Daily Local News (West Chester, PA)
Reagor signing tops busy day of draft pick contracts
Safety concerns answered or not, Eagles rookies are scheduled to begin reporting to the NovaCare Complex Tuesday.
That’s when first-round draft pick Jalen Reagor, the 21st overall selection in the draft, and the rest of the class will undergo a COVID-19 test after agreeing to terms on four-year contracts Monday.
Unofficially, players must pass two consecutive COVID-19 tests before given a physical, which they also must pass to sign their contracts.
Scheduled is the operative word for all rookies and undrafted free agents as the NFL and the NFL Players Association negotiate a safety plan.
Reagor agreed to a fully guaranteed four-year, $13.3 million pact with a $7.2 million signing bonus. The Eagles have a fifth-year option.
Later in the day quarterback Jalen Hurts, the second-round pick, agreed to a four-year deal worth $6.1 million, including a $1.94 million signing bonus.
Previously the Eagles agreed to terms with 6-foot5, 308-pound offensive tackle Prince Tega Wanogho, their sixth-round pick out of Auburn, and wide receiver Quez Watkins, a sixth-round selection out of Southern Mississippi. They approved fouryear contracts worth $3.4 million and $3.5 million, respectively.
Reagor (5-10, 195) caught 43 passes for 611 yards (14.2-yard average) and five touchdowns last season with TCU. He also averaged 20.8 yards on punt returns, taking two to the house.
Reagor clocked 4.47 in the 40-yard dash at the scouting combine, considered slow for a speed receiver. The Eagles say they are confident he won’t get caught from behind.
Hurts (6-1, 222) completed 69.7 percent of his attempts for 3,851 yards, 32 touchdowns and eight interceptions last season. He also rushed for 1,298 yards and 20 touchdowns.
Strong-armed, athletic, quick and resourceful, Hurts accounted for 80 touchdowns in a career that began with Alabama and concluded with the Sooners. Hurts was 38-4 as a starter, including a national championship with the Crimson Tide.
He was widely considered the fourth-best quarterback in the draft, behind among others, Tua Tagovailoa, his replacement at ‘Bama.
The Hurts pick was a bold move by the Eagles, who thought long and hard about Carson Wentz’s injury history before taking another quarterback off the board.
Monday was a busy day for the Eagles.
The Eagles agreed to terms with third-round linebacker Davion Taylor (Colorado) on a four-year, $4.5 million pact.
Fourth-round offensive lineman Jack Driscoll (Auburn) agreed to a four-year contract worth $3.8 million, fourth-round safety K’Von Wallace (Clemson) agreed to a four-year, $4 million deal.
Fifth-round receiver John Hightower (Boise State) accepted a four-year pact worth $3.6 million, sixthround linebacker Shaun Bradley (Temple) a fouryear, $3.5 million deal and Casey Toohill (Stanford), the seventh-round defensive end, was signed to a fouryear, $3.4 package.