Eagles select Jeremiah Trotter Jr. with the 155th overall pick
As much as you like those stories, and it's a great story without the ending, you know. We just started that story, but it's got to be skill set, and he has a skill set, and that's why we drafted him. He has a mentality. That's why we drafted him. We're looking forward to him being his own person and not having to walk in anyone's footsteps, but creating his own legacy."
What Director of Player Personnel Alan Wolking said: "This is another guy who has been on our radar for a long time. The guy is a five-star recruit, a two-time state champion here in Philly. He goes to Clemson and has the five-star billing, he's the number one recruit in their class that year, and so he has to live up to that. So over the last two seasons, he leads their team in basically all of the major defensive categories, and that defense is littered with good players, and he has just always answered the bell. He finds the football so well. Most of the time, as the ball starts to flow, he's stepping in time with the ball. There's not a delay or anything. There's an anticipatory element to his game where he either saw it on film or he just naturally flows. He's a guy that you'd say is a better football player than a tester. When you turn on the tape and watch him play football, you can see he was just born to do that. He's just natural at getting to the football."
