For the second straight draft night, Howie Roseman appeared to get the player he coveted, when former Penn State running back, Miles Sanders, fell to the 53rd pick in the second round of the NFL Draft. The Eagles GM wasted no time in selecting Sanders, who he likens to LeSean McCoy.
Sanders is the first running back that the Eagles have taken higher than the fourth round since 2009, when they drafted LeSean McCoy, also in the second round.
“We were patient, we let the board come to us,’’ Roseman said via Philly.com. “Every dog has his day with that.
“Understand we can’t do everything here as far as all of the need positions. It’s not what we went into the draft to do. That’s what we did in free agency. We had the flexibility here to just follow our board and draft the best guys.”
Sanders rushed for 1,274 yards and nine touchdowns while hauling in 24 passes for Penn State in 2018, after replacing NFL offensive rookie of the year and Nittany Lion legend, Saquon Barkley. Now if he can improve his pass protection, Sanders will become the Eagles 3rd down back and could challenge Jordan Howard for the starting job at some point.
