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Stout’s Greatest Hits: A look at legendary o-line coach’s top 10 long-shot triumphs originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
Guys who were walk-ons in college and didn’t get invited to the Combine. Guys who plunged to the bottom of the draft. Guys who played at small colleges or didn’t play at all.
Long-range projects. Works in progress. Training camp long shots.
This is Jeff Stoutland’s specialty.
Stoutland, the Eagles’ legendary offensive line coach, has done wonders with high draft picks. Lane Johnson, the fourth player taken in 2013, has played his entire 12-year career under Stoutland and is building a Hall of Fame case as a right tackle. Brandon Brooks was a decent 3rd-round pick with the Texans before making three straight Pro Bowls under Stoutland with the Eagles. Second-round pick Landon Dickerson has blossomed into a perennial Pro Bowler.
But some of Stout’s best work has been done with late-round picks and undrafted players. He has a special affinity for those offensive linemen who have the most work to do to become NFL players.
Every offensive lineman the Eagles drafted in the fifth round or later from 2013 through last year has played at least four years in the NFL, and it’s too early to tell about rookies Trevor Keegan, a 5th-round pick out of Michigan, or Dylan McMahon, a 6th-round pick out of North Carolina State, but both have had promising training camps and will wind up either on the 53-man roster or the practice squad.
With that in mind, we thought it would be fun to take a look at Stout’s Greatest Hits, his top 10 triumphs considering only undrafted players or guys drafted in the fifth round or later. We included only players who began their careers with the Eagles.
It’s quite a list.
Kayode Awosika: An undrafted offensive lineman out of Buffalo, Awosika got his start in Eagles training camp in 2021 and spent his entire rookie season on the Eagles’ practice squad. He got into one game – the meaningless loss to the Cowboys…
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Publish date : 2024-08-23 20:42:04
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