When the Falcons selected cornerback Jimmy Williams in the second round of the 2006 draft (37th overall), team owner Arthur Blank boasted about his growing collection of former Virginia Tech players.

“Now, we’re looking at five players on our roster from Virginia Tech in Michael Vick, DeAngelo Hall, Matt Lehr, Bryan Randall and now Jimmy Williams,” Blank said.  “So, we’re starting to build a little fraternity here of players from Virginia.”

In little more than two years since then, the “little fraternity” has performed like Bluto and Otter and Hoover and Flounder and D-Day, and Blank has become Dean Wormer.

Williams was the last to go, released on Tuesday by the team.

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Williams had fallen out of favor with the new coaching staff.  He showed up for voluntary workouts weighing more than 230 pounds, and he was arrested last year for marijuana possession at a time when the club was reeling from the Mike Vick dog-fighting fiasco.

Technically, Vick is still on the roster.  But it’ll be a very cold day in Hotlanta before Vick ever suits up again for the team.

Unless Matt Ryan turns into a complete bust before Vick finishes breaking rocks.