The Philadelphia Eagles welcomed a 10-player draft class — and added another nine UDFA’s (and counting) — following the completion of the third and final day of the 2025 NFL Draft.
It was a curious haul overall for GM Howie Roseman and the Eagles, as the team passed on the draft’s top EDGE rushers early and bowed out of the third round altogether. Philadelphia also passed on adding a tight end, which was a hot-button topic entering draft weekend due to Dallas Goedert’s age and contract situation.
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The Eagles did plug a variety of other needs on the heels of a rough first wave of 2025 free agency, adding a potential replacement for the traded C.J. Gardner-Johnson, depth at defensive tackle for the departed Milton Williams, and insurance for the injured Nakobe Dean:
Eagles 2025 NFL Draft results
- Round 1: No. 31 — Jihaad Campbell, LB, Alabama
- Round 2: No. 64 — Andrew Mukuba, S, Texas
- Round 4: No. 111 — Ty Robinson, DT, Nebraska
- Round 5: No. 145 — Mac McWilliams, CB, Central Florida
- Round 5: No. 161 — Smael Mondon Jr., LB, Georgia
- Round 5: No. 168 — Drew Kendall, IOL, Boston College
- Round 6: No. 181 — Kyle McCord, QB, Syracuse
- Round 6: No. 191 — Myles Hinton, OT, Michigan
- Round 6: No. 207 — Cameron Williams, OT, Texas
- Round 6: No. 209 — Antwaun Powell-Ryland, EDGE, Virginia Tech
With the 2025 NFL Draft now behind us, here were Philadelphia’s biggest winners and losers as we look ahead to the next phase of the offseason:
Eagles NFL Draft winners
TE Dallas Goodert
Were the rumors surrounding Goedert’s uncertain future with the Eagles greatly exaggerated?
It’s possible the team is still exploring their options with Goedert, who’s about to enter his age-30 season and is due for a contract extension. The final year of his current deal includes no guaranteed money and an $11.7 million salary cap hit. The Eagles passed, however, on adding Goedert’s successor in the 2025 NFL Draft, only adding to the intrigue of this ongoing situation.
A trade for a younger tight end is always possible — Eagles insider Anthony DiBona floated former Bears starter Cole Kmet as an interesting option — but with how this has played out, Goedert gained some leverage in his push for a new deal.
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EDGE Bryce Huff
Another player reportedly on the trade block, Huff not only survived draft weekend, but the Eagles surprisingly passed on the top EDGE prospects in this year’s class altogether.
That could change if Jihaad Campbell, the stud off-ball linebacker from Alabama who Philly selected with the 31st overall pick, is deployed as an outside pass rusher by Vic Fangio, but either way, Huff dodged some serious bullets.
The Eagles are paying Huff about $17 million per year, and it doesn’t make much financial sense to release him until 2026. The contract is likely making him a tough sell on the trade market, and with sub-par competition like Azeez Ojulari, Josh Uche and seventh-round rookie Antwaun Powell-Ryland the team’s most notable additions at the position, outside of Campbell, it’s feeling more likely that Huff finds his way back into Fangio’s rotation in 2025.
WR Jahan Dotson
Analysts have been pounding the table for the Eagles to find an upgrade at WR3, but after passing on the position almost entirely both in free agency and the draft, coach Nick Sirianni appears more comfortable than most with Dotson entering his second season in the role.
Remember, this is the Sirianni offense, which has been funneled heavily through A.J Brown, DeVonta Smith, Goedert and now Saquon Barkley. The pickings were slim for Dotson as the de facto fifth option in the passing game, but his play was better than the box score indicates, and he now looks poised to resume his post in a contract year.
Eagles NFL Draft losers
FS Sydney Brown
There was a path to Brown seeing an increased role this season following the Gardner-Johnson trade, but the Eagles added a prospect in playmaking safety Andrew Mukuba who’s literally cut from the same cloth. While he may need to develop in the run game at the pro level, Mukuba posted some eye-popping numbers in coverage at Texas. He allowed an absurd 12.1 passer rating when targeted, and committed zero penalties over his final 26 games in college, spanning back to his Clemson days.
Brown should still get his shot to prove he can stay healthy and win the starting job alongside Reed Blankenship, but Philly didn’t use a second-round pick on Mukuba to watch him ride the pine.
CB Kelee Ringo
Ringo’s trajectory took a major hit last season with the additions of Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean. He wound up getting buried on the depth chart behind the two star 2024 rookies and saw just 129 total snaps on defense (including the playoffs).
Ringo is still only 22 years old, so he has a chance to keep fighting his way up Fangio’s depth chart. The addition of sticky boundary corner Mac McWilliams out of UCF, however, could make it tougher for the now third-year pro to get on the field.
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