\/p>\n

Orhorhoro, the 35th pick two years ago, has 36 tackles, 3.5 sacks, seven QB hits and one pass breakup in 25 games (eight starts). Smith, taken 13 spots later, has 32 tackles, three sacks, four QB hits and four pass breakups in 24 games (seven starts).<\/p>\n

The Jaguars, who led the league in run defense in 2025, and the Falcons (who were 24th against the rush) are each expected to target defensive tackle in next week’s NFL draft<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Neither team has a first-round pick, with the Falcons’ first choice coming at 48 and the Jaguars’ first choice coming at 56.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael DiRoccoApr 17, 2026, 03:18 PM ET CloseMichael DiRocco is an NFL Nation reporter at ESPN and covers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-590415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}