Top 10 best undrafted free agent signings by the Eagles

There’s nothing like finding phenomenal rookie free agents after the NFL Draft, and the Eagles have found many.

There’s nothing like an NFL Draft. Lucky young players finally achieve one of their life’s dreams. The newest Philadelphia Eagles earn a phone call from the leadership structure that selects them. If we could all experience that once. Most of us won’t. That’s what makes it special. Then, there are the guys who sit through seven rounds and don’t hear their names called until afterward, the undrafted rookie free agents.

Sure, every prospect wants to get selected during the draft, but there’s one freedom that the undrafted guys get that others won’t. They can find themselves in a position to choose the teams that they want to sign with. There must be interest by the franchise, but you get the point. We’re going somewhere here.

The Eagles have often found success in the UDFA market. Just last year, they found Reed Blankenship. In 2003, Philly signed Roderick Hood. He notched five interceptions and 112 tackles in four seasons with the team.

Vince Papale was immortalized by the 2006 Disney film Invincible. He went on to play three seasons as a special teams contributor. It’s hard to slim a list like this down to ten men, but let’s do so anyway. Here are the top ten undrafted rookie free agents signed by Philly in the franchise’s long, long history.

They outworked the competition and carved their places to become significant pieces of the Eagles’ story.