As a lead-up to the 2023 NFL draft, we've broken down the current depth chart of every NFL team and identified the biggest draft and team needs for the Philadelphia Eagles.
You can find additional team-by-team draft needs articles and other draft content on our 2023 NFL Draft hub.
Who did the Eagles pick in the NFL Draft?
The Philadelphia Eagles selected Jalen Carter (DT, Georgia) with the 9th pick in the 2023 NFL Draft.
The Eagles added Nolan Smith (EDGE, Georgia) with the 30th pick in the 2023 NFL Draft.
Philadelphia drafted Tyler Steen (OT, Alabama) with the No. 65 pick and Sydney Brown (S, Illinois) with the No. 66 pick.
Eagles Draft Needs: Top Positions of Need in 2023
- Safety
- Linebacker
- Offensive Line Depth
What Picks do the Philadelphia Eagles have in 2023?
The Philadelphia Eagles have six picks in the 2023 NFL Draft, including:
- Round 1 (10)
- Round 1 (30)
- Round 2 (62)
- Round 3 (94)
- Round 7 (219)
- Round 7 (248)
Philadelphia Eagles Draft Capital Stats
Our Sharp Draft Value Rank is a valuation of draft capital based on a combination of average performance delivered and average dollars earned on second contracts.
This is based on two public models: performance delivered based on draft slot (the AV model created by Chase Stuart) and contractual earnings in non-rookie deals based upon draft slot (the OTC model created by Brad Spielberger and Jason Fitzgerald).
- Eagles Sharp Draft Value Rank: 14 of 32 teams
- Eagles AV Model Draft Value Rank: 13 of 32 teams
- Eagles OTC Model Draft Value Rank: 20 of 32 teams
Philadelphia Eagles Draft Value vs Other Teams:
The Eagles' draft value is exactly the league average of all 32 teams. 13 other teams have higher draft value entering the 2023 NFL Draft.
Philadelphia Eagles Draft Prediction:
The Eagles are predicted to draft Nolan Smith (EDGE, Georgia) with the No. 10 pick and Jahmyr Gibbs (RB, Alabama) with the No. 30 pick according to the most recent mock draft from Ryan McCrystal.
Another mock draft expert, Brendan Donahue, has the Eagles predicted to draft Jalen Carter (DL, Georgia) with the No. 10 pick and Nolan Smith (EDGE, Georgia) with the No. 30 pick according to his most recent mock draft.
Philadelphia Eagles Strength of Schedule, 2023
The Philadelphia Eagles have the 16th easiest NFL strength of schedule for the 2023 NFL season.
Philadelphia Eagles Offense: Depth Chart, Analysis & Draft Needs
Rich Hribar breaks down the offensive depth chart by position for the Philadelphia Eagles, identifying areas where the team could improve in the upcoming 2023 NFL Draft.
2022 Philadelphia Eagles Offensive Rankings
Quarterback Depth Chart, Eagles:
- Jalen Hurts
- Marcus Mariota
- Ian Book
Quarterback is not a position the Eagles should sink any draft capital into this spring.
Jalen Hurts made significant strides in his second full season as the starting quarterback with the Eagles posting a 16-2 record over the full season with him active.
Hurts has raised his completion percentage and yards per pass attempt average while simultaneously lowering his interception rate each year in the NFL.
When the doors closed on 2022, Hurts finished sixth among all qualified quarterbacks in expected points added per play (0.14) and eighth in EPA per dropback (0.09).
That does not even include the value Hurts provided running the football. On top of his passing improvements, Hurts led all quarterbacks with 42.3 EPA via rushing in 2022.
2023 is the final season of Hurts’ rookie contract, so the Eagles will be forced into working on an extension.
Since Hurts was not a first-round draft selection, there is no fifth-year option on the table. As a worst-case scenario, the team does have the franchise tag available if the two sides do not work out a longer-term agreement.
The team added Marcus Mariota on a one-year deal this offseason as insurance and a scheme fit.
