Vikings get WR Reagor from Eagles
Minnesota acquired wide receiver Jalen Reagor from Philadelphia on Wednesday, sending two draft picks to the Eagles for the player who was selected immediately in front of star Vikings wideout Justin Jefferson two years ago.
Minnesota dealt a 2023 seventh-round pick and a conditional 2024 fourth-rounder to the Eagles, whose choice of Reagor out of Texas Christian at No. 21 overall in 2020 and allowed the Vikings to take Jefferson next out of Louisiana State.
Jefferson has the most receiving yards (3,016) in NFL history over a player’s first two seasons. Reagor has 64 catches for 695 yards and three touchdowns in two years.
With Jefferson, Adam Thielen and K.J. Osborn entrenched as the Vikings’ top three wideouts, Reagor primarily will serve as a punt returner. He returned one punt for a 73-yard TD as a rookie and averaged 7.3 yards per punt return in 2021 on 31 attempts.
That’s the role Minnesota was targeting for wide receiver Ihmir Smith-marsette, who was waived to make roster room for Reagor. Smith-marsette, a fifth-round draft pick out of Iowa last year, had an uneven training camp. As a rookie, he had four kickoff returns for an average of 20.8 yards and took two of his five receptions for TDS.
Philadelphia had Devonta Smith, A.J. Brown and Quez Watkins slotted as its top three wide receivers, but team officials raved about Reagor as recently as Tuesday after the roster cutdown.
“There was no doubt in our mind that he deserved a role on this team,” general manager Howie Roseman said.
■ Jets: Wide receiver Denzel Mims, who requested a trade last week because he’s unhappy in a backup role, aired his frustration Wednesday after making the team’s 53-man roster. “They’re pretty set on who they want,” said Mims, a
2020 second-round draft pick, who is behind Corey Davis, Elijah Moore and rookie Garrett Wilson among outside receivers, coach Robert
Saleh confirmed. General manager Joe Douglas said he has fielded inquiries on Mims from other teams but hasn’t considered the offers “the right value for a player of his ability.”
■ Chargers: Free-agent running back Sony Michel was signed to a deal with undisclosed terms, and second-year running back Larry Rountree III was waived. Michel, 27, was a 2018 first-round draft pick by New England, with whom he spent his first three NFL seasons before joining the Los Angeles Rams in 2021. He’s run for 3,137 yards at an average of 4.2 per carry and scored 20 TDS in four seasons.
■ Rams: Seven-time All-pro defensive tackle Aaron Donald downplayed swinging a helmet at Cincinnati players in a brawl at a joint practice last week. “It was just practice; it was football,” the 31-yearold three-time AP defensive player of the year said. Donald isn’t subject to NFL punishment because the incident occurred during practice.
■ Obit: Former defensive end Steve White, who played with Tampa Bay from 1996 to 2001 and the New York Jets in 2002, died Tuesday after an eight-year battle with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. He was 48. White had 119 tackles and 11.5 sacks in 94 games. After retiring as a player, he was an NFL writer for SB Nation.
■ 49ers: Running back Trey Sermon was waived, a year after San Francisco traded two fourth-round picks to move up in the third round to draft the Ohio State product. The 23-year-old played nine games as a rookie, running for 167 yards at an average of 4.1 per carry and one TD.
■ Browns: Quarterback Kellen Mond was claimed off waivers from Minnesota. The 23-year-old, a 2021 third-round draft pick from Texas A&M, was 29 of 51 passing for 303 yards and two TDS with two interceptions and was sacked five times this preseason.
■ Panthers: Free-agent kicker Eddy Pineiro agreed to a one-year deal, pending the outcome of a physical examination. The 26-yearold has made 31 of 36 field-goal tries and 36 of 39 extra points in two NFL seasons, one each with Chicago and the New York Jets.