Second-day Eagles draft prospects worth pairing with Darius Slay

Every Eagles executive should be tossing ideas around about Akayleb Evans.

The Missouri Tigers, upon their entrance into the SEC, looked like they’d be able to become one of the Eastern Division’s annual contenders. They’ve learned a huge lesson and done so very quickly.

Being one of the elite programs in college football’s best conference won’t come easy, but that isn’t a final nail in the proverbial coffin. This is a program that has recruited decently, but they’ve also used the transfer portal well, Akayleb Evans being one of the best examples of that statement’s accuracy.

This is a young man that checks the boxes for any team looking for a good tackler that provides length and physicality on the outside. He’s, by no means, a finished product though.

After spending four seasons, 2017 to 2020, with the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, he transferred to Missouri for his fifth and final NCAA season. There have been ups (Central Michigan). There have been low points (Tennessee).

He has an array of stabs and punches he uses at the line of scrimmage, but if he’s beaten, he’s had some difficulty in finding the ball when it’s in the air which was evidenced by the fact that he had zero career interceptions before joining the Tigers this past season and he only boasts one pick in five years.

That’s okay though. That’s why teams have coaches. Evans isn’t a ballhawk. He may never become one, but he’s more ready to start than some guys who are currently on the Eagles’ roster. You can argue among yourselves about who that statement applies to.