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Here's every 2016 NFL Draft prospect the Philadelphia Eagles have shown interest in

Who do the Eagles have their eye on this year?

Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports

The 2016 NFL Draft is mere days away. It's known the Philadelphia Eagles will draft one of two players at No. 2 overall: Jared Goff or Carson Wentz. The latter seems to be the favorite. After the Eagles get their quarterback, they still have six other picks to work with. Below is a list of every prospect from this year's draft that the Eagles are known to have shown interest in. The pre-draft buildup period often contains various reports of team interest in certain prospects. If you think I'm missing information, let me know in the comments and include your source.

Keep in mind that misinformation is a large part of the draft process. Teams will purposely not show interest in players they like because they don't want to tip their hand. At the same time, just because the Eagles are showing a lot of interest in a player doesn't mean it's just a smokescreen. It's all a guessing game. But here's what we do know. Scroll down for chart legend.

Player POS School Visit SB/SG CMB PD Workout Other Total
Dak Prescott QB Mississippi State X 1
Kolby Listenbee WR TCU X 1
Cyrus Jones CB Alabama X 1
Mike Thomas WR Southern Mississippi X 1
Rashard Robinson CB LSU X 1
Deion Jones LB LSU X 1
Yannick Ngakoue DE Maryland X CW 2
Paul Perkins RB UCLA X HR 2
Demarcus Robinson WR Florida X 1
Carson Wentz QB North Dakota State X X X X X X 6
Jared Goff QB Cal X X X 3
Nick Kwiatkoski LB West Virginia X X X X 4
Ezekiel Elliott RB Ohio State X X 2
Paxton Lynch QB Memphis X X X 3
Malcolm Mitchell QB Georgia X 1
Steven Daniels LB Boston College X X 2
Daryl Worley CB West Virginia X 1
Alex McCalister DE Florida X 1
T.J. Green S Clemson X 1
Ronnie Stanley OT Notre Dame X 1
Cody Whitehair OL Kansas State X X X X 4
Shawn Oakman DL Baylor X 1
Sean Davis DB Maryland X 1
Darian Thompson S Boise State X X 2
Jason Spriggs OT Indiana X 1
Kyler Fackrell DE Utah State X 1
Vadal Alexander OL LSU X 1
Carl Nassib DE Penn State X X 2
Jared Norris LB Utah X 1
DeAndre Houston-Carson DB William & Mary X 1
Paul McRoberts WR Southern Missouri State X 1
Glenn Gronkowski FB Kansas State X X X 3
James Bradberry CB Samford X 1
Joshua Garnett OG Stanford X X X 3
Joe Dahl OL Washington State X 1
Kevin Hogan QB Stanford X X 2
Jack Conklin OT Michigan State X 1
Leonte Carroo WR Rutgers X X 2
Josh Doctson WR TCU X 1
Tyler Boyd WR Pittsburgh X 1
Vonn Bell S Ohio State X 1
Mackensie Alexander CB Clemson X 1
Mehdi Abdesmad DL Boston College X X 2
Ken Crawley CB Colorado X 1
Parker Ehinger OG Cincinnati X 1
Tajae Sharpe WR Umass X 1
Rashawn Scott WR Miami X 1
Ebuka D. Onyemata DL Manitoba X CW 2
Devon Cajuste WR Stanford X X 2
Donavon Clark OL Michigan State X 1
Daniel Lasco RB Cal X X 2
Alex Lewis OT Nebraska X X X 3
Aziz Shittu DE Stanford X 1
Nile Lawrence-Stample DT Florida State X 1
Keenan Reynolds RB Navy X 1
Victor Ochi DE Stony Brook X 1
Steven Scheu TE Vanderbilt X 1
Stephen Weatherly DE Vanderbilt X 1
DeForest Buckner DE Oregon X 1
Vernon Adams QB Oregon X 1
Tyler Johnstone OT Oregon X 1
Bralon Addison WR Oregon X 1
Byron Marshall WR Oregon X 1
Joe Walker LB Oregon X 1
Sterling Shepard WR Oklahoma X X 2
Nila Kasitati OG Oklahoma X 1
Charles Tapper DE Oklahoma X 1
Dominique Alexander LB Oklahoma X 1
Devante Boyd LB Oklahoma X 1
Eric Striker LB Oklahoma X 1
Zach Sanchez CB Oklahoma X X 2
Christian Hackenberg QB Penn State X X 2
Graham Glasgow OL Michigan State X 1
Matt Judson DE Grand Valley State X X 2
Justin Simmons S Boston College X 1
Antwane Grant WR Western Kentucky X 1
Jerell Adams TE Southen Carolina X 1
Quinton Jefferson DT Maryland CW 1
Javon Hargrave DT South Carolina State CW 1
Temarrick Hemingway TE South Carolina State X 1
Antonio Hamilton DB South Carolina State X 1
Chris Moore WR Cincinnati X 1
David Morgan TE UTSA X 1
Kenny Lawler WR Cal X 1
Blake Martinez LB Stanford X 1
Kyle Murphy OT Stanford X 1
John Robertson QB Villanova X 1
Jordan Howard RB Indiana DS 1
Ufomba Kamalu DL Miami X 1
Andy Jones WR Jacksonville X X 2
Steve Longa LB Rutgers X 1
David Grinnage TE North Carolina State X 1
Dalyn Williams QB Dartmouth X X 2
Adam Gotsis DT Georgia Tech X 1
Christian Westerman OG Arizona State X 1
Connor McGovern OG Missouri X 1
Evan Boehm C Missouri X 1
Dave Bowen OT Boston College X 1
Hakeem Valles TE Monmouth X 1
Darrell Greene OT San Diego State X 1
Ryan O'Malley TE Penn X 1
Myke Tavarres LB Incarnate Word X 1
Liam Nadler QB Gannon X 1
D.J. Hunter LB Marshall X 1
Jalen Mills S LSU X 1
Kevin Byard S MTSU X 1
Leonard Wester OT Missouri Western X 1
Shaq Petteway LB West Virginia X X 2
Myles Jack LB UCLA HR 1
Kenny Clark DT UCLA HR 1
Jordan Payton WR UCLA HR 1
Caleb Benenoch OT UCLA HR 1
Jake Brendel C UCLA HR 1
Alex Redmond OG UCLA HR 1
Devin Fuller WR UCLA HR 1
Aaron Wallace LB UCLA HR 1
Ka'imi Faibairn K UCLA HR 1
Maliek Collins DT Nebraska CW 1
Xavien Howard CB Baylor X 1
Dean Lowry DE Northwestern CW 1
Joe Schobert LB Wisconsin KF 1
Trevor Davis WR Cal X 1
Terrell Williams LB Youngstown State X 1
Nick Vannett TE Ohio State X 1
Quentin Gause LB Rutgers X 1
Vincent Valentine DT Nebraska X 1
Duke Williams WR Auburn GL 1
Cassanova McKinzy LB Auburn X 1
Kris Frost LB Auburn X 1
Jonathan Jones CB Auburn X 1
Avery Young OT Auburn X 1
Shon Coleman OT Auburn X 1
Peyton Barber RB Auburn X 1
Ricardo Louis WR Auburn GL 1
Tyler Matakevich LB Temple X X 2
Robby Anderson WR Temple X X 2
Kyle Friend OL Temple X X 2
Brandon Ross RB Maryland X 1
Matt Smalley DB Lafayette X 1
Taniela Tupou DL Washington X X 1
Dan Vitale FB Northwestern X 1
O.J. Mau DT Gardner-Webb X 1
Reginald Diggs WR Richmond X 1
Jacobi Green RB Richmond X 1
Greg Milhouse DT Campbell X 1
Chris King WR Duquesne X 1
Brandon Zylstra WR Concordia X 1
Dan Bucholz OG Duquesne X 1
Ron Thompson DE Syracuse X 1
Stefan McClure S Cal X 1
Kalan Reed CB Southern Mississippi X 1

