{"id":641113,"date":"2026-04-30T18:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T18:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/641113\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T18:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T18:40:11","slug":"2026-nfl-draft-highlights-of-eagles-7th-round-pick-cole-wisniewski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/641113\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NFL Draft: Highlights of Eagles 7th round pick Cole Wisniewski"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Red Raiders safety <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/eagles-select-safety-cole-wisniewski-223544599.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cole Wisniewski was selected with the No. 244 overall pick;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Cole Wisniewski was selected with the No. 244 overall pick&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cole Wisniewski was selected with the No. 244 overall pick<\/a> in the seventh round of the 2026 NFL Draft. Wisniewski brings experience and physicality from his time at <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/ncaaf\/teams\/texas-tech\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Texas Tech;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Texas Tech&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Tech<\/a>, where he developed into a reliable presence on the back end.<\/p>\n<p>Something of a <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/players\/34376\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Reed Blankenship;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Reed Blankenship&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reed Blankenship<\/a> clone, Wisniewski is known for his instincts and his willingness to play downhill against the run. Wisniewski has the traits to contribute on special teams early while developing his role on defense. His versatility gives the coaching staff options in sub-packages, particularly in situations that require physical tackling and coverage awareness.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Eagles Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/theeagleswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/eagles\/2026\/04\/30\/highlights-of-eagles-7th-round-pick-cole-wisniewski\/89829877007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Highlights of Eagles 7th round pick Cole Wisniewski;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Highlights of Eagles 7th round pick Cole Wisniewski&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Highlights of Eagles 7th round pick Cole Wisniewski<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Red Raiders safety Cole Wisniewski was selected with the No. 244 overall pick in the seventh round of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":641114,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[17076,64,63,296302,593,108690,246592,85,3375],"class_list":["post-641113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-2026-nfl-draft","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cole-wisniewski","tag-nfl","tag-physicality","tag-reed-blankenship","tag-sports","tag-texas-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}