With Shedeur Sanders' freefall and the Jacksonville Jaguars trading a haul to land Travis Hunter dominating the 2025 NFL Draft headlines, the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles took a back seat. Operating in the shadows behind all the noise, general manager Howie Roseman hit another home run.
The Eagles traded up one spot in the first round to select Jihaad Campbell, a player they ranked as a top-10 talent in the draft. Roseman tried multiple times to trade up for Campbell, but the talented linebacker out of Alabama luckily fell to Philadelphia at No. 31 overall.
Adding Campbell, an elite athlete with huge upside as a pass-rusher, is just what the Eagles needed after losing Josh Sweat, Milton Williams and Brandon Graham along the defensive line. Roseman has always prioritized building through the trenches, and that's exactly what he accomplished with his first selection.
Another position the Eagles needed to address after losing C.J. Gardner-Johnson was safety, and they did just that in the second round with Andrew Mukuba out of Texas. Mukuba is a ball hawk who led the SEC with five interceptions last season, and he loves to play downhill and bring the pain near the line of scrimmage. He's the perfect replacement for Gardner-Johnson in the back end.
The hits kept on coming on Day 3.
In the fourth round, Roseman found Williams' replacement in Ty Robinson. The Nebraska product is violent at the point of attack and is one of the best DT athletes in the 2025 class. Of course, Roseman couldn't have left that draft room without taking a Georgia defender, so he snagged linebacker Smael Mondon Jr. in the fifth round.
Roseman typically does his best work in the later rounds, and that's precisely what he saw on draft weekend.
In the sixth round, the Eagles took Kyle McCord, the nation's leading passer in 2024 and a Philadelphia product. The Eagles then loaded up on two tantalizing offensive tackles in Michigan's Myles Hinton and Texas' Cameron Williams. Both players are developmental linemen with work to do, but their size and athleticism give them immense upside under offensive line guru Jeff Stoutland. Roseman knows he can wait to draft these types of prospects because of the proven coaching staff waiting to mold them into stars.
Not only did Roseman bring in an impressive draft class in 2025, but he did so while setting up the Eagles for a busy weekend in 2026. Philadelphia now has 12 draft picks next year, including five in the first three rounds.
