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Philadelphia Eagles: How are the 2019 NFL Draft picks doing in camp?

By Justin Grasso

STATE COLLEGE, PA - OCTOBER 13: Miles Sanders #24 of the Penn State Nittany Lions rushes for 78 yards against Joe Bachie #35 of the Michigan State Spartans and Khari Willis #27 of the Michigan State Spartans on October 13, 2018 at Beaver Stadium in State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)
STATE COLLEGE, PA - OCTOBER 13: Miles Sanders #24 of the Penn State Nittany Lions rushes for 78 yards against Joe Bachie #35 of the Michigan State Spartans and Khari Willis #27 of the Michigan State Spartans on October 13, 2018 at Beaver Stadium in State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images) /
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INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – DECEMBER 01: Clayton Thorson #18 of the Northwestern Wildcats avoids getting tackled in the game against the Ohio State Buckeyes at Lucas Oil Stadium on December 01, 2018 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – DECEMBER 01: Clayton Thorson #18 of the Northwestern Wildcats avoids getting tackled in the game against the Ohio State Buckeyes at Lucas Oil Stadium on December 01, 2018 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /

Clayton Thorson, QB, 5th Round Pick

Insider’s Take:

"“Clayton Thorson continues to look real bad. Several Eagles reporters who’ve covered training camp for many years said his Monday arm punt pass attempt was the worst training camp throw they’ve ever seen. There’s time for Thorson to turn things around and the Eagles might eventually look smart for developing him. But it also seems possible they just wasted a draft pick in a year where they only made five selections. Not great!” -Brandon Lee Gowton of BGN"

Clayton Thorson is a Northwestern quarterback who was quite a shocking pick by the Eagles. We’ve been made aware that the Birds wanted to take a quarterback in one of the later rounds to bring in and develop, but Thorson wasn’t who anybody had in mind. His time at Northwestern was quite underwhelming, despite him being a multi-year starter.

Coming into camp, Thorson was viewed as the third-string quarterback behind Carson Wentz and Nate Sudfeld. After one week of practice, Thorson might’ve already moved down a spot on the depth chart. On Wednesday, veteran quarterback Cody Kessler was in the mix with the third-team while Thorson took a step back. That’s not all that surprising considering that Thorson’s summer has been off to a rough start with bad decisions, wild throws, and simple rookie mistakes.

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