The draft of the NFL 2025 is now one day, so let’s go and turn out our latest draft from Philadelphia Eagles only from the season. As a reminder, the Eagles currently have eight recovery choices this year, with four in the fifth round.
Round 1, choose 32: Walter Nolen, IDL, Ole Miss (6’4, 296)
If we just look at Nolen’s talent, he should really not be available to the choice of 32. He is endowed with an extremely attractive mixture of power and speed, and although his production was disappointing at the start of his university career, it improved throughout and he was a disruptive force in 2024. As Howie Roseman would say, he has tools in his body.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXHQXKE-E9NM
Because he has always been a big name, Nolen has always drawn the attention of opposite attacking lines. In Philly, he would have the advantage of obtaining favorable matches by playing next to Jalen Carter. It would be a fairly nasty duo inside the Eagles line D.
Of course, the only way that Nolen will fall to Eagles at 32 is that the other teams are afraid of concerns of ambiguous character around him. So we will see. The Eagles had Nolen for a visit before the cog, and if they are quite comfortable with whom he is as a person, they could also exchange against him.
Round 2, Pick 64: Nic Scourton, Edge, Texas A & M (6’3, 257)
Wait, Scourton will not be available to choose from 64, right? Maybe. 🤷️
He is Daniel Jeremiah at 10th rusher classified. Dane Brugler has 12th. Mel Kiper has 11th. If we include interior defensive lines, Scourton is DL15 for Jeremiah and DL 18 for Brugler and Kiper.
Will the 18 defensive line players be selected during the first two laps? I guess it’s no.
If Scourton falls to choose 64, it would be a flight and a good adjustment for the Eagles. He is an agile player with effective cutting -edge movements, including his interior and exterior towers. He is also a difficult defender against the race, with the engine and the jostling to hunt the races at the back. He makes sense as successor to Brandon Graham who would mainly play on the edge but has a certain versatility IDL on obvious passes.
Scourton is also the second largest player in this draft class, according to Dane Brugler:
Nine prospects will only be 20 years old on night:
20.61 RB Dylan Sampson
20.66 Edge Nic Scourton
20.72 RB Lequint Allen
20.76 Te Harold Fannin Jr.
20.79 RB Trevor Etienne
20.80 CB Azareye’h Thomas
20.82 DL Mykel Williams
20.82 DT Jordan Phillips
20.96 Te Mason Taylor– Dane Brugler (@dpbrugler) February 24, 2025
Eagles tend to love young perspectives with their first choices, and it can slowly become a role, playing behind Nolan Smith, Jalyx Hunt and Azeez Ojulari.
Round 3, Pick 96: Jacob Parrish, CB, Kansas State (5’10, 191)
Parrish is a smaller corner at 5’10, but it has 4.35 speeds and a certain interior / exterior versatility. He had 4 int and 9 PBU in 2023, so he had some ball skills. 1 int, 7 PBU in 2024.
He will have obvious limits in the racing game and against larger receivers because of his size, but he is a fiery player.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhgaqzfvyda
Parrish would give Eagles the depth inside and outside, and could perhaps become a possible starting role if Kelee Ringo does not take place, or if he leaves in a free agency in two years.
Round 4, Pick 134: Malachi Moore, DB, Alabama (5’11, 196)
Moore is in a way a safety / slit angle hybrid which played the “star” position in the defense of the Alabama. He replaced Brian Branch in this role in 2023 and is an intelligent and versatile physical player:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9x-wkstnvg
Moore could compete for a safe start -up and, at a minimum, give Eagles more depth in several places in their defensive rear field.
Could Eagles double on the defensive backs in their first four choices? While Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper Dejean should be players that Eagles can build in the long term defensively, their depth has taken a hit when they lost Darius Slay, Cj Gardner-Johnson, Isaiah Rodgers and Avonte Maddox this offseason. So … yes.
Round 5, Pick 161: exchanged to the raids against Te Michael Mayer
Mayer was a choice of raiders in the second round (35th in total) which has only 48 catches for 460 yards (9.6 YPC) and 2 TDS during its first two seasons. In 2024, he had only 21 catches for 156 yards (7.4 YPC) and 0 TDS.
This was due to the fact that the raiders used the 13th choice in total in the 2024 draft to select Brock Bowers, which was instantly one of the best tight ends of the NFL as a recruit, catching 112 assists for 1194 yards and 5 tds.
Mayer is now consumable, and the Eagles will need more help at a tight end assuming that they go from Dallas Goedert after June 1. I looked a little bit of Mayer, and I love her. He fights for each thumb after capture, and he is a good blocker. Solid floor.
Eagles need a tight end of departure quality, and raiders are ready to exchange one. They should speak, in my opinion.
Round 5, Pick 164: Jalen Travis, OT, Iowa State (6’8, 339)
Travis played for three years in Princeton before transferring to the state of Iowa. With the combine harvester, he executed an impressive 5.14 40 and vertical jumped 35 “at almost 340 pounds. Highlight the coil below. As you will see, the Iowa State set it in motion as a shooter and asked him to execute blocks of difficult scope. The athletics he has shown on the combination.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxf0qpmxmbs
Travis is a monster with legitimate athletics. Of course The Eagles will have an interest in letting Jeff Stoutland get to work with this type of player.
Round 5, Choose 165: of which Thornton, Jr., Wr, Tennessee
Thornton is a burner with 4.30 speed which had a career of 21.9 yards per capture in college:
Not thornton | Harvest | Yards | YPC | TD |
2021 (Oregon) | 9 | 175 | 19.4 | 2 |
2022 (Oregon) | 17 | 366 | 21.5 | 1 |
2023 (Tennessee) | 13 | 224 | 17.2 | 1 |
2024 (Tennessee) | 26 | 661 | 25.4 | 6 |
TOTAL | 65 | 1426 | 21.9 | 10 |
As a bonus, Thornton has 6’5 and can earn disputed captures in the field. As you can imagine, its high -storage coil is just a lot of long catches and races.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-Uoxya0w8
When AJ Brown and Devonta Smith are in good health, the Eagles do not ask for much of anyone. This guy simply gets a cardio training while taking place deep in the field. It must be dangerous enough to make big games when these opportunities arise to keep the opposing defenses honest so that Brown and Smith can eat in the intermediate areas of the field.
While Thornton had an average of sites seeing by capture, he also had only 65 career catches. He is a guy with a big volume and big game, which, for the ends of the Eagles, makes him a good choice.
Round 5, Pick 168: Joshua Gray, IOL, Oregon State (6’5, 299)
Gray is a versatile guardian player who is a starter for Oregon State since 2020 (56 departures in total, a team record). He played his first four seasons in LT, but asked to move inside, where he knew he would be better suited to the pros. He played LG in 2024 and also worked in the center in practice.
Here he catches a side for a TD:
Eagles are always looking for versatile offensive line editors, and Gray could be a guy of day 3 who can theoretically play five places.