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In honor of National Signing Day, a day where the top high school football recruits decide where they will be attending college, I thought it would be fun to take a look at where current Eagles players ranked coming out of high school. Click a player's name for their Rivals.com recruit page. I couldn't find every player, especially the older ones. SB Nation has complete coverage of National Signing Day here.
Some things I found interesting:
• The Eagles have at least five 5-star recruits. Of those five, only one is a starter.
• All of the Eagles running backs were at least 3-star recruits coming out of high school: Brown (5), McCoy and Polk (4), and Tucker (3).
• Some players recruited at different positions than they are now: Clifton Geathers (OT), Jeff Maehl (CB), Ifeanyi Momah (tight end), Nate Allen (dual-threat QB), Colt Anderson (pro-style QB), Connor Barwin (TE), James Casey ( pro-style QB), Jason Phillips (pro-style QB), Lane Johnson (pro-style QB), Cedric Thornton (ILB).
• Look how different Lane Johnson and Cedric Thornton used to look. And check out Batmandervelde's sweet hair.
5 Star
WR Arrelious Benn (#24 overall)
OLB Brandon Graham (#15 overall)
WR DeSean Jackson (#18 overall)
4 Star
3 Star
2 Star
Couldn't Find or No Rating
OT Michael Bamiro
OT Allen Barbre
DE Trent Cole
LS Jon Dorenbos
OG Todd Herremans
TE Emil Igwenagu
P Donnie Jones
C Jason Kelce
QB G.J. Kinne
OG Evan Mathis
WR Will Murphy
OT Jason Peters
WR Brad Smith
DE Cedric Thornton (no rating)
OT Matt Tobin
QB Michael Vick
CB Cary Williams
