{"id":211301,"date":"2026-06-05T06:08:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T06:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/211301\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T06:08:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T06:08:25","slug":"eagles-reportedly-sign-undrafted-defensive-tackle-who-intended-on-playing-college-football-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/211301\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles reportedly sign undrafted defensive tackle who intended on playing college football in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Philadelphia Eagles are signing undrafted rookie defensive tackle Zion Wilson, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/_RyanFowler_?lang=en\" rel=\"nofollow\">report from Ryan Fowler<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Apparently that didn\u2019t work out for him and he was included in the 2026 NFL Draft, becoming available to sign with any team after going undrafted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The 6-3, 316 pound Wilson originally played offensive line for ECU with his first game action being a mere three snaps at right guard in 2023. He transitioned to defensive tackle in 2024, where he logged 13 snaps, in addition to playing an occasional fullback role. Wilson finally became a full-time player in 2025, producing 42 total tackles, 10 TFLs, seven sacks, and one pass deflection in 454 defensive snaps played.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Wilson might\u2019ve become a draftable player had he been able to play for Virginia this upcoming season. Instead, he joins Eagles in an uphill battle to make the 53-man roster. Making the practice squad would be a good outcome for him so that he gets more time to develop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Philadelphia Eagles are signing undrafted rookie defensive tackle Zion Wilson, according to a report from Ryan Fowler.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,3085,71,70],"class_list":["post-211301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-eagles-news","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}