The Philadelphia Eagles selected former TCU wide receiver Jalen Reagor with the 21st pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, landing one of the most explosive playmakers in this year’s loaded class.
Reagor is an exciting playmaker at the wide receiver position. He’s as twitched up, explosive and crafty as they come. His ability to make game-changing plays was often on display at TCU. Reagor is the type of dynamic home-run hitter that today’s NFL offenses are looking for.
He’s a sound route runner, and shows the type of burst at the top of his routes that should make him an easy separator at the next level. His ability after the catch should help out an Eagles offense that needs to be more explosive and dynamic than it was in 2019. Reagor’s big-play ability should help get him on the field immediately.
The Eagles badly needed to add some new faces to their wide receiver room this off-season, and that’s exactly what they did. Injuries to starting quarterback Carson Wentz and several of their top pass-catchers derailed what could have been a big season in Philadelphia. No team can withstand the type of injuries that Philadelphia went through in 2019, and they’ve made several off-season acquisitions to better protect themselves going forward.
Reagor is joining a re-tooled receiver room that gets DeSean Jackson and Alshon Jeffrey back healthy, as well as some new faces such as former San Francisco 49er Marquise Goodwin, and fellow draft picks John Hightower and Quez Watkins. Don’t look now, but the Eagles have done an excellent job adding some talented pass catchers to their offense for 2020 and beyond. Reagor is set to be a big part of that.
