The Philadelphia Eagles feverishly tried to trade up for Jihaad Campbell in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft and ultimately did so, moving up from pick No. 32 to No. 31 with the Kansas City Chiefs to select the Alabama linebacker. One of the team’s biggest stars sees why.
“He’s kind of built like Micah [Parsons] somewhat bit,” Eagles famous person working again Saquon Barkley mentioned about Campbell on Monday, according to NBC Sports Philadelphia. “I’ve recognized Micah for a very long time, so I really feel like as he grows and learns the sport somewhat bit extra, you’re going to have the ability to put him in several spots. However simply uncooked, uber athletic, can fly [and] aggressive.”
A two-year starter in Tuscaloosa, Campbell totaled 117 mixed tackles, 5 sacks, 12 tackles for loss, two pressured fumbles and one interception at Alabama final season. Campbell, a five-star recruit, grew up in Erial, New Jersey, positioned roughly a half-hour east of Lincoln Monetary Discipline, residence of the Eagles.
Campbell joins a burgeoning Eagles linebacker room that features Zack Baun and Nakobe Dean, who totaled a mixed 279 tackles final season, with Baun incomes All-Professional honors.
“Tremendous uncooked, like freaky athletic,” Barkley mentioned of Campbell. “He’s going to be an issue, an actual large drawback for lots of fellows within the league who need to go towards him and block him.”
As for Barkley, the working again is coming off a historic debut season with the Eagles, turning into the ninth participant in NFL historical past to hurry for two,000 yards within the common season, whereas occurring to set the brand new report for mixed dashing yards in a single season (2,504 dashing yards within the common season and postseason). In the meantime, Parsons, a two-time All-Professional and four-time Professional Bowler, has registered double-digit sacks in every of his 4 seasons within the sport however just lately requested a commerce from the Dallas Cowboys amid a breakdown in extension talks.
The Eagles and Cowboys open the 2025 common season towards one another on Sept. 4 in Philadelphia.
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