4/30/2016 football Edit

Chaparral's Wes Schweitzer Drafted by Atlanta Falcons

Wes Schweitzer blocking Stanford/Brophy alum Trent Murphy

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Wes Schweitzer was the 6th and final local draft prospect selected on Saturday, going in the 6th round (195 overall) to the Atlanta Falcons. Schweitzer played his high school ball at Chaparral, and becomes the second Firebird in three years to be selected in the draft (Taylor Lewan).

Schweitzer started for the better part of three years at San Jose State, and received several honors for his academic success. Schweitzer will join Sabino's Brooks Reed and Notre Dame's Sean Renfree as Atlanta's trio of Arizona prep prospect on the roster.

Interestingly, five of the six players from Arizona that were drafted this weekend, Schweitzer included, had neither an Arizona nor Arizona State offer coming out of high school.

Here's some of the socil media reaction to Schweitzer's selection:

And there were a couple of these gems from scouting experts: