Hey everyone, it's a slow day for me so I decided to read the BGN article about Derrell Henderson visiting Philly. Well at the bottom of that article there is a list of prospects that the Eagles have met with.
I decided to make a list and see if I could find any clues as to what the Eagles might do with their first 3 picks. Listening to Howie speak last month one thing stuck out to be, Howie will build this team through the trenches. The team places a premium grade on DL/OL that's a just a fact and a big clue as to what they intend to do.
Name |
School |
Position |
Projected Draft Round |
Average Position Ranking |
Josh Jacobs |
Alabama |
RB |
1 |
1 |
Ed Oliver |
Houston |
DT |
1 |
2 |
Deandre Baker |
Georgia |
CB |
1 |
3 |
Chris Lindstrom |
Boston College |
OG |
1 |
3 |
Cody Ford |
Oklahoma |
OT |
1 |
3 |
Montez Sweat |
Mississippi State |
DE |
1 |
4 |
Christian Wilkins |
Clemson |
DT |
1 |
4 |
Juan Thornhill |
Virginia |
S |
2 |
4 |
A.J. Brown |
Ole Miss |
WR |
2 |
4 |
Chauncey Gardner-Johnson |
Florida |
S |
2 |
4 |
N'Keal Harry |
Arizona State |
WR |
2 |
5 |
Amani Oruwariye |
Penn State |
CB |
2 |
5 |
Parris Campbell |
Ohio State |
WR |
2 |
7 |
Jaylon Ferguson |
Louisiana Tech |
DE |
2 |
10 |
Oshane Ximines |
Old Dominion |
DE |
2 |
10 |
Darnell Savage |
Maryland |
S |
3 |
6 |
Darrell Henderson |
Memphis |
RB |
3 |
7 |
Tytus Howard |
Alabama State |
OT |
3 |
13 |
L.J. Collier |
TCU |
DE |
3 |
15 |
Isaiah Johnson |
Houston |
CB |
3 |
16 |
Karan Higdon |
Michigan |
RB |
4 |
14 |
Trysten Hill |
UCF |
DT |
4 |
17 |
Hjalte Froholdt |
Arkansas |
OG |
5 |
27 |
I then proceeded to calculate their Avg. Position Ranking using four random websites (CBS, Draft Network, Walter Football, and DraftTek) using their filters and positional rankings I compiled the following table and sorted everything by prospect position:
Name |
Position |
CBS |
Draft Network |
Walter Football |
DraftTek |
Average Position Ranking |
Amani Oruwariye |
CB |
8 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
5 |
Isaiah Johnson |
CB |
13 |
14 |
17 |
19 |
16 |
Deandre Baker |
CB |
3 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
Oshane Ximines |
DE |
8 |
17 |
10 |
6 |
10 |
L.J. Collier |
DE |
11 |
11 |
19 |
19 |
15 |
Montez Sweat |
DE |
3 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
Jaylon Ferguson |
DE |
6 |
16 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
Ed Oliver |
DT |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
Trysten Hill |
DT |
22 |
18 |
17 |
12 |
17 |
Christian Wilkins |
DT |
4 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
Hjalte Froholdt |
OG |
43 |
25 |
23 |
15 |
27 |
Chris Lindstrom |
OG |
7 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
Tytus Howard |
OT |
16 |
8 |
10 |
16 |
13 |
Cody Ford |
OT |
4 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
Karan Higdon |
RB |
15 |
13 |
13 |
15 |
14 |
Josh Jacobs |
RB |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Darrell Henderson |
RB |
5 |
4 |
15 |
5 |
7 |
Chauncey Gardner-Johnson |
S |
3 |
1 |
7 |
5 |
4 |
Darnell Savage |
S |
7 |
5 |
4 |
7 |
6 |
Juan Thornhill |
S |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
A.J. Brown |
WR |
3 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
N'Keal Harry |
WR |
4 |
3 |
7 |
4 |
5 |
Parris Campbell |
WR |
8 |
11 |
2 |
7 |
7 |
Using these websites, I calculated an average Projected Draft Round for each prospect. Using this data, I created a Pivot Table/Pie Chart and tried to see how I could make sense of all this information:
Draft Round |
CB |
DE |
DT |
OG |
OT |
RB |
S |
WR |
Round Total |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
||
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
10 |
||||
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
|||
4 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
||||||
5 |
1 |
6 |
So, one thing that sticks out to me is that the Eagles have been looking at late round DL and OL with 5 out of the 8 players that I projected to go in the 1st round. Then, with the 2nd round picks they tend to be a bit broader. However, it is important to note that there are 3 WRs with 2nd round grades that the Eagles have been looking at. There are also 2 Safeties and 2 DE's with 2nd round grades.
After looking at the data I have come to the following conclusions:
1. The Eagles will be picking a DL with their 1st Round pick. (If Oliver drops, Howie will get him)
2. Expect the Eagles to draft a S/DE with their first 2nd Round pick.
3. Expect the Eagles to draft a WR/DE with their late 2nd Round pick.
4. DO NOT EXPECT a RB to be drafted before the 4th Round.
This is not scientific in any way and I expect things to go differently if trades start to go down in the middle of the first rounds. Thanks for reading, I look forward to your comments.
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