FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. – The Falcons have trimmed their roster down heading into the 2018 season, ending up with a 52-man active roster on Saturday afternoon. The team's 52-man roster is one spot below the NFL maximum of 53, leaving room for another player to be added at some time in the future.

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The following players were waived Saturday afternoon:

QB, Kurt Benkert

WR, Christian Blake

FS, Marcelis Branch

OT, Daniel Brunskill

DB, Deante Burton

WR, Dontez Byrd

LB, Jonathan Celestin

DE, Mackendy Cheridor

DB, Secdrick Cooper

RB, Justin Crawford

DT, Jon Cunningham

WR, Reggie Davis

G, Jamil Douglas

LB, Emmanuel Ellerbee

FB, Jalston Fowler

TE, Jaeden Graham

S, Tyson Graham

TE, Alex Gray

WR, Devin Gray

QB, Garrett Grayson

G, Sean Harlow

C, J.C. Hassenauer

DE, J.T. Jones

WR, Lamar Jordan

DB, Chris Lammons

RB, Terrence Magee

TE, Troy Mangen

K, David Marvin

DB, Ryan Neal

LB, Emmanuel Smith

DT, Garrison Smith

K, Giorgio Tavecchio

DT, Jacob Tuioti-Mariner

G, Salesi Uhatafe

WR, Julian Williams

LB, Anthony Winbush

In addition to the players listed above, the Falcons waived/injured running back Malik Williams on Saturday. Atlanta also waived safety Ron Parker and offensive lineman Austin Pasztor on Friday as well as agreed on an injury settlement with cornerback Leon McFadden.

"For sure the last day-and-a-half is the toughest part of being the team builders here," Falcons coach Dan Quinn said Saturday. "We've got a really unique crew that we're heading into 2018 with, and we're pumped to get rolling, which kind of gets into full effect today for us."