Falcons sign DT Justin Ellis, LB Kemoko Turay

The Atlanta Falcons signed defensive tackle Justin Ellis and linebacker Kemoko Turay to contracts on Saturday.

Terms of the deals were not disclosed by the Falcons.

Ellis, 32, recorded 22 tackles and one sack in 17 games (four starts) last season with the New York Giants.

He has 182 tackles, 1.5 sacks and three passes defensed in 117 career games (54 starts) with the then-Oakland Raiders (2014-18), Baltimore Ravens (2019-21) and Giants (2022). He was selected by the Raiders in the fourth round of the 2014 NFL Draft.

Turay, 28, played in just three games with the San Francisco 49ers in 2022, one season after collecting a career-high 5.5 sacks in 13 games with the Indianapolis Colts.

He has collected 34 tackles, 12 sacks and two forced fumbles in 41 career games (three starts) since being selected by the Colts in the second round of the 2018 NFL Draft.