The Eagles didn’t have a big haul in the 2022 NFL Draft, but they still walked away with a class that held up. With only five picks, Philadelphia still gets a strong mark here: an A-.
That’s partly because the draft can’t be separated from the move that came before it. The Eagles had multiple first-round picks that year, then used them to land A.J.
Brown. That decision paid off in a major way.
Over his four seasons in Philadelphia, Brown finished 11th in the NFL in receptions with 339, fifth in receiving yards with 1,646, 11th in yards per catch at 14.8, 13th in yards after the catch at 1,646, and tied for sixth in receiving touchdowns with 32. He was also the only player in Eagles franchise history with four straight 1,000-yard seasons and made an All-Pro team in three of those four years.
As for the actual draft class, Jordan Davis is the one who really pushed the grade up. For a while, the Eagles weren’t totally sure what they had in him.
He was a steady defensive tackle, but the weight issues and snap concerns were real. Then 2025 happened, and Davis turned the corner in a big way.
He posted career highs with 72 tackles and 4.5 sacks, added nine tackles for loss and six quarterback hits, and played all 17 games for the third straight season.
He was one of the league’s best interior linemen last season. Among defensive tackles, he ranked second in total tackles with 72 and second in batted passes with six.
Davis also became the first Eagles player in franchise history to win NFC Defensive Player of the Week and NFC Special Teams Player of the Week in the same season. One season was enough for the Eagles to hand him a major extension, locking him in on the defensive line for years to come.
He’s also become a respected voice in the locker room.
Cam Jurgens has worked out just as well. Philadelphia drafted him with Jason Kelce’s future replacement in mind, and Kelce had already given his approval before the pick was made.
That plan has delivered. In two seasons as a starter, Jurgens has already made two Pro Bowls.
He also battled through a lingering back injury so he could be available in the Super Bowl and played 16 games last season despite the pain.
Even with that injury, he didn’t allow a sack and gave up just eight pressures last season, good for a 1.8% pressure rate allowed per dropback. That was an improvement over 2024, when he allowed four sacks and posted a 3.9% pressure rate allowed per dropback. The Eagles have already given Jurgens an extension, and he’s firmly one of the top centers in the game.
Nakobe Dean’s time in Philadelphia ended with a big free-agent deal from the Las Vegas Raiders, and that says plenty about what he became when healthy. Injuries kept interrupting his run with the Eagles, but when he was on the field, he was a productive linebacker.
His best year came in 2024, when he finished with 128 tackles, 3.0 sacks and an interception. Dean and Zack Baun formed one of the NFL’s best linebacker duos, though a torn patella tendon in the playoffs kept Dean out of Super Bowl LIX and also delayed his start to the 2025 season.
He still showed his value last season, finishing with 55 tackles and 4.0 sacks in 10 games. A pectoral injury, foot injury and torn patella tendon all played a part in his Eagles tenure, and that injury history helped lead to the team drafting Jihaad Campbell last year and moving on. The Eagles clearly had to plan for life after Dean, but that doesn’t erase the fact that they got a good player.
Tyler Steen had the shortest stay of the group, spending just one year in Philadelphia. He played 16 games and made eight tackles, while logging 63% of his special teams snaps.
He also handled most of the special teams work with the Steelers. Steen has bounced around the league, and he did not play in 2025 because of an injury.
Grant Calcaterra rounded out the class, and he deserves credit for lasting through his rookie deal and even earning a second contract from the Eagles, though it was only for one year. He worked his way into the TE2 role and finished his four seasons with 494 yards and two touchdowns. His best stretch came in 2024, when he caught 24 passes for 298 yards and a touchdown.
For a sixth-round pick, that’s a solid return. Four years in the league is nothing to shrug at.
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