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As more are announced, I’ll drop them here:

UPDATE: April 16, 2025

Justin Walley, CB, Minnesota: projected to be a late day 3 pick. The 22-year-old made 42 starts in 49 games played at Minnesota from 2021-2024. He had pretty good ball production there with 27 passes defensed, seven interceptions, and three forced fumbles. Walley only played 62 snaps as a slot cornerback in college but there’s thought that his lack of size and length will have teams viewing him as a nickel option.

Rayuan Lane III, S, Navy: projected to be a seventh-round pick or priority free agent. The 21-year-old defensive back made 43 starts in 49 games played for the Midshipmen from 2021-2024. He logged 244 total tackles, 21 passes defensed, eight forced fumbles (!), and seven interceptions during that span.

LeQuint Allen, RB, Syracuse: the No. 245 prospect ranked by Pro Football Focus. The 20-year-old played at Syracuse from 2022-2024. During that span, he logged 514 carries for 2,359 yards (4.6 average) and 26 touchdowns. He also had 119 catches for 848 yards (7.1 average) and six touchdowns.

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UPDATE: April 14, 2025

Malaki Starks, S, Georgia

Kobe King, LB, Penn State

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UPDATE: April 11, 2025

David Walker, EDGE, Central Arkansas (**virtual visit)

Ahmed Hassanein, EDGE, Boise St.

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UPDATE: April 10, 2025

Tyleik Williams, DT, Ohio State: Williams (6-3, 329) was a two-year starter for the Buckeyes and had 5 1/2 sacks over his final two college seasons and 11 1/2 in four years. Williams is already a stout run defender and seems to have pass rush upside. Likely to be a Day 2 pick. (Jordan Schultz)

Jaylin Smith, CB, USC: Smith (5-11, 187) was a three-year starter at USC and played both outside corner and nickel. His size might rule him out as an outside corner in the NFL for some teams. He also had just 3 interceptions and 8 pass breakups in his college career. Could be a Day 3 pick. (Jeff McLane

T.J. Sanders, DT, South Carolina: This is a good and deep DT class and Sanders has the potential to be a first- or second-round pick. Sanders (6-4, 297) had 8 1/2 sacks and 16 1/2 TFLs over his final two college seasons and has real pass-rush upside in the NFL. (Adam Schefter)

Jaylen Reed, S, Penn State

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UPDATE: April 7, 2025

Nic Scourton, Edge, Texas A&M: Scourton (6-3, 257) began his college career at Purdue but was a first-team All-SEC edge rusher in his one year with the Aggies with 14 TFLs and 5 sacks. Scourton has some athleticism but is a good power rusher too. He projects to go late in the first round, early in the second. (Ryan Fowler)

Trey Amos, CB, Ole Miss: Amos (6-1, 195) played at Louisiana and Alabama before playing at Mississippi in 2024 and started 13 games with 3 interceptions. He ran a 4.43 at the Combine and would fit a zone scheme. (Mike Garafolo)

Jacob Parrish, CB, Kansas State: At 5-10, 191 pounds, Parrish is an undersized cornerback who is extremely athletic. He ran a 4.35 at the combine, had a vertical jump of 37.5 inches and a broad jump of 10-9. Parrish was a two-year starter at K-State, who played inside and outside. But his size might force him inside in the NFL. (Jake Rabadi)

Shemar Turner, DT, Texas A&M: Turner (6-3, 290) was a three-year starter and offers some inside-outside versatility on the defensive line. He had 8 sacks over the last two years and has the upside to be a penetrating interior lineman in the NFL. (ML Football)

Dylan Fairchild, OG, Georgia: Fairchild was the Bulldogs' starting left guard the last two seasons and could be a Day 2 pick. Fairchild (6-5, 318) is one of several offensive linemen brought in for visits this year. (Ryan Fowler)

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Femi Oladejo, Edge, UCLA: Oladejo (6-3, 259) began his college career at Cal before finishing up the last two years at UCLA and had 4 1/2 sacks and 13 1/2 TFLs in his senior season. Oladejo made the switch from off-ball linebacker to edge rusher during the 2024 season and found success. (Justin Melo)

Donovan Jackson, OL, Ohio State: Jackson (6-4, 315) mostly played left guard for the Buckeyes but stepped in to replace Josh Simmons at left tackle in 2024 and played fairly well, although his best fit in the NFL will likely be back at guard. Jackson is big and athletic and should develop into a quality NFL starter. (Tony Pauline

Tyler Baron, Edge, Miami: Baron (6-5, 258) began his career and played four years at Tennessee before finishing up at Miami in 2024. Last season, he had 5 1/2 sacks and 11 TFLs. In his 61 career games, Baron had 19 sacks and 39 TFLs. He’s likely to be a mid-round pick. (Tony Pauline

Charles Grant, OT, William & Mary: Grant (6-5, 311) was a high school wrestler who didn’t begin playing football until his junior year of high school. But he did get significant experience at William & Mary, starting 41 games in his college career for a run-heavy offense. Likely a Day 2 or 3 pick. (Justin Melo)