Mariota was 14th among all quarterbacks in EPA per play (0.05) and 18th in EPA per dropback (0.02) over 13 starts with the Falcons a year ago.
Running Back Depth Chart, Eagles:
- Rashaad Penny
- Kenneth Gainwell
- Boston Scott
- Trey Sermon
- Kennedy Brooks
The Eagles fielded the most efficient rushing offense in the league last season.
They led the league in EPA per rush (0.10) and success rate per carry (48.3%) on their way to 2,509 yards (fifth) and 32 rushing scores (first).
Even removing the rushing production Jalen Hurts provided, Philly led the NFL in success rate (45.4%) and EPA per rush (0.04) on carries from their running backs.
The team lost leading rusher Miles Sanders via free agency this offseason but added Rachaad Penny on a budget-friendly, one-year deal.
Penny is a former first-round pick that has been hyper-efficient the past two seasons in Seattle.
He has the highest EPA per rush (0.13) among all running backs with 100 or more carries the past two seasons while leading all of those 71 backs in yards after contact per carry (4.43) and overall yards per carry (6.2).
The Eagles led the NFL with 85.1% of their running back runs coming from shotgun a year ago.
Penny has a limited sample of just 62 attempts from shotgun the past two seasons, but he has averaged a gaudy 7.0 yards per carry on those attempts.
The bugaboo for Penny is he has struggled to stay on the field. Penny missed 12 games a year ago and has not appeared in more than 10 games in a season since his rookie campaign in 2018.
As of right now, the only backs the Eagles have signed beyond the upcoming season are Kenneth Gainwell and Trey Sermon.
Gainwell has averaged 5.4 yards per touch in each of his first two NFL seasons, but his lighter frame may always hinder him from extending into a high-workload back. Gainwell has 177 touches through two seasons.
Sermon only managed eight offensive snaps with the Eagles after they picked him up late in the summer a year ago, but he was selected 88th overall in the same draft with Gainwell, whom the Eagles took 150th overall.
The lack of contractual depth and Penny’s injury history suggest the Eagles will add another player here.
The team has been linked as a potential landing spot for Bijan Robinson. That would go against the grain of how Howie Roseman has used his early-round draft capital.
Even if the Eagles hold off on using one of their two first-round picks on a running back, it is a good bet another back will join this room prior to the summer.
Wide Receiver Depth Chart, Eagles:
- A.J. Brown
- DeVonta Smith
- Quez Watkins
- Tyrie Cleveland
- Greg Ward
- Britain Covey
- Devon Allen
The Eagles made a major splash during the draft a year ago by adding A.J. Brown a year after selecting DeVonta Smith in the first round in 2021.
Those two wideouts were the anchors of this passing game.
Brown (145 targets) and Smith (136 targets) combined to account for 55.6% of the team targets, 52.3% of the receptions, 61.7% of the receiving yardage, and 72.0% of the receiving touchdowns in 2022.
Brown and Smith gobbled up so much of the opportunity and production that only two other Philadelphia wideouts even received targets a year ago in Quez Watkins (51) and Zach Pascal (19).
Pascal left via free agency this offseason while Watkins is in the final season of his rookie contract.
The only two wide receivers Philadelphia has signed beyond this season are Brown and Smith.
While they are in a good place up front, injury insurance and contractual depth at the wide receiver position are lacking.
Tight End Depth Chart, Eagles:
- Dallas Goedert
- Jack Stoll
- Tyree Jackson
- Grant Calcaterra
- Dalton Keene
The Eagles are taken care of at the top here with Dallas Goedert, who was once again one of the most efficient tight ends in the league in 2022.
He was fourth among all tight ends in yards per route run (1.83) despite ranking 24th in target rate per route (18.0%).
He averaged 7.6 yards per catch after the reception (fourth) and was third among all tight ends in yards after the catch (420) despite missing five games.
Goedert is signed through the 2025 season.
