The Atlanta Falcons and Wells Fargo just unveiled the 2026 class of the HBCU Fellows Program — and this year’s cohort is the biggest yet.
Seventeen students from Clark Atlanta, Morehouse, Morris Brown, and Spelman were selected for the eight-week paid fellowship, which drops them inside the Falcons and AMB Sports and Entertainment offices for a crash course in the sports and entertainment business.
Now in its fourth year, the program kicked off May 1st with what they’re calling a “Creative Currency Experience” — a recording studio tour and fireside chat with Grammy-winning producer Jermaine Dupri and music exec Amir Windom.
The theme? “Earn, Learn, and Return.”
JD kept it real: “Atlanta has always been about creativity, culture, and community coming together,” he said. “I’m proud to be a part of a program that invests in the next generation.”
Three days later, the Fellows traded the studio for a construction site.
On May 4th, students joined Falcons staff and Wells Fargo volunteers to swing hammers at the Carter Work Project in Sylvan Hills — Habitat for Humanity’s first return to Atlanta since 1988 — helping raise homes for families in the Langston Park neighborhood.
Not exactly your average orientation week.
The Falcons say the program’s 41 alumni are already out there shaping the industry. If this year’s class is any indication, that number’s about to grow.
To learn more about the program, visit the HBCU Fellows Program presented by Wells Fargo page on AtlantaFalcons.com.