Jaydon Blue, RB, Texas: Blue (5-9, 196) had a strong junior season in 2024 with 730 yards and 8 touchdowns on the ground and was a key in the receiving game with 42 catches for 368 yards and 6 touchdowns. And his workload was limited in college to just 214 total rushing attempts. He turned heads with his 4.38 at the Combine and followed that up by running a sub-4.30 at his pro day. (Jordan Reid)

Donovan Ezeiruaku, Edge, Boston College: The South Jersey (Williamstown High School) product is considered to be one of the top edge rushers in this class and likely solidified his first-round status over the last few months with a stellar Senior Bowl performance and then a big-time showing at the Combine, where his 3-cone time of 6.94 was the best of all edge rushers. Ezeiruaku was the ACC Defensive Player of the Year and an All-American in 2024 after having 16 1/2 sacks and 20 1/2 TFLs. (Eliot Shorr-Parks)

Maxwell Hairston, CB, Kentucky: Hairston (5-11, 183) was a two-year starter at Kentucky and had 6 interceptions and 10 pass breakups in 20 games over the last two seasons. Five of those interceptions came in 2023 and he returned two of them to the house. Hairston ran a blazing 4.28 at the Combine and is on Daniel Jeremiah’s top 50 player list ahead of the 2025 draft. (Hairston’s Instagram, via JaguarsNow95)

Elijah Roberts, DL, SMU: Roberts began his career at Miami but spent the last two seasons at SMU and put up big numbers. In 2023 and 2024, Roberts had 17 1/2 sacks and 24 tackles for loss for the Mustangs. At 6-foot-4, 285 pounds, Roberts is a bit of a tweener who could play inside or out on the Eagles’ line. (Joseph Hoyt

Marcus Mbow, OL, Purdue: Mbow (6-4, 303) played right guard and right tackle during his career at Purdue but seems more of a fit at guard in the NFL. He’s not the biggest guys but has the type of athleticism to make up for it. (Mbow’s Instagram)

Josh Conerly Jr., OT, Oregon: At 6-foot-5, 311 pounds, Conerly isn’t the biggest tackle but has the frame to be an NFL tackle. He played left tackle as a starter two years at Oregon and was a first-team All-Big Ten player in 2024. Conerly had a nice showing at the Combine with a 5.05 in the 40-yard dash and a vertical jump of 34 1/2 inches. (James Crepea, Oregonian

Anthony Belton, OT, NC State: If the Eagles are looking for size, Belton has it. He’s 6-foot-6, 336 pounds and has an arm length of just under 34 inches. Belton played left tackle at NC State. (Devin Jackson, Philadelphia Inquirer)

Jalen Travis, OL, Iowa State: Another massive prospect, Travis is 6-foot-8, 339 pounds. Travis was a starter at left tackle in his only season at Iowa State after starting his college career at Princeton. (Zach Berman, PHLY)

Interesting, a lot of OL and edge, I thought there would be more defensive tackles.

There is a whole topic on every player the eagles have had contact with in the draft forum 

Not very sexy, as they say, but rebuilding pieces of the OL and DL are THE most important thing the Eagles can do. Then move outward from there.

Dline is the pick

8 hours ago, Godfather said:

Dline is the pick

Yeah, I think the OL visits are in case the D linemen they want gone & an O linemen they like falls.

I still think they trade back, take DL in the 2nd.

The way the 30-visits are going up to now (the above list needs some updates), it certainly seems to be shaping up to where Howie is thinking he's gonna end up trading down.

There are 17 known visits as of now.  Of them, only 5 appear to be feasible targets at 32: Edges Ezeiruaku and Scourton, OT Conerly Jr, OG Jackson, and CB Maxwell Hairston.  

Some could be trade-down targets (round 2, but earlier than our pick), including Scourton and Jackson, along with CB Trey Amos, OL Marcus Mbow and maybe Edge Oladejo.  The rest are easily pick 64 and round 3 and beyond targets.

Oddly, no DT or TE visits reported yet.  

Does anyone have a track record of how many of the Eagles' 30-visits are reported each year?  I imagine they make full use of their 30 visits, but I'm almost certain not all 30 end up being known prior to the draft. 

In any case, unless or until more visits with higher graded prospects become known, it certainly appears the Eagles are anticipating trading down.  And with Jalen Milroe accepting his invite to attend the draft, that really makes me wonder if he could end up being pick 32 (obviously not by us).

If you're interested, you can go back and look at who they were interested in for prior drafts and see how they ended up drafting. For example, they've done top 30 visits for RBs and WRs in the past few seasons but not drafted one. 

