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Could the Eagles go fishing in Alabama’s pool again for Jalyn Armour-Davis?

The Eagles finally figured it out. If you select the best players from the best college football programs, it leads to better draft classes.

Before last April, Philadelphia hadn’t drafted anyone from college football’s premier program, the Alabama Crimson Tide, since they took Freddie Milons in Round 5 of the 2002 selection meeting. In 2021, both of their first two selections came from The Tide. Both of those guys, DeVonta Smith and Landon Dickerson, are going to work out. Who would have thunk, right?

Another April will be here before you know it. You saw how quickly January flew by. Everyone’s again looking at Alabama’s NFL farm system in hopes that they find someone to stock their NFL cupboard.

The six-foot-one and 192-pound Jalyn Armour-Davis won the starting job opposite Josh Jobe following Patrick Surtain’s departure, but by the time we reached the college football season, it was Armour-Davis, not Jobe, that had established himself as the more NFL-ready cover guy.

We all love numbers and statistics. Here’s a look at Armour-Davis’ production: 32 total tackles, three interceptions, and four pass breakups. If those numbers were to transfer to his rookie season for a team like the Eagles, there isn’t anyone walking that would complain about getting that type of work from the CB2.