Ranking every first-round WR taken by Philadelphia Eagles in team history
3. player. 54. . . . Nelson Agholor (2015-2019)
20th-overall selection, 2015
Perhaps the most overused phrase in Eagles lore is “Well Nelson Agholor was good during the Super Bowl run”. Yes, that’s accurate, but if a team spends a first-round selection on a guy, that’s supposed to be the rule, not the exception to one.
To be frank, most Eagles fans are still scratching their heads and trying to figure out what in the heck got into Nelson Agholor during the 2017-2018 campaign that never seemed to kick in during any other season. Yeah, he had his moments, like the time he caught the long bomb from Nick Foles during a very important victory over the Houston Texans during that stretch run in 2019, but too often, it’s much easier to remember the failures in this young man’s career than the few times he had success.
That’s awful, but it also demonstrates that, if he sits at number three on this list of the best first-round wide receivers in Eagles history, the difficulty that this team has had in drafting wideouts goes beyond what we’ve seen from the Doug Pederson and Howie Roseman era.
Had it not been for those nine receptions and 84 receiving yards and that one rushing attempt for nine yards in Super Bowl 52, Agholor might be in a battle for fifth place on this list.