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Eagles second-round pick Drew Mukuba will likely get a chance to be a starter at safety in the team's young secondary.selected in the 2025 NFL Draft haven’t even set foot in the team’s practice facility yet let along take a snap on the team’s practice fields.
But immediate draft grades are as old as the draft itself, which started in 1936 when the Eagles took running backfrom the University of Chicago. We gave that pick an A-plus the day after the draft, but later regretted it when the first Heisman Trophy winner in history decided he was more interested in being an Olympic decathlete. Berwanger never played in the NFL. All signs were already pointing toward the Eagles making Campbell an edge rusher after he excelled as an off-ball linebacker during his final season at Alabama and that likelihood became more of a lock Saturday when the Eagles used a fifth-round pick on Smael Mondon, a true off-ball linebacker from Georgia. The Eagles’ vision is that Campbell becomes as dominant a pass rusher as Abdul Carter, the first edge rusher to go off the board.Played with Chargers cornerback Tarheeb Hill at Timber Creek High School in Gloucester Township. Hill finished seventh in the Defensive Rookie of the Year voting last season.The battle between Mukuba and Sydney Brown for a starting safety job should be a good one and it’s an international one. Mukuba was born in Zimbabwe and moved to Texas at 8. Brown is from Canada. I think Brown’s head start in the league gives him an advantage, but competition between a couple of guys taken high in the draft is always beneficial for both players.The 6-5, 288-pound Arizona native spent six years in Lincoln and hit his stride in his final season with the Cornhuskers, recording seven sacks and 13 tackles for a loss. He will have to work for his reps in a defensive tackle rotation that already includes Jalen Carter, Jordan Davis and Moro Ojomo.A pre-med major, Robinson said one of the reasons he had a breakout season in 2024 is that his heavy course workload lightened some. Played four seasons at UAB before finishing his career with Central Florida, where he moved back to the outside last season after playing a lot in the slot during his final year at UAB. It will be interesting to see where Vic Fangio plays him during training camp.It’s not officially an Eagles’ draft until Roseman takes a player from Georgia and this time the GM got great value in selecting the 6-2, 224-pound linebacker who also has a great name. Mondon backed up and then replaced Eagles linebacker Nakobe Dean as the starter during his final three years at Georgia and he had six sacks the last two years. This is my favorite pick of the draft.Kendall has great genes. His father Pete was a first-round pick by the Seahawks in 1996 and he played 13 years in the NFL as an interior offensive lineman. There were some linemen, including Purdue’s Marcus Mbow who went to the Giants, that I would have liked to see the Eagles take earlier in the draft. Kendall was a center in college but will definitely work at guard and center with the Eagles. He said he played guard in high school, but was immediately moved to center when he got to BC.The Kendalls are hard core New Englanders. Both Drew and his NFL father Pete played football at Boston College and Pete’s father Peter played at Rhode Island.The Mount Laurel native went to St. Joseph’s Prep and will now get a chance to play for him hometown team. After starting his career at Ohio State, McCord had a fascinating final college season as he watched Will Howard from Downingtown, Pa. lead the Buckeyes to a national title while he threw for 4,779 yards to lead Syracuse to a 10-3 record.McCord wore No. 6 throughout his career in high school and college because he loved former Eagles and Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez, who wore No. 3 with the Eagles. Number 3 is available, but No. 6 belongs to DeVonta Smith.Another offensive lineman with great genes. His father Chris was an All-American at Northwester and a first-round pick by the Broncos in 1983. Chris played 13 seasons and was a seven-time Pro Bowler and three-time All Pro. Miles Hinton played on both the right and left side during his final two college seasons at Michigan after starting his career at Stanford. With the departure of Fred Johnson via free agency, Hinton could be the first man up at tackle if either Lane Johnson or Jordan Mailata go down with injuries.Hinton’s mother Mya is 6-3 and averaged 9.9 points per game during her college basketball career at Northwestern. She later earned a law degree from Notre Dame.The 6-5, 334-pound tackle didn’t play much until his third and final season with the Longhorns, but he is still only 21 years old and will certainly become a pet project of offensive line coach Jeff Stoutland.The Eagles started the draft with a likely edge rusher and ended it with one. The 6-3, 258-pound Powell-Ryland had just four sacks in three years at Florida before breaking out in his final two seasons at Virginia Tech with 25 1/2 sacks in 25 games.He had four sacks in a game three different times for the Hokies, joining former Virginia Tech and Bills legend Bruce Smith as the only player in school history with multiple four-sack games.Roseman’s track record makes it difficult and unwise to be too critical in these flash grading exercises and getting Campbell with the first pick was one of the best moves in the first round by any team. The one big concern when this draft was over is that the Eagles did not take a tight end. Otherwise, they added depth and potential starters at positions where they needed to.Thank you for relying on us to provide the journalism you can trust. 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