Players who have drawn the most interest:

QB Carson Wentz (6)
OL Cody Whitehair (4)
LB Nick Kwiatkoski (4)
Alex Lewis (3)
Joshua Garnett (3)
Glenn Gronkowski (3)
Paxton Lynch (3)
Jared Goff (3)
22 players tied at 2

Interest by position:

26 WR
21 LB
14 OT
14 DE
14 CB
12 DT
11 QB
11 OG
8 RB
8 TE
7 S
2 FB
2 C
1 K

Visits: The Eagles are allowed 30 pre-draft visits. These are the players who have come in to the team's facility for an official visit. Visits are often used for medical testing and interview time. Former Eagles GM Howie Roseman once admitted they're used to trick the media/fans. No workouts are involved. BGN is keeping track of the visits here. In years under Chip Kelly, the Eagles often didn't draft players that didn't visit.

Senior Bowl (SB) and Shrine Game (SG): These are the players the Eagles talked to at the college All-Star games.

Pro Day: Pro day interest is a little hard to gauge because it's hard to know who exactly the coaches are there to see. I did my best to mention the big names.

Workout: Self-explanatory.

Other: Interest that doesn't fit into one of the aforementioned categories.

• Glenn Gronkowski - Grew up an Eagles fan.

• Cody Whitehair - Says the Eagles showed a lot of interest in him.

• Steling Shepard - Worked out with Sam Bradford, Jordan Matthews, and Zach Ertz.

• Zach Sanchez - Eagles sent top college scouts to watch him.

• Matt Judson - Met with Eagles for private interview after pro day.

• Antwane Grant - Local visit.

• Steve Longa - Local visit.

• Hakeem Valles - Local visit.

• Tyler Matakevich - Local visit.

• Brandon Ross - Local visit.

• Robby Anderson - Local visit.

• Kyle Friend - Local visit.

• Matt Smalley - Local visit.

• Jerell Adams - Had a meeting with the Eagles at some point.

• John Robertson - Did drills with an Eagles scout.

• Jordan Howard - Worked out by Duce Staley.

• Ufomba Kamalu - Eagles showing interest.

• Andy Jones - Eagles had him run routes for them after his pro day.

• Dalyn Williams - Eagles met with him after pro day.

• Adam Gotsis - Met with Eagles.

• Alex Lewis - Despite being an OL, Eagles DL coach worked him out.

• Liam Nadler - Drawing interest from the Eagles.

• D.J. Hunter - Drawing interest from the Eagles.

• Shaq Petteway - Eagles put him through fullback drills despite being a LB.

• Ezekiel Elliott - He says Eagles have shown most interest in him.

• Carson Wentz - Doug Pederson reportedly loves him.

• Tani Tupou - Eagles scouts put him through fullback drills.

• O.J. Mau - Met with the Eagles for a film session.

Pro Day Column Key:

HR = Howie Roseman (Executive vice president of football operations)
CW = Chris Wilson (DL coach)
DS = Duce Staley (RB coach)
GL = Greg Lewis (WR coach)
KF = Ken Flajole (LB coach)

Resources:

Twitter reports

Iggles Blitz

Tony Pauline (via Walter Football)

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