2024 NFL Draft: Players the Eagles are interested in (UPDATED 5/6/2024)

2023 NFL Draft: Players the Eagles are interested in (UPDATED 4/29/2023)

2022 NFL Draft: Players the Eagles are interested in (UPDATED 5/1/2022)

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5 hours ago, EaglesAddict said:

 (the above list needs some updates)

Updated

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18 hours ago, NOTW said:

If you're interested, you can go back and look at who they were interested in for prior drafts and see how they ended up drafting. For example, they've done top 30 visits for RBs and WRs in the past few seasons but not drafted one. 

2024 NFL Draft: Players the Eagles are interested in (UPDATED 5/6/2024)

2023 NFL Draft: Players the Eagles are interested in (UPDATED 4/29/2023)

2022 NFL Draft: Players the Eagles are interested in (UPDATED 5/1/2022)

Tommy Lawlor included a topic on visits and mentioned how many players we had in for visit that we drafted (he added this list of players which included both WRs drafted last year).  I didn't bother to check accuracy of his "report".   

2024

CB Quinyon Mitchell
CB Cooper DeJean
ED Jalyx Hunt
WR Ainias Smith
WR Johnny Wilson

2023

DT Jalen Carter
ED Nolan Smith
OL Tyler Steen
CB Kelee Ringo

http://igglesblitz.com/2025/04/lets-talk-visits/

 

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3 more player visits announced (by Dave Zangaro - I am posting from his official list of updates).  List in post 1 updated today.

Here’s a graphic I found on Reddit that parses the list into the Rounds where the visiting players are likely to be selected.  Williams would be an addition to the 1st Round

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On 3/30/2025 at 5:06 AM, time2rock said:

UPDATE: April 10, 2025

Tyleik Williams, DT, Ohio State
Jaylin Smith, CB, USC

T.J. Sanders, DT, South Carolina

UPDATE: April 7, 2025

Nic Scourton, Edge, Texas A&M
Trey Amos, CB, Ole Miss
Jacob Parrish, CB, Kansas State
Shemar Turner, DT, Texas A&M
Dylan Fairchild, OG, Georgia
Femi Oladejo, Edge, UCLA
Donovan Jackson, OL, Ohio State
Tyler Baron, Edge, Miami
Charles Grant, OT, William & Mary
Jaydon Blue, RB, Texas
Donovan Ezeiruaku, Edge, Boston College
Maxwell Hairston, CB, Kentucky
Elijah Roberts, DL, SMU
Marcus Mbow, OL, Purdue
Josh Conerly Jr., OT, Oregon
Anthony Belton, OT, NC State
Jalen Travis, OL, Iowa State

The graphic has Jaylen Reed the Penn State Safety, who is missing from your list.

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3 hours ago, mattwill said:

The graphic has Jaylen Reed the Penn State Safety, who is missing from your list.

I wonder if Zangaro is reporting only top 30 visits and Reed doesn’t count as one since he’s local.  Anyway I’ll add him as the intent of this thread was to track visits, top 30 or otherwise.  

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No TE visits is crazy. Pretty much all DL and OL with a few secondary guys. They are obviously planning on loading up on the lines.

23 hours ago, T-1000 said:

No TE visits is crazy. Pretty much all DL and OL with a few secondary guys. They are obviously planning on loading up on the lines.

Still no TE visit.  Are they going to run with the contacts at the Combine and/or Pro Days?  

i was heading home just awhile ago and decided to stop at my fav seafood shop ( crosby's crab house ) and walked in to get some cod filets and heavy spiced shrimp and a man walks up and said you a eagle fan? yes sir with a big smile, he says his son was interviewed by the eagles and starts showing his pics on his phone, a safety from iowa state malik verdon. big safety at 6-4 220lbs, small world

On 3/30/2025 at 4:38 PM, Talonblood said:

Not very sexy, as they say, but rebuilding pieces of the OL and DL are THE most important thing the Eagles can do. Then move outward from there.

Since we signed some OTs free agents recently. I fully expect the team to go defense in this draft. DT pick should be in a top 3 picks, depending on who is available. In fact in most of my mock drafts that I pick, I have and Edge, CB, and DT as the top 3 picks over 80 percent of the time.

People seem to be ignoring the off-ball LB position.  They have one proven guy in Baun.  Dean is proven but he will miss part of the year and won't be 100% until 2026 and he is not even under contract in 2026.  Trotter is completely unproven.  I happen to like what I have seen of VanSumeren the last two preseasons but again they wouldn't play him on D last year.  An ILB has to be taken in the draft.  

On 4/10/2025 at 11:40 AM, time2rock said:

I wonder if Zangaro is reporting only top 40 visits and Reed doesn’t count as one since he’s local.  Anyway I’ll add him as the intent of this thread was to track visits, top 40 or otherwise.  

That is probably the reason. Good get.

14 hours ago, Eagles1960 said:

People seem to be ignoring the off-ball LB position.  They have one proven guy in Baun.  Dean is proven but he will miss part of the year and won't be 100% until 2026 and he is not even under contract in 2026.  Trotter is completely unproven.  I happen to like what I have seen of VanSumeren the last two preseasons but again they wouldn't play him on D last year.  An ILB has to be taken in the draft.  

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