Once the final cut was made and the list narrowed down to 53, we thought it would be interesting to take a broader look at the list.
How many draft picks did the Eagles cut?
How many undrafted players found a spot in the team?
How many defensive players from last year are no longer here?
We've got all the answers in an annual in-depth study conducted by a 53-member team.
situation by situation
The final 53-man roster includes three quarterbacks, three running backs, five wide receivers, two tight ends, nine offensive linemen, six edge rushers, six interior defensive linemen, five off-ball linebackers, five safeties, six cornerbacks and three specialists.
The Eagles added fewer players than last year at running back (three instead of four), tight end (two instead of four) and defensive tackle (six instead of seven). They also added more players at receiver (five instead of four), linebacker (five instead of three) and special teams (three instead of two… remember, they had no punter at final cutdown last year. They released Erin Sipos, then re-signed him after final cuts, then cut him permanently after two games).
Roster changes
Of the 19 players who participated in at least one offensive play last year, eight are out: Jason Kelsey, D’Andre Swift, Jack Stoll, Sua Opeta, Jack Driscoll, Quez Watkins, Julio Jones and Olamide Jaccacious.
Of the 25 players who played at least one game on defense last year, 12 are no longer in the game: Haason Reddick, Fletcher Cox, Nicholas Morrow, Kevin Byard, Jack Cunningham, Justin Evans, Terrell Edmunds, Shaquille Leonard, Christian Ellis, Bradley Roby, Mario Goodrich and Kentavious Street.
Thus, 21 of the 44 players from last year are no longer here.
The 53-man roster includes 19 players who were not on the team last year — eight offensive and 11 defensive players.
A greater number of undrafted players than second-round selections
12 former 1 in rosterScheduled Tribes-round picks, six of which are ones who weren't here last year (Saquon Barkley, Devin White, Mekhi Becton, Jahan Dotson, Kenny Pickett, Quinn Mitchell). Also have eight 2Ra– Round Picks, Five 3'sThird– Round Picks, Five 4th– Round Picks, Five 5th-Round picks, seven 6th– Round Picks, Three 7'sth-round picks and eight undrafted players.
Undrafted people
About 17 percent of the players on the roster have never been drafted. The Eagles did not retain any undrafted rookies, but four of the nine undrafted players on the roster – Reed Blankenship, Britain Covey, Eli Ricks and Ben VanSumeren began their careers as undrafted rookies with the Eagles. The other undrafted players – Rick Lovato, Fred Johnson, Bryce Huff and Tristin McCollum – started with other teams: Lovato with the Bears, Johnson with the Steelers, Huff with the Jets and McCollum with the Texans.
How many draft picks were cut?
The roster includes 31 players drafted by the Eagles, including all seven of the nine rookie draft picks (Dylan McMahon was released, Aeneas Smith is on IR). There is also one from the 2010 draft, one from 2013, four from 2018, one from 2020, six from 2021, four from 2022, and six from 2023 (with one on PUP).
The highest former Eagles draft pick released on Tuesday is 2021 4th-round pick Zach McPhearson. The only other former Eagles draft picks they cut were 2021 6thth-round pick Tarron Jackson and McMahon, a rookie 6th-Round pick.
The Eagles released nine players selected by other teams in the first three rounds:1Scheduled Tribes-Rounder John Ross, 2Ra-rounders Parris Campbell and Max Scharping and 3Third-rounders Oren Burks, Will Grier, Matt Hennessey, Terrell Lewis, Julian Okwara and Tyrion Davis-Price.
The current roster includes 14 players selected by other teams.
Who's left off the 2017 Super Bowl roster?
The only players remaining from the 2017 Super Bowl championship team are Brandon Graham, Lane Johnson, Rick Lovato and Jake Elliott. Incredibly, there are only eight position players left who played for Doug Pederson. So 42 of the 50 position players have only played under Nick Sirianni. In addition to Graham, Johnson, Lovato and Elliott, Pederson's final-year players are Dallas Goedert, Avonte Maddox, Josh Sweat and Jordan Mailata, who were drafted in 2018, as well as Jalen Hurts and Darius Slay, who came up in 2020.
Young roster
The only players over 30 are Brady (31), Lovato (31), Slay (33), Johnson (34) and Graham (36). Only three others are older than 27 — Avonte Maddox (28), Jake Elliott (29) and Dallas Goedert (29). That means 45 of the 50 players on the 53-man roster are 27 or younger.
Last year, 26 players age 27 or older played at least one game for the Eagles, and 18 of those players are now gone from the team.
There are 14 players on the roster 23 years old or younger. The youngest is Cooper DeJean, who turned 21 in February. Jeremiah Trotter Jr. is also 21 and about five weeks older than DeJean. Eli Ricks, Kelee Ringo and Will Shipley are 22, and Jalen Carter, Nakobe Dean, Jalex Hunt, Trevor Keegan, Quinion Mitchell, Moro Ojomo, Aeneas Smith, Nolan Smith and Johnny Wilson are 23.
Stocking up on draft picks
The roster features nine players who were drafted by other teams in the first three rounds, including 1Scheduled Tribes-rounders Saquon Barkley, Devin White, Mekhi Becton, Jahan Dotson and Kenny Pickett. All five are new to the roster this year. Second-round picks drafted by other teams are Darius Slay, James Bradberry and AJ Brown, and a 3Third-Rounder is Jack Baun.
Alma Maters
Georgia and Alabama have five players each among the 53, and Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Memphis, Michigan, Oklahoma, Penn State, Pitt, Stanford and Texas A&M have two each. So each of the 23 schools has one player.
Super Bowl champions
Besides the four remaining Eagles from Super Bowl LII — B.G., Johnson, Elliott and Lovato — the only other Eagle with a Super Bowl ring is Devin White, who was with the Bucs when they beat the Chiefs 31-9 in Super Bowl LV in Tampa.
The last three drafts
Of the 21 players the Eagles have selected so far in 2022, 19 are either on the 53-man roster or the reserve list. Of the players they have selected in the past three drafts, only Dylan McMahon and Kyron Johnson are no longer in the organization.thround picks in 2022. Johnson, a linebacker from Kansas, played 22 games for the Eagles in 2022 and 2023 and was released in October. He joined the Steelers' practice squad, and the Steelers released him on Tuesday.
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