Eagles sign Philly native Parks; Agholor goes to Raiders
The Eagles agreed to a oneyear contract Saturday with safety Will Parks, who starred at Germantown High and played four seasons for the Denver Broncos.
The Eagles also agreed to a one-year contract with linebacker Jatavis Brown, who spent four seasons with the Los Angeles Chargers.
Wide receiver Nelson Agholor, a first-round pick of the Eagles in 2015, signed a one-year deal with the Las Vegas Raiders.
Parks was a sixth-round pick of the Broncos in 2016. He’s appeared in 62 games with the Broncos, including 15 starts, and has four career interceptions and a two-point conversion.
Parks (6-1, 194) played defensive back, wide receiver and running back at Germantown. At the University of Arizona, Parks was defensive MVP of the Independence Bowl and was named to the Maxwell Football Club’s watch list for the 2015 Chuck Bednarik Award for defensive player of the year, won by Temple’s Tyler Matakevich.
Parks had 35 stops, including a sack, for the Broncos last year.
Brown (5-11, 221) had 10 tackes in 13 games for the Chargers last year. Brown is a fifthround pick out of Akron in 2016.
Agholor had a checkered career with the Eagles. He led the team with nine receptions in their Super Bowl 52 win over the New England Patriots, capping a season in which he made a career-high eight touchdown receptions.
Last year Agholor had a tough
time tracking the passes of Carson Wentz, dropping some and unable to get to others. He finished the season with three TDs and 39 receptions, sitting out the last three games due to knee troubles.
The Eagles completed the season with Greg Ward and Robert Davis starting at wide receiver due to injuries to Agholor, Desean Jackson and Alshon Jeffery, among others.