The last time the Philadelphia Eagles selected a running back in the first round of the NFL Draft was in 1986 when they took Keith Byars.
But this year, Howie Roseman has the opportunity to draft his first first-round running back in Texas RB Bijan Robinson, a move former Eagles scout Daniel Jeremiah believes makes a "ton of sense."
The Eagles, who own picks 10 and 30 in round one this year, had a pre-draft visit wit Robinson this week.
Robinson, 21, is largely considered one of the five best football players in this year's draft, but the value of drafting running backs early is always debatable.
Robinson played three seasons at Texas, culminating in his 2022 Junior season where he rushed for 1,580 yards on 258 carries (6.1 avg) and 18 touchdowns, while also catching 19 balls for 314 yards and two more touchdowns.
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Robinson recorded a 4.46 40-yard dash (86th percentile) and a 108.7 speed score (89th percentile), according to playerprofiler.com.
While Jeremiah believes Robinson makes sense for the Eagles at No. 10, in his latest mock draft for NFL.com, Jeremiah has the Eagles selecting Iowa edge pass rusher Lukas Van Ness.
This offseason, the Eagles lost starting RB Miles Sanders to free-agency (signed a 4-year, $25 million deal with the Panthers). They re-signed RB Boston Scott to a 1-year, $2 million deal and brought in Seahawks free-agent RB Rashaad Penny on a 1-year deal worth up to about $2 million. With Kenneth Gainwell also under contract, the Eagles' top three running backs on their depth chart are making less than $5 million combined in 2023.
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