This is another spot where the Eagles are top-heavy. As evidence, during the five games Goedert missed a year ago, the position was completely listless and uninvolved.
Over those five weeks, Philadelphia tight ends combined to catch 11-of-15 targets for 115 yards and no touchdowns.
Grant Calcaterra is the only tight end outside of Goedert signed beyond this season while the team has restricted rights to both Jack Stoll and Tyree Jackson.
Offensive Line Depth Chart, Eagles:
LT: Jordan Mailata/Fred Johnson/Roderick Johnson
LG: Landon Dickerson/Sua Opeta
C: Jason Kelce/Cameron Tom
RG: Cam Jurgens/Brett Toth/Tyrese Robinson
RT: Lane Johnson/Jack Driscoll/Jarrid Williams/Julian Good-Jones
The Eagles once again had one of the top offensive lines in the league in 2022.
They closed 2022 12th in ESPN’s pass block win rate (62%) and second in run block win rate (75%).
Pro Football Focus gave them the highest collective pass blocking grade as a team and ranked them third in run-blocking grade.
Both Jason Kelce (1.5%) and Lane Johnson (1.8%) ended the season in the top five in pressure rate allowed in pass protection across all offensive linemen.
The team did lose a starter at right guard in Isaac Seumalo via free agency but planned ahead by already having his replacement on the roster in Cam Jurgens, who they selected 51st overall a year ago in the second round.
If there are any minor holes to poke in things, it is a lack of contractual depth.
All five projected starters are signed through the 2024 season, but the only other player currently under contract beyond then is Josh Sills, who I did not even list here since he is on the commissioner’s exempt list and his status with the team (and league) is questionable.
The other element is two of the primary starters (Kelce and Johnson) are getting long in the tooth. Johnson will be 33 years old at the start of the season while Kelce will turn 36 in November.
Kelce has not missed a game since 2012, but Johnson has missed multiple games in each of the past four seasons.
Out of 241 offensive linemen with 100 or more snaps in pass protection in 2022, Jack Driscoll ranked 238th in pressure rate allowed (10.9%) filling in for Johnson.
Philadelphia Eagles Defense: Depth Chart, Analysis & Draft Needs
Dan Pizzuta breaks down the defensive depth chart by position for the Philadelphia Eagles, identifying areas where the team could improve in the upcoming 2023 NFL Draft.
2022 Philadelphia Eagles Defensive Rankings
Interior Defensive Line Depth Chart, Eagles:
- Fletcher Cox
- Milton Williams
- Jordan Davis
- Kentavius Street
- Marvin Wilson
- Marlon Tuipulotu
- Noah Elliss
Fletcher Cox was part of the flurry of players the Eagles were able to bring back this offseason.
The 32-year-old Cox signed for one more year after he had seven sacks on 14 quarterback hits in 2022.
Cox will continue his presence, but with Javon Hargrave gone, the Eagles will turn to their young interior linemen for bigger roles.
Milton Williams can rush the passer but was limited on his pass rush snaps. He had four sacks but hit the quarterback on less than 1% of his pass rushes.
Jordan Davis was expected to be an impact presence inside. The Eagles did have a good run defense when he was on the field, but he played just 20% of the defensive snaps while veterans such as Linval Joseph and Ndamukong Suh were brought in.
There is some decent depth here.
Kentavius Street had good production as a rotational piece with the Saints last season, and after injuries to start his career, he has appeared in 17 games in each of the past two seasons.
EDGE Depth Chart, Eagles:
- Brandon Graham
- Hasson Reddick
- Josh Sweat
- Derek Barnett
- Tarron Jackson
- Janarius Robinson
- Matt Leo
- Patrick Johnson
- Kyron Johnson
The Eagles are loaded at EDGE because they play in a way that uses more linebackers as pass rushers.
Philadelphia had an insane 11.2% sack rate last season while the next-highest team was at 8.9%.
