Birds sign safety and LB; Agholor finds new home
The Eagles agreed to terms on a one-year contract Saturday with safety Will Parks, a Chuck Bednarik finalist who starred at Germantown High and played four seasons for the Denver Broncos.
The Eagles also agreed to terms on 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, agreed to terms on 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, which also sent linebacker Lance Johnstone (1996-2006) to the NFL for stints with the Oakland Raiders and Minnesota Vikings.
At the University of Arizona, Parks was defensive MVP of the Independence Bowl and eventually was runner-up to Tyler Matakevich of Temple for the Maxwell Football Club’s Bednarik Award in 2015.
Parks had 35 stops, including a sack for the Broncos last year.
Brown (5-11, 221) had 10 stops in 13 games for the Chargers last year. Brown is a fifth-round 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 with a career-high eight touchdown receptions.
Last year Agholor had a tough time tracking the passes of Carson Wentz, dropping some and being unable to get to others. He finished the season with three TD’s and 39 receptions, sitting out the last three games due to knee trouble.
The Eagles completed the season with Greg Ward and Robert Davis starting at wide receiver due to injuries to Agholor and Alshon Jeffery, among others.