Eagles safety Tre Sullivan has advice for those not invited to NFL Combine

For Philadelphia Eagles safety Tre Sullivan, a chance at playing in the NFL wasn’t guaranteed, and to be honest, he’s absolutely fine with that.

After everything Philadelphia Eagles safety Tre Sullivan accomplished in the NFL a season ago, he still isn’t assured of a roster spot in 2019. If there’s one good thing about injuries, it allows teams to find help and create stars in ways that they may not have originally thought was possible.

Let’s take a quick trip down memory lane.

The Eagles were coming off of a Super Bowl victory in 2019, and they were happy about the fact that though they lacked depth at safety, they could, at least, hang their hats on the fact that they had one of the best starting tandems in the entire NFL.

How did that end up? Malcolm Jenkins played every single snap of the season. Rodney McLeod wound up on the team’s IR (injured reserve) just six days after a narrow Week 3 victory over the Indianapolis Colts. He’d end his season by undergoing surgery to repair a torn MCL.

Philly began shuffling the deck, as they did all season, and eventually, they’d rest their hopes on Mr. Sullivan. For ’37’ it’s been a long road already.

After his name wasn’t called in the 2017 NFL Draft, Philly signed him as an undrafted free agent on May 11th of 2017. On September 2nd of that same year, they placed him on injured reserve. That led to a September 8th release. Almost two full months later, on November 7th, he was re-signed to the practice squad.

A future/reserve contract with the Eagles was signed on February 7th of 2018. Sullivan would make the initial 53-man roster of this past season, but he was waived following the first game.

Many believe this was due to what was almost a game-altering special teams mistake, but he was re-signed to the practice squad. He was promoted back to the active roster three weeks before Halloween, and when the season ended, he had helped Philly defend their title proudly.

Sullivan does have a Super Bowl ring now, but when the 2019 season sees it’s dawn, he’ll, again, be battling for a position on the roster. To be honest, that’s exactly how he likes it. He enjoys the competition, and he relishes the opportunity.

Recently, he appeared on the NFL Network’s Good Morning Football, where he discussed everything from his respect for his teammates to Nelson Agholor and Nick Foles‘ basketball skills. The highlight of his interview, however, came when he shared some advice for future NFL prospects who didn’t get an invite to the upcoming NFL Combine.

Take a look:

That’s good stuff. We’re pulling for all of the prospects who were invited to the scouting combine and the ones who weren’t. As Eagles fans, we’re definitely pulling for Tre Sullivan.