Haason Reddick was a steal in free agency last season. Reddick put up 16 sacks while he rushed the passer on 88% of his pass snaps. He also finished second among edge rushers in ESPN’s pass rush win rate.
Brandon Graham was the first return domino to fall, re-signing on a one-year deal after he had 11 sacks in 2022. The 34-year-old played 43% of the defensive snaps last season a year after a torn Achilles forced him to miss most of 2021.
Josh Sweat keeps getting better on the edge. Sweat’s sack totals have increased from six to 7.5 to 11 over the past three seasons. Sweat was 10th among edge rushers in pass rush win rate.
He has two years remaining on an extension signed in 2021.
Off-ball Linebacker Depth Chart, Eagles:
- Nakobe Dean
- Nicholas Morrow
- Shaun Bradley
- Christian Elliss
- Davion Taylor
This was a position crunched by the effort to bring back players elsewhere on the roster as T.J. Edwards and Kyzir White both left in free agency after productive seasons.
Off-ball linebacker isn’t typically a position the Eagles invest in heavily, so it is not much of a surprise.
Nakobe Dean was considered a steal in the third round, but the rookie was only able to get on the field for 3% of the team's defensive snaps while he played 75% of the special teams snaps.
He is now the top linebacker on the roster, and the hope will be he can step in and show what made him a standout at Georgia.
The Eagles signed Nicholas Morrow on a one-year deal as a veteran who can slide in and be a starter if needed.
Morrow was 31st among linebackers in yards allowed per coverage snap last season as a 17-game starter with the Bears. 56% of his tackles produced a positive play for the defense, and he had an impressive 13 run stuffs.
There are certainly depth questions here. This could be a spot the Eagles throw some Day 2 or 3 picks at to fill the gaps.
Cornerback Depth Chart, Eagles:
- James Bradberry
- Darius Slay
- Avonte Maddox
- Greedy Williams
- Zech McPhearson
- Josiah Scott
- Mario Goodrich
- Josh Jobe
There were certain points in the offseason when it looked like the Eagles would be without both James Bradberry and Darius Slay. But here were are and Philadelphia has kept one of the league’s best cornerback duos together.
In his first year with the Eagles, Bradberry finished second among outside corners in adjusted yards allowed per coverage snap. He was also third in passes defensed.
Slay was fifth in adjusted yards allowed per coverage snap and 12th in passes defensed.
Bradberry is 30 and Slay is 32. Both were brought back on three-year deals.
While there isn’t an immediate need, the Eagles could get ahead by looking for eventual replacements outside.
Avonte Maddox was a good slot corner, finishing 13th at the position in adjusted yards allowed per coverage snap.
The 27-year-old has two years left on an extension signed in 2021.
The Eagles even went for some high-upside depth in free agency with Greedy Williams signing a one-year deal after injuries derailed his potential as a former second-round pick with the Browns.
Safety Depth Chart, Eagles:
- Terrell Edmunds
- Reed Blankenship
- Justin Evans
- K’Von Wallace
- Marquise Blair
- Andre Chachere
- Tristin McCollum
Safety is the other position hit hard in free agency.
C.J. Gardner-Johnson is gone, and so is Marcus Epps, who played 99% of the team’s defensive snaps last season.
Philadelphia signed Terrell Edmunds to a one-year deal this offseason.
The former first-round pick hasn’t lived up to that billing, but he will be at the top of the depth chart. Edmunds spent most of his time in the box for the Steelers.
The Eagles also signed Justin Evans, who played 35% of the defensive snaps for the Saints last season after missing two seasons recovering from an Achilles tear.
Evans was an impressive rookie as a deep safety with the Buccaneers in 2017 but hasn’t reached those heights since.
Reed Blankenship played 26% of the defensive snaps for the Eagles last season. K’Von Wallace played 14%. They will likely at least get in the rotation at the position.
There aren’t many top-tier safeties in the draft, but there is solid depth with a wide range of play styles. Safety could be a Day 2 target.