Eagles Rookie Minicamp is a true Field of Dreams

All EYEs are on the young draftees, undrafted free agents, several guys from last year’s practice squad and about 25 tryout guys as the Eagles’ three-day Rookie Minicamp begins Friday and runs through Sunday.

The extra “tryout guys” are basically there to fill out the field so that drills and alignments can simulate actual competition numbers. But it’s still an honor to be invited—and they get a paycheck and per diem expenses. If nothing else, they can tell their kids someday that dad was a professional football player and an Eagle for at least one weekend in the NFL.

But every now and then, a “tryout guy” makes such an impression that he is invited to join the training camp roster.

There are three Eagles – tackle Brett Boyko, guard Malcolm Bunche and cornerback Randall Evans – who were on the practice squad last season and are eligible to take part in this weekend’s activities.

PE.com will be streaming live coverage of a bunch of the drills as well as interviews with the players beginning at noon EST each day of the weekend.

Courtesy of the Eagles website, here is a scorecard of sorts if you are following the Rookie Minicamp activities this weekend:

NO.	NAME	POS.	HT.	WT.	COLLEGE	HOMETOWN	STATUS
1	Everett Golson	QB	6-0	199	Florida State	Myrtle Beach, SC	Tryout
4	David Watford	WR	6-2	212	Hampton	Hampton, VA	Tryout
6	Taylor Symmank	P	6-3	193	Texas Tech	McKinney, TX	Tryout
7	Kyle Washington	WR	6-5	205	Angelo State	Humble, TX	Tryout
11	Carson Wentz	QB	6-5	237	North Dakota State	Bismarck, ND	D1-16
13	T.J. Thorpe	WR	6-0	200	Virginia	Durham, NC	Tryout
14	Hunter Sharp	WR	5-11	198	Utah State	Palmdale, CA	FA-16
21	Trenton Coles	CB	6-2	168	Duquesne	Clairton, PA	Tryout
22	Anthony Gaffney	CB	6-1	210	Princeton	Columbus, NJ	Tryout
26	Joe Powell	S	6-2	190	Globe Institute (NY)	Portsmith, VA	Tryout
28	Wendell Smallwood	RB	5-10	208	West Virginia	Elkton, MD	D5a-16
28	Demond Smith	S	6-0	195	Georgia Tech	Monroe, GA	Tryout
29	Blake Countess	S	5-10	184	Auburn	Owings Mills, MD	D6-16
31	Jalen Mills	S	6-0	191	LSU	DeSoto, TX	D7a-16
33	Jourdan Wickliffe	S	6-1	200	Eastern Illinois	Columbus, OH	Tryout
34	Cody Culbertson	S	5-10	195	Ohio Dominican	Galloway, OH	Tryout
35	Cedric O’Neal	RB	5-10	215	Valdosta State	Dublin, GA	FA-16
37	C.J. Smith	CB	5-11	189	North Dakota State	Savage, MN	FA-16
37	Khairi Dickson	RB	6-0	182	St. Francis (PA)	Cleveland, OH	Tryout
38	Aaron Grymes	CB	5-11	185	Idaho	Seattle, WA	FA-16
39	Byron Marshall	RB	5-9	201	Oregon	San Jose, CA	FA-16
41	Randall Evans	DB	6-0	195	Kansas State	Miami, FL	D6b-15
43	Jacob Lindsey	LB	6-2	220	Harvard	Cleves, OH	Tryout
45	Myke Tavarres	LB	6-1	230	Incarnate Word	Lake Oswego, OR	FA-16
45	James Kelly	TE	6-8	259	Marshall	Ann Arbor, MI	Tryout
47	LT Filiaga	LB	5-11	245	Utah State	South Jordan, UT	Tryout
47	M.J. McFarland	TE	6-5	253	Texas-El Paso	El Paso, TX	Tryout
48	John DePalma	LS	6-5	251	West Virginia	Cumming, GA	FA-16
48	Jovan Santos-Knox	LB	6-2	241	Massachusetts	Middletown, CT	Tryout
49	Quentin Gause	LB	6-0	243	Rutgers	Rochester, NY	FA-16
50	Alex McCalister	DE	6-6	239	Florida	Winston-Salem, NC	D7b-16
52	Angelo Mangiro	C	6-3	321	Penn State	Roxbury, NJ	Tryout
57	Tyson Coleman	LB	6-1	235	Oregon	Lake Oswego, OR	Tryout
59	Joe Walker	LB	6-2	236	Oregon	Palos Verdes, CA	D7c-16
61	Aziz Shittu	DT	6-2	288	Stanford	Atwater, CA	FA-16
62	Justin Thomason	DT	6-4	295	North Carolina	McDonough, GA	Tryout
63	Bruce Johnson	C	6-2	302	Maine	Rochester, NY	FA-16
68	Ben Curtis	T	6-6	290	Delaware	Columbia, MD	Tryout
69	Brett Boyko	T	6-6	301	UNLV	Saskatoon, SK, CA	FA-15
72	Halapoulivaati Vaitai	T	6-6	320	TCU	Haltom, TX	D5b-16
72	Kassan Messiah	DE	6-4	240	Massachusetts	Orange, NJ	Tryout
73	Isaac Seumalo	G	6-4	303	Oregon State	Corvallis, OR	D3-16
73	Mike Moore	DE	6-4	265	Virginia	Hyattsville, MD	Tryout
74	Malcolm Bunche	G	6-6	320	UCLA	Newark, DE	FA-15
74	Connor Wujciak	DT	6-2	291	Boston College	West Orange, NJ	FA-16
76	Jacob Payne	DE	6-5	270	Shenandoah	Catharpin, VA	Tryout
76	David Bowen	T	6-7	289	Boston College	Villanova, PA	Tryout
77	Destiny Vaeao	DT	6-4	299	Washington State	Pago Pago, AS	FA-16
77	Eric Lofton	T	6-5	300	Temple	Lumberton, NJ	Tryout
78	Darrell Greene	G	6-3	321	San Diego State	Oakley, CA	FA-16
80	Paul Turner	WR	5-10	193	Louisiana Tech	West Monroe, LA	FA-16
83	Dillon Gordon	TE	6-4	322	LSU	River Ridge, LA	FA-16
84	Marcus Johnson	WR	6-1	204	Texas	League City, TX	FA-16
88	Cayleb Jones	WR	6-2	209	Arizona	Austin TX	FA-16
89	Xavier Rush	WR	6-3	202	Tulane	Terry, MS	FA-16