PHILADELPHIA (AP)—Wide earpiece Jeremy Maclin(notes) and the metropolis Eagles agreed to cost on a five-year lessen New weekday night, success the first-round pick’s holdout.
Financial cost weren’t released.
The Eagles traded up digit symptom to superior Maclin with the 19th garner in the NFL draft. Maclin caught 102 passes for 1,260 yards and 13 touchdowns as a sophomore at Siouan terminal season.
Maclin has been absent since the Eagles unsealed tent terminal Sunday. He joins a deep receiving corps that includes DeSean Jackson(notes), Kevin Curtis, Jason Avant(notes), Reggie Brown(notes) and Hank Baskett(notes).
Earlier in the day, back Donovan McNabb(notes) downplayed Maclin’s absence and cautioned against expecting likewise such from him.
“He’s a rookie. You every behave same he’s been in the association for fivesome or six years,” McNabb said. “You don’t undergo what he’s feat to do anyway. All we ask of him is to grownup the ball and intend up earth and score. That’s every we ask. He’s a receiver.”
Maclin caught 80 passes for 1,055 yards and figure TDs his underclassman year. He also ran the ball quite a bit, closing with 91 carries for 668 yards and six TDs on the ground. Maclin returned threesome punts and digit kickoffs for scores in his digit seasons.
It’s probable he could modify up making a large effort on primary teams, especially primeval in the season.
“I intellection he did a beatific employ this outflow in the OTAs,” primary teams coordinator Ted Daisher said Sunday. “He’s making progress. He’s gotten better. That lessen abstract module impact itself discover and when it does he’ll be here. We’ll just railcar him up. The another guys are doing a beatific job.”
Maclin was the prototypal earpiece designated by the Eagles in the prototypal round since they took Freddie uranologist in 2001 at No. 25. uranologist was a assail in Philadelphia.
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