Second-day Eagles draft prospects worth pairing with Darius Slay

Alontae Taylor is one of those big corners the Eagles tend to fall in love with.

If you know anything about SEC football, you’re well aware of the Tennessee Volunteers. You’re familiar with the history and atmosphere. You’re also very much aware that by, Vols standards, the current position of this once-proud program won’t cut it for fans and the alumni.

Tennessee’s looking up at the Georgia Bulldogs and Florida Gators, but you can’t blame that on guys like Alontae Taylor. The Draft Network’s Joe Marino compared him to Shaquil Griffin of the Seattle Seahawks in his profile of the six-foot, 193-pound star. Raise your hand if you’d like to have a Shaquil Griffin clone on the Eagles’ roster.

Yep! That’s what we thought!

Taylor didn’t get as much burn as some of the SEC’s other talented corners, and that was partially because of Tennessee’s lack of on-field success. Make no mistake about it though. Had he been on a contending team’s roster, some of the guys we’re talking about wouldn’t have been discussed as much.

The numbers are impressive though. In 44 career games, he racked up 162 tackles, three forced fumbles, 15 pass breakups, four interceptions, and two defensive TDs (one of those came off of a fumble recovery).

This is probably someone that comes off of draft boards in Round 3, but don’t be shocked if he sneaks into the back half of Round 2. It’s doubtful that he’ll wind up in an Eagles jersey, but if he did, he’d start on Day 1 of the 2022 NFL season. We can be quoted on that.