Makai Lemon announced his jersey number at his press conference on Thursday as the first-year players reported for the start of this weekend’s Rookie Camp.
The first-round pick will wear No. 9. The wide receiver is the first Eagles player with that jersey number since Super Bowl LII MVP Nick Foles.
“I appreciate the Eagles so much and Nick Foles, especially, to pass that number down because I know he could have easily kept that number to himself,” Lemon said. “Such a great player when he was here wearing that number 9, led them to the Super Bowl. I appreciate him so much. I definitely cherish that so much. I’ll represent the number 9 well wearing it, representing the team well. I’m just super excited to get that number, for sure.”