Each week during the 2025 season, we’re going through the Eagles media guide to find an interesting nugget.

The Eagles’ PR staff does a great job filling out these little oddities in the media guide and they serve as a good way to meet the players behind the helmets.

This week we chatted with backup quarterback Tanner McKee, whose first job was mowing lawns for elderly people in his neighborhood.

Me: Your first job was mowing lawns for elderly people in your neighborhood?

McKee: Yeah!

Me: Tell me how that came about.

McKee: It was actually an older couple that I knew from church. I had a buddy that mowed lawns for them and he was moving away. And so I was just cleaning the church building one time and the guy was like, ‘Hey, ya know, you look like you could be a good worker. Would you ever want to come make some money and mow my lawn for me?’ I was like, ‘That would be awesome.’ I think I was like maybe a freshman in high school or whatever.

Me: Oh ok. Cool.

McKee: And so he had a pretty big lawn so he had his own lawnmower, riding mower and everything so I was pretty fired up as a little kid.

Me: Oh yeah. Get to use a rider?

McKee: Yeah. So it was good times. Taught me a lot of life lessons, which was good.

Me: How long did you do that?

McKee: All through high school and then when I left, my little brother took over mowing lawns for him. So it worked out well.

Me: That’s pretty cool. Did you ever think about trying to do more, like other yards, to make more money?

McKee: Ahh. Not really. I was pretty busy with sports and stuff. In high school, I played basketball, football and volleyball.

Me: Time’s limited.

McKee: Yeah, but I loved it. I enjoyed it.

Me: Were they nice to you?

McKee: They were very nice. They were very nice. Unfortunately, they have now passed away since then but great couple, for sure.

Me: You said it taught you some lessons. About work ethic?

McKee: Yeah, just hard work. A lot of days after practice, you don’t want to go but you have a commitment so you gotta go anyways. And so, yeah, I thought it was really good.

Me: Did you ever have a job after that?

McKee: I’m trying to think. Once NIL started, I coached a few kids up in college, which was cool. And that was just an offseason thing. It wasn’t a job. But that was pretty much all I did.

Me: Thanks, man. I appreciate it.

McKee: Yeah, sure.